The Grand Review of the Armies took place in Washington, D.C. May 24th and May 25th, 1865. Lots of dust was churned up on unpaved Pennsylvania Avenue.
General George Meade's 80,000 man Army of the Potomac marched it on May 24th.
The next day, General William Sherman's 70,000 man Army of the West followed the same route.
Sherman's army had just completed a 700-mile trek through South and North Carolina.
Sadly and unfairly, the soldiers of the USCT were not allowed to receive the glory.
--Old Secesh
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