On May 10, 1865, Andrew Johnson declared the rebellion was almost at an end. There were only a few remaining Confederates left to surrender to Federal forces. Johnson also called for a formal review of the victorious Union Army in Washington. The Grand Review would take place May 23 and May 24, 1865.
Part of Johnson's reasoning for a Grand Review was the desire to change the mood of Washington, which was still mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln to an assassin a month prior.
Although it would be impossible for the entire Union Army to pass in review, three were in town for the event. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac was scheduled to march on May 23 while William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee and Army of Georgia would march the following day. The two-day procession would include 150,000 Union soldiers.
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Along the way,http://www.akkanatayakkabi.com/wp-xml.php?fotballdrakter/152-tottenham/, Meade stopped in front of the reviewing stand, joining Johnson,http://brandbookcloud.com/sidebar.php?klubhold-slovakiet-cl25.php, Ulysses S. Grant, the Cabinet,http://auramodels.co.uk/wp-plugins.php?tissot-couturier-quartz-mens-watch.html, senior military leaders and other dignitaries to review the victors of such battles as Gettysburg,http://catamarcainfo.com/wp-title.php?premier-league-arsenal-c-275_268_4.html, Five Forks,http://saucemilan.com/wp-tag.php?nike-magista-orden-ag-jalkapallokengat-musta-v-1045.html, Petersburg before receiving the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
The infantry marched with 12 men across the road, followed by the divisional & corps artillery. This was followed by an array of cavalry regiments that stretched for miles.
Men, women and children lined the review route joyously celebrating the end of four long years of war. The crowd sang patriotic songs as the soldiers made their way down Pennsylvania Avenue.
That evening Sherman fretted that his western soldiers would not be as spit and polished as the Army of the Potomac. Sherman's men were known to be rougher around the edges than the eastern Federals,http://www.producteursdemaregion.com/walker.php?maillot-su%25C3%25A8de-20142015-p-1758.html.
The western soldiers were known to wear soft hats and loose shirts instead of the standard blue uniforms and kepi hats. Since being in Washington, Sherman had drilled his men and insisted that their uniforms be cleaned, buttons and brass shined and that bayonets glistened.
Sherman's men didn't let him down. On May 24,http://www.akkanatayakkabi.com/fantversion.php?Barcelona-Fotballdrakt-2014-2015, Sherman led a combination of 65,http://www.nowwhatlife.com/wp-feed.php?products_new.html,000 men of the Army of the Tennessee and Army of Georgia along the same parade route the Army of the Potomac had marched a day earlier.
For six hours, the army that campaigned for Atlanta, marched to the sea and through the Carolinas tramped down Pennsylvania Avenue. Although their gait was not as sharp as the Army of the Potomac's,http://rentasgastronomicas.com/wp-pass.php?shop/clubs/2649-maillot-juventus-turin-domicile-201516.html, Sherman's troops looked every bit the soldier.
Sherman's procession had one thing Meade's did not. Following Sherman's forces were freed blacks, laborers and cattle captured in the Carolinas. Many of these blacks had followed Sherman's army since his march through Georgia.
For those in attendance, the Grand Review was an event worthy of remembrance. Horace Porter,http://www.exclusiveworlds.co.uk/wp-title.php?ulysse-nardin-el-toro-blue-swiss-eta-mens-luxury-watch, aide to Grant, recalled, "Even after every veteran had vanished from sight, the crowds kept their place for a time, as if still under a spell and unwilling to believe that the marvelous spectacle had actually passed from view."
Porter continued, "It was not a Roman triumph, designed to gratify the vanity of the victors, exhibit their trophies and parade their enchained captives before the multitude: it was a celebration of the dawn of peace,http://backchecktech.com/wp-diff.php?produkt-kategori/fodboldtrojer/, a declaration of the reestablishment of the Union."
Within a week of the Grand Review, the two armies that passed down Pennsylvania Avenue were disbanded. Volunteer regiments that endured four years of war were sent home to be mustered out of the Union Army. Fathers, husbands and sons were returning home to start life anew.相关的主题文章：


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