“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”

— Ulysses S. Grant

Battle of Fort Donelson Feb 1862 as quoted in "United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey, White House Historical Association, 2006 Whitehouse.gov https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/ulyssessgrant
1860s

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18th President of the United States 1822–1885

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“I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va. on the following terms”

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States

Terms of surrender, given to General Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (9 April 1865).
1860s
Context: I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va. on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.