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His classmates at West point called him Sam and the name stuck. He would also become known as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant after the fall of Fort Donelson in February 1862. When the Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner asked for terms of surrender, Grant replied, "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender... I propose to move immediately upon your works." Buckner surrendered the fort without further delay.

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