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List of Documents xiii 261. George H. Thomas and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence before and after the Battle of Nashville (December 9 and 15, 1864) 598 262. Henry W. Halleck and William Tecumseh Sherman: Correspondence on Treatment of Slaves (December 30, 1864, and January 12, 1865) 600 1865 263. Henry C. Work: “Marching through Georgia” (1865) 607 264. Ulysses S. Grant: Orders to Alfred H. Terry Regarding Fort Fisher (January 3, 1865) 608 265. Howell Cobb: Letter to James A. Seddon on Opposition to Arming Slaves (January 5, 1865) 610 266. Robert E. Lee: Letter to Andrew Hunter on Enlisting Slaves into the Confederate Army (January 11, 1865) 612 267. William Tecumseh Sherman: Special Field Orders No. 15 Distributing Land to Freedmen (January 16, 1865) 614 268. Josiah Gorgas: Diary Entries Regarding a Confederate Victory (January 25 and 30, 1865) 616 269. Joseph Wheeler and William Tecumseh Sherman: Correspondence on Destruction in South Carolina (February 7–8, 1865) 617 270. Abraham Lincoln: Report to Congress on Hampton Roads Peace Discussions (February 10, 1865) 619 271. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence on Possible Military Convention (March 2 and 4, 1865) 628 272. Freedmen’s Bureau Act (March 3, 1865) 630 273. Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) 632 274. William Tecumseh Sherman: Letter to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick during the March through North Carolina (March 7, 1865) 633 275. Confederate Correspondence on the Tredegar Iron Works (March 7–11, 1865) 635 276. John C. Breckinridge and Robert E. Lee: Confidential Correspondence on the Condition of the Army (March 8–9, 1865) 637 277. Confederate Conscription Act of March 13, 1865, and General Orders No. 14 (March 23, 1865) 639 278. Joseph E. Johnston: Reports on the Battle of Bentonville (March 23 and 27, 1865) 642 279. William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoir Account of Conference with Abraham Lincoln at City Point (1876) 645 280. Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to William Tecumseh Sherman on the Pursuit of Lee’s Army (April 3, 1865) 647 281. Ulysses S. Grant: Excerpt of Report Including Correspondence with Robert E. Lee and Surrender Terms at Appomattox (April 7–9, 1865) 648 282. Robert E. Lee: General Order No. 9, Farewell to Troops (April 10, 1865) and Letter to Jefferson Davis (April 12, 1865) 652 283. William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston: Surrender Terms and General Orders No. 18 (April 26–27, 1865) 655 AFTER THE WAR 284. Andrew Johnson: Proclamation of Amnesty (May 29, 1865) 661 285. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant: Correspondence on Lee’s Parole Status (June 13 and 20, 1865) 663 286. Gordon Granger: General Orders No. 3 Announcing Emancipation in Texas (June 19, 1865) 665 287. Lincoln Conspirators’ Trial (1865) 666 288. Report of the Southern Treaty Commission (October 30, 1865) 670 289. Ulysses S. Grant: Report on Conditions in the South (December 18, 1865) 673 290. Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) [Excerpts] 675 291. Civil Rights Act of 1866 (April 9, 1866) 680 292. George Cooper: Medical Examination of Jefferson Davis (May 9, 1866) 683 293. Ely Parker: Report to Ulysses S. Grant about Indian Affairs (January 24, 1867) [Excerpts] 685 294. Reconstruction Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867) 689 295. Army Appropriation Act of 1867 (March 2, 1867) [Excerpts] 691 296. Tenure of Office Act (March 2, 1867) 692 297. Articles of Impeachment (March 4, 1868) 694 298. Fourteenth Amendment (July 9, 1868) 702 299. Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 (April 20, 1871) 704 300. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (March 1, 1875) 707