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 ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT 43 the appointment of commissioners to arrange terms of capitulation. Grant replied that there could be no terms but unconditional surrender ; and this was made on July 4. He permitted the officers and men to be paroled, the officers to retain their private baggage and side-arms, and each mounted officer one horse. Grant showed every consideration to the vanquished, supplied them with full rations, and, when they marched out, issued an order say ing, &quot;Instruct the commands to be orderly and quiet as these prisoners pass, and to make no offensive remarks.&quot; The surrender included 31,600 prisoners, 172 cannon, 60,000 muskets, and a large amount of ammunition. Grant s total loss in the Vicksburg campaign was 8,873 ; that of the enemy nearly 60,000. Port Hudson now surrendered to Banks, and the Mississippi was opened from its source to its mouth. Grant was made a major- general in the regular army; and congress, when it assembled, passed a resolution ordering a gold medal to be presented to him, and returning thanks to him and his army. He soon recommended a movement against Mo bile, but it was not approved. He went to New Orleans, August 30, to confer with Banks, and while there was severely injured by a fall from his horse, during a trial of speed with Col. Grant Wilson, the editor of this work. For nearly three weeks he was unable to walk unaided, but on Sep-