[_Sixteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 366 Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln...................... 366

71 NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR. LXXII a (p. lxv)

Description of Medal........................................ 367 Acts of Congress Inst.i.tuting Naval Medals of Honor ..................................... December 21, 1861... 367 ......................................... July 16, 1862... 367

72 ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR. LXXII b

Description of Medal........................................ 368 Resolution and Act of Congress Inst.i.tuting Army Medals of Honor ......................................... July 12, 1862... 368 ......................................... March 3, 1863... 369

73 MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. LXXIII

[_Victories of fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga._]

Description of Medal........................................ 370 Biographical Sketch of Antrobus............................. 371 Biographical Sketch of Ulysses Simpson Grant................ 371 Resolutions of Congress Voting a Medal to General Grant................................ December 17, 1863... 371 General Grant to General Cullum........ February 16, 1862... 372 General Buckner to General Grant....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Grant to General Buckner....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Buckner to General Grant....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Orders No. 2................... February 17, 1862... 375 General Grant to the a.s.sistant Adjutant-General.......................... July 6, 1863... 375 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 3, 1863... 391 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 3, 1863... 392 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 3, 1863... 392 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 3, 1863... 393 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 4, 1863... 393 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 4, 1863... 394 General Grant to the a.s.sistant Adjutant-General..................... December 23, 1863... 394

74 CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. LXXIV

[_Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt._]

Description of Medal........................................ 406 Biographical Sketch of Emanuel Leutze....................... 406 Biographical Sketch of Cornelius Vanderbilt................. 407 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt............................ January 28, 1864... 407 The Secretary of State to Cornelius Vanderbilt.............................. April 17, 1866... 408 Cornelius Vanderbilt to the Secretary of State...................................... May 3, 1866... 408

75 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. LXXV

[_Seventeenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 410 Biographical Sketch of Andrew Johnson....................... 410

76 WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO. LXXVI (p. lxvi)

[_Testimonial of National Grat.i.tude._]

Description of Medal........................................ 411 Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer........................ July 26, 1866... 412 Major Wyse to the Adjutant General of the Army.................................. January 14, 1854... 412 Consolidated Morning Report, 3d Artillery............................. January 14, 1854... 414 Colonel Gates to the Adjutant-General of the Army.................................. January 16, 1854... 415 Acts of Congress Voting Eight Months' Pay to Lieutenant Francis Key Murray and others ........................................ March 27, 1854... 416 ........................................ August 5, 1854... 417

77 CYRUS WEST FIELD. LXXVII

[_Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable._]

Description of Medal........................................ 418 Biographical Sketch of J. Goldsborough Bruff................ 419 Biographical Sketch of William Barber....................... 419 Biographical Sketch of Cyrus West Field..................... 419 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cyrus W.

Field.................................... March 2, 1867... 419 The Secretary of State to Cyrus W.

Field.................................. January 7, 1869... 420

78 GEORGE PEABODY. LXXVIII

[_Promotion of Universal Education._]

Description of Medal........................................ 421 Biographical Sketch of George Peabody....................... 422 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George Peabody................................. March 16, 1867... 423 George Peabody's Gift for Southern Education............................. February 7, 1867... 423 Action of the Trustees of the Peabody Gift.................................. February 8, 1867... 425 The Secretary of State to George Peabody... June 23, 1868... 426 George Peabody to the Secretary of State............................... September 18, 1868... 427 The Secretary of State to George Peabody................................ October 7, 1868... 427 George Peabody to the Secretary of State.................................. January 6, 1869... 428

79 PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. LXXIX

[_Eighteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 429

80 GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON. Lx.x.x

[_Heroic Conduct._]

Description of Medal........................................ 430 Biographical Sketch of George Foster Robinson............... 431 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George F.

Robinson................................. March 1, 1871... 431 Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Regard to George F. Robinson........................................ 432

81 LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS. Lx.x.xI (p. lxvii)

[_Courage and Humanity._]

Description of Medal........................................ 434 Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Barber.................... 434 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others........................... February 24, 1873... 434 Captain David Ritchie to the Secretary of the Navy................................. September 1, 1872... 435 Resolution of Congress Voting Thanks to Captain Ritchie............................... January 24, 1873... 437

82 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. Lx.x.xII

[_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._]

Description of Medal........................................ 438 Act of Congress Authorizing Centennial Medals................................... June 16, 1874... 439 Official Notice Promulgated by the Centennial Board of Finance................................. March 24, 1875... 439

83 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. Lx.x.xIII

[_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._]

Description of Medal........................................ 440

84 LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLa.s.s. Lx.x.xIV

[_Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea._]