e with her right, in which she holds a
shield blazoned with the American arms, she repulses Discord,
represented with two snakes in each hand; the whole suspended by a
trophy of two crossed cannons, balls, and a sword, surmounted by the
American eagle, which is united by a ribbon of thirteen stripes,
paleways, gules and argent, and a chief, azure, to a clasp composed of
two cornucopias and the American arms. On the platform: PAQUET. F.
(_fecit_).

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

_Resolution and Act of Congress Instituting Army Medals of Honor._

_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized
to cause 2,000 "medals of honor" to be prepared with suitable
emblematic devices, and to direct that the same be presented, in
the name of Congress, to such non-commissioned officers and
privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry
in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present
insurrection, and that the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated for the purpose of carrying this resolution
into effect.

Approved July 12th, 1862.

SECTION 9. _And be it further enacted_, That the President (p. 369)
cause to be struck from the dies recently prepared at the
United States Mint for that purpose, "medals of honor"
additional to those authorized by the act (Resolution of July
twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), and present the same to
such officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates as have
most distinguished or who may hereafter most distinguish
themselves in action, and the sum of $20,000 is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to defray the expenses of the same.

Approved March 3d, 1863.

No. 73. (p. 370)
PLATE LXXIII.

_February 16, 1862, July 4 and November 25, 1863._

Major General Ulysses S Grant. Joint resolution of Congress
December 17, 1863. [Rx]. Donelson. Vicksburg, etc.

MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.

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

MAJOR GENERAL ULYSSES S. (_Simpson_) GRANT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF
CONGRESS DECEMBER 17. 1863.