Gen. Buckner unconditionally surrendered Fort Donelson to this Union general
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Battle of Fort Donelson - Wikipedia  Buckner, however, argued that they were in a desperate position that was getting worse with the arrival of Union reinforcements. ... The note first reached General Smith, who exclaimed, "No terms to the damned Rebels! ... war, earning him the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender":.
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The Price of Freedom: Ulysses S. Grant's Letter from Fort Donelson  On 16 February 1862 General Buckner surrendered Fort Donelson. ... replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. ... battles in the West at Shiloh, but it was not the decisive victory that the Union wanted. ... the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen.
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Ulysses S. Grant | HistoryNet  Lieutenant General in command of all Union Armies ... At Fort Donelson, his old friend, Confederate brigadier general Simon Bolivar Buckner, ... as "Unconditional Surrender Grant"a nickname inspired in part by his initials, U. S. His victory ... Gen. Don Carlos Buell with the Army of the Ohio, Grant and Buell defeated the...
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The Battle of Fort Donelson Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org  Our Battle of Fort Donelson page includes history articles, battle maps, photos, travel ... Gen. Gideon Pillow, sensing a complete victory over the Union forces, ordered the ... Simon B. Buckner, now left in command, met with Ulysses S. Grant to ... No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of 'Unconditional Surrender Begins at ...  Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, sent out a flag of truce asking the terms of surrender, Foote sent ... When Grant and Foote turned their attention to Fort Donelson, they found an ... The Southern assault pierced the right of the Union line and threatened to ... Thus Buckner, mostly through no fault of his own, became the first general in...
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14. The Civil War | The American Yawp  Jun 7, 2013 ... As Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens stated in his ... weakest, retained their loyalty to the Union, joining the Union army ... The Union had surrendered Fort Sumter, and the Civil War had officially begun. ... Some southerners couched their defense of slavery as a preservation of states rights.
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The Complete Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger from May 6, 1877  Sioux warrior Red Shirt, who surrendered with Crazy Horse in May 1877 ... the census of Crazy Horse's band compiled by the U.S. Army on May 6, 1877, the day Crazy Horse and his nearly 900 followers surrendered at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. ... White Twin and Knife Chief were with Crazy Horse when he surrendered,...
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Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox - The Civil War  Read this fascinating account of the Day that Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. ... Details of the Day as Recalled by General Ulysses S. Grant ... a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate to the army who I was. ... As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassable face, it was impossible...
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Bucking Horse and Rider - Wikipedia  The Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R) is a registered trademark of the U.S. state of Wyoming. ... First Sergeant George N. Ostrom of E Battery, 3rd Battalion, 148th Field ... Division, Ostrom manipulated a horse into the Army named Red Wing which ... Steamboat is buried on Frontier Park grounds near bucking chute #9, the...
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Surrender at Appomattox, 1865 - EyeWitness to History  Eyewitness account of the surrender that led to the end of the Civil War. ... Escape from slavery, Death of President Garfield.. Battle of Gettysburg, Death of Lincoln... Custer's Last Stand, The Death of Billy the Kid. ... Surrender at Appomattox, 1865 .... He was followed in this act of courtesy by all our officers present; Lee raised...
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Ulysses S. Grant - Wikiquote  I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a ... No terms except an unconditional surrender can be accepted. .... He implemented Congressional Reconstruction, often at odds with Lincoln's .... To General S.B. Buckner, Fort Donelson (16 February 1862). ... Halleck wrote to Grant:.
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Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown - Oct 19, 1781 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 ... and in April 1781, he led his weary and battered troops toward the Virginia coast, ... formally recognizing the United States as a free and independent nation after ... that almost destroys Early's army at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia.
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Admiral David Farragut and the Battle of Mobile Bay  Sep 25, 2015 ... Admiral David Farragut took the Confederate minefields, forts and ... For Ol' Buck Buchanan, the battle to come meant victory or defeat for the entire Southern navy. .... At daybreak on August 5, the doctor and his admiral were roused by .... shouted the famous words, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
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All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally ...  On this day in History, All American forces in the Philippines surrender ... On this day in 1942, U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all U.S. ... of the U.S. armed forces in the Philippines, offered to surrender Corregidor to...
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504 Chapter 16 The Civil War Chapter 17 ... - McDougal Littell  Biography Abraham Lincoln ... Civil War. Among those who marched off to war were these drummer boys of the ... The following passage is from the chapter you are about to read. ... initials: Unconditional Surrender Grant. .... General Winfield Scott developed a two-part ...... can never be brought to a close until that key is.
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Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia  Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807  October 12, 1870) was an American general known ... Lee surrendered his entire army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court ..... Lee's duties at Fort Monroe were varied, typical for a junior officer, and ... General in the Confederate Army and aide-de-camp to President Jefferson...
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The surrender of Robert E. Lee, 1865 | The Gilder Lehrman Institute ...  Log in to favorite pages Share page Print page ... By the end of the day, Lee had accepted Grant's terms for surrender. ... After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has ... Primary Source: A former Confederate officer on slavery and the Civil War, 1907...
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Major General William Tecumseh Sherman  Largest Surrender of the American Civil War ... Graduated from West Point Military Academy and was 6th in his class out of 42 students, ... and became Louisiana State University., The motto of the seminary was By the ... president, and upon his inauguration, Sherman was promoted to full general ... I tell you, War is Hell!.
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American Civil War facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Vowing to use federal power both to keep slavery in check and to promote the ... In the predawn hours of 12 April 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter. .... When Lincoln issued his call for volunteers after Fort Sumter, he made it ...... Phillip Shaw Paludan , A People's Contest: The Union and the Civil War,...
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jeopardy/3066_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  TEACHER'S PET | Mr. Lepler is a lepidopterist, so he has a big one of these nets at hand ... BOOK REPORT | Boy, I never knew the Civil War's outcome was so close until I read "Unconditional Surrender", a bio of this general | Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of 'Unconditional Surrender Begins at ...  Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of 'Unconditional Surrender Begins at Fort Donelson ... early 1862 to push the Confederates out of middle and western Tennessee, thereby ... On February 15, he would place himself closer to the action by moving his ... No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.