CHAPTER XXVI. PAGB

Re-election of Lincoln. — Life in Camp. — Welcome Winter

Visitors. — Assuming Great Risks. — A Trip to New York. —

The Battles of Franklin and Nashville. — Fort Fisher. — The

March to the Sea. — Civil and Military Powers. — Five Forks.
— Lee y s Surrender 255

CHAPTER XXVII.
Closing Scenes of the Surrender of Lee's Army. — Sherman and
Johnston. — Death of Lincoln. — The New President. — The
Balance Wheel. — Trouble 274

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The French in Mexico. — A Vacation. — The South and Recon-
struction. — A First Veto. — Rupture Between the President
and Congress. — General of the Army. — Authorities in Con-
flict. — The Sinews of War 286

CHAPTER XXIX.
4 Vote of Confidence. — Grant Secretary of War. — Differences
of Opinion. — The Political Tide. — The Lmpeachment of
Andrew Johnson. — Nomination of Grant for President. 301

CHAPTER XXX.
Grant Elected President. — The Administration. — The Era of
Speculation. — Shadows of Coming Trouble. — Party Divisions.
— Re-election 312

CHAPTER XXXI.
The Finances. — The Lnfiation Bill Veto. — False Expectations.
— The Panic. — The Third Term. — Hayes and Tilden. — The
Electoral Commission. — A Last Great Public Service 318

CHAPTER XXXII.
Free at Last.— A Boyhood Dream. — Across the Ocean. — Queen
and People. — On the Continent of Europe. — Cities and
Kings and Great Men. — Egypt. — Palestine. — Europe. — Asia.
— Around the World 326

CHAPTER XXXIII.
Politics. — Finances. — The Banking Bubble. — Perfect Prosper-
ity.— A Sudden Storm. — A New Undertaking. — Suffering.—
Heroism. — The Great Lesson 342



THE LIFE OF GRANT.
