President calls for arrest and trial by courtmartial of any person furnishing arms to hostile Indians. Proclamation Concerning Trade with Indians, 17 March 1865, CW, 8:359-60.

About 4 P.M. from balcony of National Hotel presents captured flag to Governor Oliver P. Morton of Indiana and makes speech to 140th Indiana Regiment, which captured it at Fort Anderson, N.C. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 18 March 1865, 2d ed., 3:1; Washington Chronicle, 19 March 1865; Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment, 17 March 1865, CW, 8:360-62.