They both discharged their duties with intelligence and fidelity.

Nor was the work of Reconstruction essentially hindered by the changed in other departments.

It is the trained habit of the officers of the United-States Army to carry out their orders with implicit faith, and there is seldom a conflict as to the line of duty to be followed.

If there was any exception, it was in regard to the course pursued by General Hancock.

His conduct became a subject of controversy, and the popular division respecting its merits was on the political line.