 | History - 2004 - 556 pages
...between the commanders: GEN. BUCKNER TO GEN. GRANT. 105 HEAD-QUARTERS, Fort Donelson, Feb. 16. SIR: In consideration of all the circumstances governing...to agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces at this post under my command. In that view I suggest an armistice until 12 o'clock to-day. I am, very... | |
 | Charles Bracelen Flood - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 508 pages
...army in California. In language that frequently governed arrangements for surrender, Buckner proposed "the appointment of Commissioners to agree upon terms...capitulation of the forces and fort under my command." Grant replied with a sentence that made him famous: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 545 pages
...me the following letter from General Buckner: HEADQUARTERS, FORT DONELSON, February 16, 1862. Sm:— In consideration of all the circumstances governing...the present situation of affairs at this station, 1 propose to the Commanding Officer of the Federal forces the appointment of Commissioners to agree... | |
 | Jack Hurst - History - 2007 - 466 pages
...an old friend. "Sir: In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present consideration of affairs at this station, I propose to the Commanding...my command, and in that view suggest an armistice until 12 o'clock today." When he finished reading, Grant looked up and asked Smith for an opinion on... | |
 | Moore - United States - 1865 - 828 pages
...Correspondence. GEN. BUCKNER TO GEN. CHANT. HEADQUARTERS FORT DOSELSOX, I February 10, 1862. j SIR: In consideration of all the circumstances governing...agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces and post under my command, and in that view suggest an armistice until twelve o'clock to-day. I am, sir,... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 404 pages
...humorous than otherwise. It read as follows : " HEADQUARTERS, FORT DONELSON, Feb. 18, 1862. " SIR — In consideration of all the circumstances governing...Federal forces, the appointment of Commissioners to argue upon terms of capitulation of the forces at this post under my command. In that view I suggest... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 706 pages
...communication on the morning of the 16th, of General Buckner, to General Grant, read as follows : — li Sir : In consideration of all the circumstances governing...affairs at this station, I propose to the commanding officers of the federal forces, the appointment of commissioners to agree upon terms of capitulation... | |
 | United States - 1908 - 1006 pages
...Department of the Missouri. [Enclosure No. 1.] HEADQUARTERS, Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862. SIR : In consideration of all the circumstances governing...affairs at this station, I propose to the commanding officers of the Federal forces the appointment of commissioners to 'agree upon terms of capitulation.... | |
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SIR :—In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the Commanding Officer of the Federal forces the appointment of Commissioners to agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces... 
