OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

DURING

THE GREAT REBELLION,

INCLUDING

A CLASSIFIED SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SIXTI CON-
GRESS, THE THREE SESSIONS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, TIIE FIRST SESSION

OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, WITH THE VOTES THEREON,

AND THE IMPORTANT

EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND POLITICO-MILITARY FACTS OF THAT

EVENTFUL PERIOD;

TOOETHER WITH THE

ORGANIZATION, LEGISLATION, AND GENERAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE REBEL

ADMINISTRATION;

AND

AN APPENDIX

CONTAINING THE PRINCIPAL POLITICAL FACTS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1864,
A CHAPTER ON THE CHURCH AND THE REBELLION, AND THE PROCEED-

INGS OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

BY EDWARD MCPHERSON,

OY GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,
OLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U. 8.

SECOND EDITION.

WASHINGTON, D. C.:
PHILP & SOLOMONS.

1865.

(233.h.16.