 | James M. McPherson - 2002 - 232 páginas
...would offer the doomed garrison, Grant responded with a reply that made him famous: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." This ended discussion; the defenders surrendered, the USS Cairo, one of the ironclad... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Cooling - 1989 - 392 páginas
...proposing Armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of Capitulation is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works."21 This was no empty threat on Grant's part; he had tired of the inconclusive three-day... | |
 | Arnie Bernstein - 2003 - 308 páginas
...hundred estimated Confederate casualties later, Grant issued an ultimatum to Fort Donelson's commander: "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." The victory was decisive, establishing a strong Union foothold in the West. (The... | |
 | Kendall D. Gott - 2003 - 388 páginas
...proposing armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of capitulation is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, U S. Grant, Brigadier General Commanding... | |
 | James Tatum - 2004 - 236 páginas
...appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. The phrase about unconditional surrender is famous, but what is less often heard in... | |
 | Robert H. Jackson - 2004 - 348 páginas
...the fort and its forces. Grant immediately, and soon famously, wrote back that "[n]o terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." The Confederate general then capitulated, writing Grant "to accept the ungenerous... | |
 | David J. B. Trim - 2003 - 392 páginas
...surrender Fort Donelson to Ulysses S. Grant. Buckner inquired about terms and was told, 'No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.' Buckner and Grant had been West Point classmates, and Buckner expected more courtesy.... | |
 | 2004 - 556 páginas
...armistice and the appointment of Commissioners to settle the terms of capitulation is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender...accepted. I propose to move immediately on your works. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HEADQUARTERS, DOVER, Tenn., Sunday, Feb. 19. Brig.-Gen.... | |
 | Ronald H. Carpenter - 2004 - 286 páginas
...Confederate General Simon B. Buckner whose forces were defending Fort Donelson: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately on your works." There is little likelihood that Buckner did not understand what Grant meant, and there is no likelihood... | |
 | Charles R. Bowery - 2005 - 296 páginas
...proposing a meeting to discuss terms of surrender. Grant issued a reply that would add to his fame: "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." This response led Buckner to surrender the entire garrison on February 16. "Unconditional... | |
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Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. 
