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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U. Read More. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. Subscriber sign in You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Username Please enter your Username. Password Please enter your Password. Forgot password? Don't have an account? Naval officer Andrew Hull Foote was launched. Grant then turned his attention to the larger Fort Donelson on the nearby Cumberland River, a key gateway in the Western Theater guarded by 16, Confederate troops.
Realizing their situation was hopeless, Floyd turned over his command to General Simon Bolivar Buckner, and he and other Confederate officers, including Nathan Bedford Forrest made their escape, leaving Buckner to coordinate a surrender with Grant. Not only was it a standard military tradition of the time, but the two had known each other for decades.
They attended West Point at the same time and had served together in the U. Army during the Mexican-American War. On February 16, he sent a legendary response:.
Sir: Yours of this date 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. While Buckner and his men became prisoners of war, Confederate soldiers were allowed to keep their personal belongings, and commissioned officers kept their guns and swords an unusual allowance.
He even reportedly tried to repay Buckner for his long-ago loan, although Bruckner brusquely refused him.
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