Chapter 18

A MEMORABLE SESSION OF CONGRESS. Dark Period of the War--Effect of the President's Proclamation-- Revenue Bill Enacted Increasing Internal Taxes and Adding Many New Objects of Taxation--Additional Bonds Issued--General Prosperity in the North Following the Passage of New Financial Measures--Aid for the Union Pacific Railroad Company--Land Grants to the Northern Pacific--13th Amendment to the Constitution--Resignation of Secretary Chase--Anecdote of Governor Tod of Ohio--Nomination of William P. Fessenden to Succeed Chase--The Latter Made Chief Justice--Lincoln's Second Nomination--Effect of Vallandigham's Resolution--General Sherman's March to the Sea--Second Session of the 38th Congress.