A. BUFORD, _Brigadier General_.
The COMMANDING OFFICER
_United States Forces, Columbus, Kentucky_.
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE POST,
_Columbus, Kentucky, April 13, 1864_.
GENERAL: Your communication of this date to hand. In reply, I would
state that, being placed by my government with adequate force to hold
and repel all enemies from my post, surrender is out of the question.