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RAILROADS. 



the soil of Mexico, carrying with them arms right- 

 fully belonging to the United States, which had been 

 surrendered to us by agreement among them some 

 of the leaders who "had surrendered in person and 

 the disturbed condition of affairs on the Rio Grande, 

 the orders for troops to proceed to Texas were not 

 changed. 



There have been severe combats, raids, expedi- 

 tions, and movements to defeat the designs and pur- 

 poses of the enemy, most of them reflecting great 

 credit on our arms, and which contributed greatly 

 to our final triumph, that I have not mentioned.. 

 Many of these will DC found clearly set forth in the 

 reports herewith submitted ; some in the telegrams 

 and brief despatches announcing them, and others, 

 I regret to say, have not as yet been officially re- 

 ported. 



For information touching our Indian difficulties, I 

 would respectfully refer to the reports of the com- 

 manders of departments in which they have occurred. 



It has been my fortune to see the armies of both 

 the West and East fight battles, and from what I 

 have seen I know there is no difference in their fight- 

 ing qualities. All that it was possible for men to do 

 in oattle they have done. The Western armies com- 

 menced their battles in the Mississippi Valley, and 



received the final surrender of the remnant of the 

 principal army opposed to them in North Carolina. 

 The armies of the East commenced their battles on 

 the river from which the Army of the Potomac de- 

 rived its name, and received the final surrender of 

 their old antagonist at Appomattox Court-House, 

 Virginia, The splendid achievements of each have 

 nationalized our victories, removed all sectional 

 jealousies (of which we have unfortunately expe- 

 rienced too much), and the cause of crimination and 

 recrimination that might have followed had either 

 section failed in its duty. All have a proud record, 

 and all sections can well congratulate themselves 

 and each other for having done their full share in 

 restoring the supremacy of law over every foot of 

 territory belonging to the United States. Let them 

 hope for perpetual peace and harmony with that 

 enemy, whose manhood, however mistaken the 

 cause, drew forth such herculean deeds of valor. 

 I have the honor to be, 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. 



Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, November 18, 1865. 

 [Official copy], E, D. TOWNSEND, 



Assistant Adjutant-General. 



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RAILROADS. The following is the mileage 

 of the roads proposed and completed ; their 

 cost, including equipment ; and the average cost 

 per mile, in the United States : 



Distributed to geographical sections as follows, viz. : 



STATES AND TERRI- 

 TORIES. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland and District I 



of Columbia f 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana... 



Illinois 



"Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas. 



Nebraska Territory 



California. 



Oregon 



Virginia 



North Carolina. 



South Carolina. 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Tennessee 



Arkansas 



Louisiana. 



Texas... 



Aggregate in U. States 



MILEAGE. COST OF RAILROADS. 



641 

 659 

 69T 



1,867 

 152 

 759 



3,346 

 902 



4,539 

 172 



728 



865 



941 



4,082 



1,784 



2.430 



8,760 



1,863 



1,COS 



2.196 



1,572 



634 



1,200 



1,285 



1,000 



2,054 



1,352 



1,078 



1,635 



686 



1,492 



1,072 



1,892 



701 



883 



2,787 



509 

 659 

 697 



1,824 

 152 

 668 



2,956 

 867 



8,967 

 140 



4S7 



865 

 614 



8,393 

 959 



2,196 



8,206 



1,045 

 281 



1,001 

 925 

 112 

 108 

 807 

 20 



1,879 

 977 

 989 



1,421 

 402 

 898 

 887 



1,818 

 88 

 886 

 452 



$18,592,000 $36,500 

 22,758,000 84,500 



24,189,000 



61,818,000 



6,011,000 



25,209,000 



149,391,000 



49,798,000 



201.819,000 



5,269,000 



29,102,000 



24,874,000 



21,889,000 



137,888,000 



41,319,000 



74,198,000 



181,501,000 



42,862,000 



9,841,000 



41.827,000 



. r .0.2:!-_M)00 



8,850,000 



6,000,000 



17,301,000 



500,000 



45,146,000 



22,423,000 

 29,169,000 



21,977,000 

 24,112,000 

 88,977,000 



18,627.000 

 16,509.000 



40,500 

 46,300 

 82,900 

 87,700 

 50,500 

 57,400 

 60,700 

 87,600 



59,900 



68,100 

 85,500 

 40,500 

 43,100 



41,000 

 41,000 

 85,000 

 41,200 

 54,300 

 84,400 

 46,300 

 56,800 

 25,000 

 82,800 

 19,800 

 22,700 

 20,500 

 21,500 

 23,000 

 27,800 

 25,800 

 81,100 

 40,500 

 80,607 



Six New England States. 



FIVE Middle Atlantic " 



TWELVE Northern Inte- 

 rior States, etc 



Two Pacific States 



FIVE Southern Atlantic 

 States 



Six Gulf and South Inte- 

 rior States.. . 



4,175 

 9,687 



21,931 

 2,285 



6,700 

 8,282 



8.909 

 8,417 



14,205 

 827 



6,168 

 8,909 



$101,078,000 $41,200 



434,874,000 



634,226,000 

 17,801,000 



124,674,000 

 114,008,000 



51,700 



41,100 

 54,400 



24,100 

 29,200 



RAILROAD ACCIDENTS m THE UNITED STATES 

 FOE A SERIES OF YEARS. The total number of 

 casualties by railroad accidents in 1865 was 

 1,762, of which 335 resulted in death, and 

 1,427 in wounds. In 1864 the number of cas- 

 ualties was 1,890, viz.: killed, 404; wounded, 

 1,486 a decrease in 1865 of casualties 128; 

 deaths, 69 ; wounded, 59. These figures do not 

 include accidents where no lives were lost, acci- 

 dents to individuals which were caused by their 

 own carelessness or design, or deaths or inju- 

 ries resulting from the recklessness of persons 

 in crossing or standing upon railroad tracks 

 when trains were in motion. The following 

 table exhibits the number of railroad accidents, 

 with the number of persons killed and injured 

 by such casualties, during the past thirteen 

 years : 



68,060 86,985! $1,489,649,000 $39,999 



1858. 

 1854. 

 1355. 

 1866. 

 1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 

 1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 

 1868. 

 1864. 

 1865. 



138 



198 



142 



143 



126 



82 



79 



74 



63 



140 

 188 



284 

 186 

 110 

 105 

 180 

 119 

 129 

 67 

 101 

 264 

 264 

 404 



496 

 689 

 689 

 629 

 686 

 417 

 411 

 815 

 459 

 877 

 671 

 1,486 

 1,427 



