did in writing. He either has implicit confidence in a man or he has none. He was quick to form an estimate of a man, and if his suspicions were once aroused his firm jaw would shut like a trap and he would remain cold and silent and by his appearance would chill a speaker, no matter how earnest he might be. He was always modest and unassuming, never presented himself as a hero of any occasion, and never introduced military subjects in conversation. He didn't desire to be President a third term for any glory or reputation, but his sole object was to reconcile the North and the South, and I think he would have done it thoroughly. The solid South would have been a thing of the` past.'

The following pathetic statement from Hamilton Fish, touching the changed appearance and sufferings of General Grant, will prove interesting. He says, in an interview with a reporter of a New York paper:

"Here is a picture, perhaps the best ever taken of him, while he was general of the army. His face is full. There are no wrinkles. His broad brow and massive jaws are indicated strongly. Now the general is sadly emaciated. He reclines, almost without a change, in a broad arm-chair, resting his feet upon a small chair near it. He's wrapped up warm in blankets, and every care is taken to avoid a sudden chill. His face is deeply wrinkled-lines either of constant anxiety or of pain. The lower part is swollen by the disease, and in consequence the waste of flesh is not noted so much at a full front view as when one sees him walking from room to room in his restless way. The general never complains. He bears excruciaing pains without a murmur. I do not believe that his sufferings are incessant. They must be spasmodic; but in watching the general one can only notice a quiver of the muscles when one of these darts of pain occurs. It is impossible to say that his condition is improved. It is, I am afraid, too late to talk of any marked improvement. His family as well as himself are now waiting for the end which must surely come. The physicians are fighting bravely and nobly to defer the

death of their patient-not to prevent it. At present the disease is continually increasing its surface, and it can only be a little time when one of three things will occur. The first danger is, of course, from the accumulation of mucus in the throat, which would of necessity cause suffocation; the second is the progress of the disease into the throat and the severance of one of the large arteries. This would cause a suffusion of blood and would result in suffocation. A third danger is from a failure of the heart through weakness. The physicians think death, when it comes, will be very sudden. It will result from one of those reasons, and will come without warning. His struggle has been a remarkable one, and indicates clearly the iron nature of the man. He seems to be restless. Of course he doss not remain on his feet for any length of time. He rises from his chair, walks across the room aud then returns. He does this simply to change his position and so get rest. He dreads to go to bed on account of the rapid accu, mulation in his throat."

We cannot better conclude this subject than by giving an extract from an editorial of the New York Tribune, on the anniversary of the battle of Appomattox:

"Twenty years ago this day occurred the historic scene of Appomattox. General Lee's army, reduced to 35,000 men, had been forced to retreat from Richmond westward, and owing to General Meade's energetic pursuit and the daring advance of General Sheridan's cavalry upon the southern lines of railway communication, it was cut off from supplies, constantly harassed, and finally surrounded. On the night of April 6, 1865, General Lee's officers, after a consultation around their bivouac fires, desired General Pendleton to express to him their conviction that the prolongation of the struggle would involve a needless sacrifice of life, inasmuch as a surrender was inevitable. On the next morning General Grant formally proposed negotiations for a capitulation, and receiving on the following day a favorable reply, immediately offered to accept a sur

render on the single condition that the officers and men laying down their arms should be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged as prisoners of war. So generous were these terms that General Lee, while denying that the supreme emergency had yet arisen, consented to appoint a meeting for the next morning between the picket lines of the two armies, at which the general situation might be discussed. This appointment was not kept, General Grant replying that he had no authority to treat on the subject of peace. Later in the day, April 9, General Lee asked for an immediate meeting; the two commanders had a brief consultation; and the terms of surrender were adjusted without difficulty. This was Appomattox.

"The heroic soldier, whose fame was crowned by that great achievement twenty years ago, has been fighting for many weeks as hopeless a battle as that in which General Lee's dispirited and famished but not demoralized followers were then engaged. Racked by the torments of merciless disease, he has endured the hardness like a brave soldier, bearing his sufferings with cheerfulness and resignation, and displaying the same resolute courage and invincible will which were his distinguishing characteristics during his campaigns. His sick room has witnessed triumphs of self-conquest, self-repression and quiet endurance worthy of the hero of Appomattox. The same generosity and thoughtfulness for others, which shaped his negotiations with General Lee, have been evinced in the weary veteran's daily greetings and messages to his friends and in the gentle courtesies bestowed upon all who enter the sick room. There has been no sign of impatience; no sound of murmuring. On the eve of Appomattox the old soldier sighs for peace, but is brave and resolute still."

APPENDICES.

A

The following congratulatory order of General Grant was issued Jast after the repulse of the Confederates in their attempt to recover Corinth, Miss., a description of which will be found on page 66.

General Orders No. 88.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
JACKSON, TENN., October 7, 1862.

It is with heartfelt gratitude the General commanding congratulates the armies of the West for another great victory won by them on the 3d, 4th and 5th inst, over the combined armies of Van Dorn, Price and Lovell.

The enemy chose his own time and place of attack, and knowing the troops of the West as he does, and with great facilities for knowing their numbers, never would have made the attempt, except with a superior force numerically. But for the undaunted bravery of officers and soldiers who have yet to learn defeat, the efforts of the enemy must have proved successful.

Whilst one division of the army, under Major-General Rosecrans, was resisting and repelling the onslaught of the rebel hosts at Corinth, another, from Bolivar, under Major-General Hurlbut, was marching upon the enemy's rear, driving in their pickets and cavairy, and attracting the attention of a large force of infantry and artillery. On the following day, under Major-General Ord, these forces advanced with unsurpassed gallantry, driving the enemy back across the Hatchie, over ground where it is almost incredible that a superior force should be driven by an inferior, capturing two of the batteries (eight guns), many hundred small arms, and several hundred prisoners.

To those two divisions of the army all praise is due, and will be awarded by a grateful country.

Between them there should be, and I trust are, the warmest bonds of brotherhood. Each was risking life in the same cause, and, on this occasion, risking it also to save and assist the other. No troops could do more than these separate armies. Each did all possible for it to do in the places assigned it.

As in all great battles, so in this, it becomes our fate to mourn the loss of many brave and faithful officers and soldiers, who have given up their lives as a sacrifice for a great principle. The nation mourns for them.

By command of
JOHN A. RAWLINS, A. A. G.

Major-General U. S. GRANT.

B

General Grant, having received repeated complaints from farmers in the vicinity of his headquarters, of the conduct of the Confederate forces while passing through their country, to prevent his troops from falling into the like disgraceful system of plunder, he issued the following order:

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, LAGRANGE, TENN., November 9, 1862. [Special Field Orders No. 2.]

Hereinafter stoppage will be made on muster and pay rolls against divisions for the full amount of depredations committed by any member or members of the division, unless the act can be traced either to the individuals committing them, or to the company, regiment, or brigade to which the offenders belong.

In all cases the punishment will be assessed to the smallest organization containing the guilty parties.

Confiscation acts were never intended to be executed by soldiers; and if they were, the general government should have full benefit of all property of which individuals are deprived. A stoppage of pay against offenders will effect this end, and, it is to be hoped, will correct this growing evil.

It is not only the duty of commissioned officers to correct this evil, but of all good men in the ranks to report every violation; and it is determined now that they shall have a pecuniary interest in doing so.

Assessments will also be made against commissioned officers, in the proportion of their pay proper.