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Banquet programme

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04195.33 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: circa May 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 14.4 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

Fragment of banquet program, probably for a celebration following the victory of the Civil War. Sherman presided. Poems, songs, and reports given for each army. Verso has illustration of Union flags with lists of victories. On May 24 a Grand Review parade displayed all troops in Washington, D.C.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Union General
Union Forces
Holidays and Celebrations
Poetry
Music
Battle
Washington, District of Columbia
The American Civil War

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