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, "Instruct the commands to be orderly and quiet as these prisoners pass, and to make no offensive remarks." 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-
