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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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240 REVIEW OF THE ARMY. at the grand stand at the White House, where President Johnsonand his cabinet reviewed them, the officers gave a royal salutewith their swords, while the commanders of the divisions sprangfrom their horses, and went upon the stand as their commandsfiled by. The following day, May 24, Shermans noble army of bronzed and weather-beaten men were reviewed in THE D^?I^vpnEINQ tne same manner, and as the marching col- umns kept step to the music of their bands,the enthusiasm was intense, and broke into cheer after cheer,while the houses, sidewalks, and every spot where human beingscould find a foothold, was one mass of waving flags, handker-chiefs and streamers. As Ralph, in far-away Montgomery, where the regiment wasto remain but a day or so, read the account of the monsterovation, his bosom swelled with pride, and life seemed to takeon a rosier color. Every cheer that was uttered, every look ofwelcome to those who passed through the streets of Washingtonthat day, he

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