ii., p. 154.

(27) _Battles and Leaders_, etc., vol. iv., p. 740; _Memoirs of
Grant_, vol. ii., p. 483.

(28) _Memoirs of Grant_., vol. ii., p. 488.

(29) _War Records_, vol. xlvi., Part I., p. 1279.

(30) _Memoirs of Grant_, vol. ii., p. 497.

(31) _War Records_, vol. xlvi., Part I., p. 597.

(32) The individual captors of flags were F. M. McMillen, Co. C,
and Isaac James, Co. A, 110th Ohio; Milton Blickensderfer, Co. E,
126th Ohio; George Loyd, Co. A, 122d Ohio (Heth's battle flag);
John Keough, Co. E, 67th Pennsylvania; and Trustrim Connell, Co.
I, 138th Pennsylvania. Each was awarded a Medal of Honor.--_War
Records_, vol. xlvi., Part I., pp. 909, 981.

(33) An incident will illustrate how Secretary Stanton sometimes
did business. The first order to muster out volunteers excepted
those whose term of enlistment expired after October 1, 1865. This
would have left in service some men of each company of my Ohio
regiments and caused dissatisfaction. Through a written application
I obtained authority to muster out all the men of these regiments.
Later, complaints came from regiments of other States similarly
affected, and an application was made by me for like authority as
to them, which was refused. This was invidious. In company with
General Meade I called on the Secretary of War to ask a reconsideration.
On the bare mention of our mission Mr. Stanton flew into a rage
and denounced Meade for making the request, saying no such order
had been or would be issued. Meade was deeply hurt and started to
withdraw, and the wrath of the Secretary was turned on me. I
interrupted him and, displaying the order relating to the Ohio
regiments, told him his statement was not true. Stanton thereupon
became still more violent and abusive and declared the order I had
was issued by mistake or through fraud and would be revoked. I
replied that it had been executed; that the men were discharged,
paid off, and on their way home. He then became calm, relented,
apologized for his intemperate language, and kindly issued the
desired order.

(34) I was, in 1866, on the joint request of Generals Grant and
Meade, appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 26th Infantry, U. S. A.
I declined the commission.

(35) There were 26,690 regulars and 56,926 volunteers--83,616,
employed in the invasion of Mexico, not mentioning the navy.--
_History of Mexican War_ (Wilcox), p. 561. For the author's farewell
order to the brigade, and