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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 0 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 3 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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with or without entering into terms of agreement with the enemy, I should much prefer the former; there is to my mind, no practical difference between giving up a place openly or secretly. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, M. S. Smith, Major-General. headquarters Bowen's division, Vicksburg, Miss., July 2, 1863. General: In reply to your inquiry of this morning, in regard to the condition of my command to force their way through the enemy's lines, in case that the n were contained in his letter, the conference could terminate, and hostilities be resumed immediately. After some further conversation, he proposed that General Bowen and Captain Montgomery, and two of his officers, Major-Generals McPherson and Smith, should retire for consultation, and suggest such terms as they might think proper for our consideration. After some conversation between these officers, we parted, with the understanding that General Grant would communicate with me by ten o'clo