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Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0697 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/05/23-24 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of theimage in the foreground are several civilian men's hats, denoting the crowd of spectators.

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