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No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to… — Ulysses S. Grant

No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Ulysses S. Grant
1862
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Note sent to a Confederate general during the Civil War.

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American Civil War
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1862
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Quoted in The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today, written by Stephen Cushman. UNC Press Books, 2021.
Original citation
Grant, Ulysses Simpson. Note to General S. B. Buckner. 16 Feb. 1862.

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