August 7, when he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers by the President, his commission to date from May 17, 1861.  Was assigned September 1 to command the District of Southeastern Missouri.  September 4 established his headquarters at Cairo, and on the 6th captured Paducah, Ky.  February 2, 1862, advanced from Cairo; on the 6th captured Fort Henry, and on the 16th Fort Donelson.  Soon afterwards was made a major-general of volunteers, his commission dating from February 16.  March 4 was relieved from his command and ordered to remain at Fort Henry, but on the 13th was restored.  Commanded at the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862.  General Halleck on April 11 assumed command of the combined armies, and General Grant became second in command during the advance upon and the siege of Corinth.  In July Halleck became general in chief of all the armies, and General Grant was placed in command of the District of West Tennessee.  In September fought the battle of Iuka, Miss., and in October the battle of Corinth.  January 29, 1863, moved down the Mississippi River and took command of the troops opposite Vicksburg.  On March 29 sent one corps of his army across the peninsula opposite Vicksburg, and on April 16 ran the batteries with seven gunboats and three transports.  April 22 six other transports ran the batteries.  His army was now below Vicksburg, and on the 29th bombarded Grand Gulf.  May 1 fought the battle at Port Gibson, and on May 3 captured Grand Gulf.  May 12 defeated the Confederates at Raymond; and on the 14th captured Jackson, Miss.  After several engagements the Confederates were driven by him into Vicksburg, when he began the siege of that city, which was surrendered July 4, 1863.  On the same day was commissioned a major-general in the United States Army.  In August went to New Orleans to confer with General Banks, and while reviewing the troops there was injured by his horse falling on him.  About the middle of October was assigned to the command of the Military Division of the Mississippi, which included Rosecran’s army at Chattanooga, Tenn.  Arrived at Chattanooga October 23, and the next day issued orders which resulted in the battle of Wauhatchie on the 29th.  Attacked the Confederates under General Bragg on November 23, and after three days’ fighting captured Missionary Ridge, whereupon the Confederates retreated to Dalton, Ga.  For his successes Congress, in December, 1863, passed a resolution of thanks to him and the officers and soldiers of his command, and presented him with a gold medal.  The bill restoring the grade of lieutenant-general became a law in February, 1864, and on March 1 he was nominated for the position and was confirmed the succeeding day.  On March 12 assumed command of all the armies of the United States, and immediately began the plan of campaign that kept all of the armies in motion until the war ended.  About May 4, 1864, this campaign, the greatest of the war, began, and lasted until the surrender of the Confederates in