Today in the nation’s capital of Washington, D.C. the Grand Review of the Armies takes place. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. sharp on a bright and sunny day, some 80,000 soldiers from the Union Army of the Potomac parade through the streets to the cheers of politicians, officials and citizens, including president Andrew Johnson, standing alongside…
Four days after Lee‘s surrender to Grant, the city of Washington is still celebrating, black and white alike. Today has been designated as a city holiday for workers, replete with parades and marching bands. The celebration continues into the evening, the city ablaze with bonfires and calcium lights, a current version of street lighting. Fireworks…
Today, four years to the day after the war began with the South’s assault upon Fort Sumter, the formal surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia takes place. The Federals await at Appomattox Court House as the Confederates break camp for the last time early this morning and march up the Richmond-Lynchburg Road to lay…