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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 #: GLC05111.01.0698 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/05/23-24 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it. Civilian spectators crowd the foreground.

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