Who earned the nickname unconditional surrender and how did he earn it?

Answer 1

Unconditional Surrender was a nickname of U.S. Grant of the Union Army. It was in part because of his initials and partly because of his reluctance to accept terms of surrender from the South.

Answer 2

because he didnt want to surrender :))

Because he refused to negotiate a "conditional surrender" which allows terms for the defeated side to have certain rights. Early in the war, the prisoners would surrender and then be paroled or exchanged for release of Union prisoners. This allowed the Confederates return and fight again. General Grant knew that to defeat the Confederates he had to deplete their manpower. When he became overall commander, he stopped the parole and exchange of prisoners.

General Grant was born with the name Hiram Ulysses Grantbut while at West Point he had it changed to Ulysses Simpson Grant. So it was easy for the soldiers to label him as "Unconditional Surrender Grant" since that matched his initials.

So the next time someone asks: Who is buried in Grant's tomb?

You can say "Hiram Grant" and his wife.

Answer 3

It was after the Battle Of Fort Donelson, when Grant coined the phrase 'Unconditional Surrender', and became famous overnight.

The Northern public responded well, both to the spirit behind it, and to its chiming with 'U.S.'

Grant had earlier changed his birth-name from Hiram Ulysses Grant, because West Point cadets would use initials as nicknames, and he got fed-up with being called 'Hug' or 'Huggy'. He dropped the 'Hiram' and just became Ulysses Grant.

After Donelson, he became (unofficially) 'Unconditional Surrender Grant', so he decided to insert 'S' into his name, although it didn't stand for anything at first.

As he moved up and became more famous, he thought he might as well call himself Ulysses Simpson Grant, as his mother's family name was Simpson.

Answer 4

On Feb. 15th, 1862 the Confederate Army, besieged at Fort Donelson, attempted to break through the Union encirclement.

The attack was repulsed and, taken into consideration the desperate situation, the Confederate Commander, Gen. Buckner asked Grant to negotiate the terms of surrender. Grant replied that the only conditions admitted were those of an "unconditional surrender", adding "I'm going to move against your position"