CHAPTER XIX.

RENOMINATED.

Lieut. Gen. Grant--His Military Record--Continued Movements-- Correspondence with the President--Across the Rapidan-- Richmond Invested--President’s Letter to a Grant Meeting-- Meeting of Republican National Convention--The Platform-- The Nomination--Mr. Lincoln’s Reply to the Committee of Notification--Remarks to Union League Committee--Speech at a Serenade--Speech to Ohio Troops 285