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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0700 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1865/05/23-24 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.

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