It is with the best interest of our peoples in mind that I, the now former President of the United States, have surrendered our nation to the Confederate States of America and their leader President Robert E. Lee. I shall, in the interest of service to our people, take a post as an officer in the Confederate Army.

Signed,
Ulysses S. Grant

The French emperor Johnson I has agreed to enter into a military, political, and economic alliance with the United States of America.

Signed,
Ulysses S. Grant