Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Buckner” in chapter 19, page 267 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...nd reinforcements, and these arrived in time to restore Grant's advantage in numbers.
Serious disagreement among the Confederate commanders also hastened the fall of the place.
On February 16, General Buckner , to whom the senior officers had turned over the command, proposed an armistice, and the appointment of commissioners to agree on terms of capitulation.
To this Grant responded with a characteristi...
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