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The correspondence sent herewith embraces all the correspondence known
to me on the subject referred to in the resolution of the House of
Representatives.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
EDWIN M. STANTON,
_Secretary of War_.

_General Grant to the President_.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
_Washington, January 24, 1868_.
His Excellency A. JOHNSON,
_President of the United States_.
SIR: I have the honor very respectfully to request to have in writing
the order which the President gave me verbally on Sunday, the 19th
instant, to disregard the orders of the Hon. E.M. Stanton as Secretary
of War until I knew from the President himself that they were his
orders.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
U.S. GRANT, _General_.

_General Grant to the President_.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
_Washington, D.C., January 28, 1868_.
His Excellency A. JOHNSON,
_President of the United States_.


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