Eyewitness to the 1865 Grand Review
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On May 23-24, 1865, about 150,000 boys in blue—90,000 from the east and 60,000 from the west, marched through Washington, D.C., to celebrate victory over Confederate forces. More than 200,000 spectators watched the Grand Review. One of them was Walt Whitman. Here's his recollection.
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