Headquarters, Army in the Field
Camp near Donelson, February 16thGeneral S. B. Buckner
Confederate ArmySir:
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.
I am sir: very respectfully
Your obedient servant
U.S. Grant
Brig. General
The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Perryville, by Shelby Foote [p. 213]