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Iowa soldiers, 532 ; order relative to the free- 

 dom of negroes in Mississippi, 652. 



IV. Congratulatory address to his troops at 

 Chattanooga, 41 ; appointed Lieutenant-Gen- 

 eral, 6T ; reply to the President's address, 67 ; 

 order on assuming command, 67 ; letter on the 

 state of affairs, 134 ; order relative to desert- 

 ers, 135; letter on the draft, 135; report of 

 the Hatcher's Run affair, 136 ; commencement 

 of his career, 432 ; reply to President Lincoln's 

 letter on the campaign, 779 ; letter to General 

 Lee, 779. 



V. Movements against Richmond, 53 ; cor- 

 respondence with Lee, 64; farewell to the 

 troops, 74; order putting a stop to irregular 

 traffic in Virginia, 184; report of army opera- 

 tions in 1864-'65, 719-742 ; instructions to 

 General Banks, 721 ; instructions to General 

 Butler, 721 ; dispatches in relation to Gen- 

 eral Hunter's movements, 725 ; instructions to 

 General Hunter, 727; dispatches to General 

 Sherman, 731 ; instructions to Generals Butler 

 and Terry for the Fort Fisher expeditions, 733, 

 734 ; instructions to General Schofield, 735 ; in- 

 structions to Generals Thomas and Sheridan, 

 736 ; communication to General Thomas, 737 ; 

 instructions for a general movement of the 

 armies operating against Richmond, 727 ; in- 

 structions to General Sheridan, 737-740 ; cor- 

 respondence with General Lee in relation to 

 surrender, 740, 741 ; report to President John- 

 son on the condition of the South, 809. 



VI. Letter to the Secretary of War relative 

 to the army bills before Congress, 30 ; appoint- 

 ed General, 34 ; report on the condition of the 

 South, 132; arrives at Buffalo to check the 

 Fenians, 287. 



VII. Letter of, to General Ord, 50 ; orders 

 of, respecting army, 56 ; section of army bill 

 defining the authority of, 244 ; on removal of 

 Governor of Louisiana, 458 ; on registration in 

 Louisiana, 461 ; on Sickles's Order No. 10, in 

 North Carolina, 547; instruction to General 

 Thomas, regarding the Nashville election, 709 ; 

 reply to General Sheridan, 740 ; letters to the 

 President, 740, 741. 



VIII. Order relative to the oath of mem- 

 bers of the Louisiana Legislature, 434 ; letter 

 relative to disturbances in Louisiana, 438, 439 ; 

 correspondence with the President relative to 

 the office of Secretary of War, 648 ; letter on 

 the statements of members of the cabinet, 

 656 ; retires from the War Department, 742 ; 



letter to the President, 742 ; accepts the Re- 

 publican nomination for President, 742 ; elected 

 President, 753. 



IX. President of the United States, favors 

 Darien Canal project, 110 ; letter to the Senate 

 on A. T. Stewart's nomination, 191, 192 ; mes- 

 sage on reconstruction, 198 ; recommends bill 

 for reconstruction of Georgia, 309 ; special 

 message to Congress recommending that elec- 

 tions be held in Virginia, Texas, and Missis- 

 sippi, for voting on the State constitutions, 455 ; 

 letter to Judge Dent on Mississippi affairs, 457 ; 

 proclamation for an election in Mississippi to 

 vote on the State constitution, 460 ; letter to 

 Lopez on the recall of Minister McMahon from 

 Paraguay, 555 ; message to Congress, 582 ; in- 

 augural address, 587 ; proclamations, 588, 589 ; 

 reply to the committee, 694 ; message to the 

 Senate on A. T. Stewart, 695 ; reply to the 

 delegation of Colored Convention, 703. 



X. Sends message to Congress on fifteenth 

 amendment to the Constitution, 168 ; message 

 on the commercial marine, 205 ; messages to 

 Congress, 629 ; serenaded, 725 ; his speech, 

 725 ; proclamations on neutrality, 726. 



XI. Appoints commissioners to San Do- 

 mingo, 18; message on Southern disorders, 

 184; 'proclamation on South Carolina disor- 

 ders, 701 ; position on San Domingo annexa- 

 tion, 747; proclamation relative to Southern 

 affairs, 748 ; proclamation suspending writ of 

 habeas corpus, 748 ; reception at Indianapolis, 

 750. 



XII. Message to the Forty-first Congress, 

 December 2, 1872, 695 ; nominated at Phila- 

 delphia, 780 ; letter of acceptance, 780 ; elected 

 784. 



XIII. His message to Congress on affairs in 

 Louisiana, 195 ; message to Congress relative 

 to the steamer Virginius, 262 ; letters on the 

 finances, 284 ; reply to the application of 

 Governor Davis, of Texas, for troops, 740 ; 

 reinaugurated President, 749 ; his address, 

 749. 



XIV. Instructions as President to the com- 

 manding officer at Little Rock, 41 ; dispatch to 

 Baxter at Little Rock, 42 ; proposition to con- 

 testants in Arkansas, 45; proclamation, 46; 

 vetoes the inflation bill, 199 ; letter giving his 

 financial views, 302 ; proclamation ordering 

 the dispersion of disorderly persons at New 

 Orleans, 481 ; his views, 482 ; special message 

 respecting the navy, 586 ; message to Congress, 



