On the recordJanuary 31, 1865
It winds the whole thing up.
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Remarks in Response to a Serenade
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Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
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I transmit herewith the letter of the Secretary of War, with accompanying report of the Adjutant-General, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives dated December 7, 1864.
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He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
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