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Show $ IN MEMORIAM , f ( v ) ' J Jf Jfa f I D I a R r ' tt13 ; \ I ' , Otis 4 4I m mS ! t I at atI S " Yvy Yvyx , . " Yvyy y , x y , . , ! / J _ r r rr ri r . ! i + + itt ittv v 1 . J ! J " a \ ' I 4 4r r r : * fs " YTY C b i , a axwgR'rx xwgR'rx xwgRrx xwgR'rxi.Cp ' i.Cp iCp . w ' > Nf ) ? J JY Y f fV ) ' \V V \ Vy y SG/ SG SGc / c\ c cya ; \ ya x40 alt V ! a L F rN FfrJ FfrJa t : ; el S + a y yk k y , y yel r Fl t twe , we wea wepf a pf k R w , LastRevlew LastRevlewofNort Last Review Reviewof r rLast ofNort of Nort ern ' , - NorthernArmies Arniies < erns hI ; Jr s I , t tr tT tIIOUGH r HOUGH IIOUGH the designation of thethirtieth thethIrtieth the TllOUGH T | thirtieth day of Mav May as ns MemorIal Memorial Memo- Memo Memorial - - - * rial day Is officially officlaIly attributed to tothe tothe tothe the general order Issued In 1868 1568 by byCommander byCommander byCommander Commander In Chief Chlet John A . Logan Loganof Loganof Loganof of the Grand Army of ot the Republic Republicthere , there was a historical event that oc- oc occurred occurred oc occurred - - curred In Washington three scars sears ears pre pre- preYiousiy previously . - viously Tlously Yiousiy which foreshadowed the cus ens custom enstom custorn tom , followed e\ e es ever eer \ er since Logan's Logans ' proclamation proc proc- proc1amatIon proclamation - - lamation 1amatIon , of ot setting aside a day "torthe "forthe forthe "tor tor "for for "forthe " the strewing with flowers or otherwise otherwisedecorating otherwisedecorating otherwisedecorating decorating the graves gra\'es gra 'es es \ ' of ot comrades who whodied whodied whodied died In defense detense of ot their country . " The TheSouth TheSouth TheSouth South had already chosen May SO 30 for forthis forthis forthis this purpose , observes obcerves : a writer In the theKnnsas theKansas theKansas Knnsas Kansas City Times , several of ot the theSouthern theSouthern theSouthern Southern states having set aside this thisday thisday thisday day for honoring their dead But the thegrand thegrand thegrand grand spectacle of ot the last review reVlew of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Northern armies nrmles at Washington Wnshlngto , which took too1 . place May 23 and 24 , 1865 1S65 1S65may , may be regirded reg1rded regarded as the first move mo\'e mo 'e e move- movement movement \ ' . - ment to pay honor to the living sol- sol sold solers soldiers sol soldiers - - d diers ers and nnd to preserve the memories ot of ottheir oftheir oftheir their missing comrades who had died diedIn diedIn diedIn In defense of ot the Union It was one oneof oneof oneof of the most solemn and moving celebra celebraUons celebraLions celebralions Uons Lions that Washington , or the nation nationhad , hnd had ever witnessed Thousan Thousands Thousand & ot of oteyes ofeyes ofeyes eyes were dimmed with tears as ns the theprocession theprocession theprocession procession of ot veterans passed the re- re revIewIng reviewing re reviewing - - viewing stands , and hundreds of ot thou thou- thouEands thousands thousands - sands Eands throughout the land . shed f.hed fhed their theirtears theirtears theirtears tears by vacant firesides as they read readthe readthe readthe the accounts of that last grand re\ re review relew refiew \ lew . . In the pages of ot Harper's Harpers ' Weekly Weehly ot of ofthat ofthat otthat that date , and In the reminiscences ot of otBen ofBen ofBen journalist journal1st Ben : Perley Poore , the veteran journal journal- - ist 1st , and other contemporary chronlcIes chronicles chroniclesgraphic , , graphic accounts by eyewitnesses are aregiven aregiven aregiven given of ot the thrilling spectacle ipectacle ; . . . The There'lew Thereview Thereview re\'lew re 'lew lew review \ ' w v\as v as \ as staged at one of the dark darkest darkest darkest est moments of the nation's nations ' history . A Amonth Amonth Amonth month before Lincoln Llncon ] had bad been assas assas- assassinated assasslanted assassinated - - sinated slanted . . At the very time the parade paradeot paradeof paradeof ot of the veterans was taking placetpreparations placet place placepreparations , preparations thetrial were being made for thetrial the thetrial trial of ot Mrs Surratt Surratt , . , Harold . , Atzeodt Atzeodtand Atzeodtand Atzeodtand and Payne , charged In the Booth con conzplracy consptracy contplracy zplracy sptracy , , and nnd at nt tliat that time bme conBned confined In Inthe Inthe the Inthe old penitentiary near the arsenal ' _ " ' . r rt'3Vq rr r t'3Vq t3Vq t'3VqYi ' Yi fn 1 1Grant's Grant's Grants ' Address to the Army Was a aMemorable aMemorable aMemorable Memorable OneTheir One OneTheir Their commis.ion trials trlas ] before a military mlUtary commls commis commlselon commiselon elon .ion ion . \ were ere concluded June 3-ne 3 ne 30-one 30 one 3nemonth 30onemonth 30 { } - ( ) - onemonth month and a few days da s a after tlie the re- re resiew re-ilew re ilew - - - siew , Iew reIew of ot the army . Throughout the na- na na no . . - tion nation there was a tense feeling which whichwas \ whichtvas \ hlch hlch"as "as as was " reflected refiected In the silence of ot the vast vastcrowds vastcrowds vastcrowds crowds that watched the parade v.lth vlth wlth . vltba v.ltha wltha a variety of emotions In their hearts- hearts heartsmany heartsmany hearts heartsmany - - many of them mourners for lost sons sonson sonson sonson on tlie the battleficldb battlefield battlefields ! > , many proud of the theheroes heroes that had sunlved surIved surfived sur\ sur surfivedTwo sunlvedTwo \ Ived IvedTwo Two hundred thousand thous1nd veteran troops veterantroops battlefields tnlned tr11ned trained on n 11 a hundred battle fields leadinggenerals , and commanded by the leading generals of ot the service , , were ere there to he tohe revle reviewed ed by Grant Grant , , tlie the lieutenant lieutenants.enl'ral lieutenantieneral lieutenantfccneral s.enl'ral s.enlral senlral ieneral . ' "hn hn who " tth " ommnnded nmmnnded fommanded t < them al aii a , l , . by j t b = 1:1 11 a > te } ! ; : i ! tejoUsa t At t b ) ! : ; te A l - tejsa r A A a te h lt te lea rat ratM ratFor | M . [ For Our Heroes HeroesBy [ ( . ( III IIIla . | | By MM Mrs hits . , J ] J.E JE . E Leslie leshc in Detroit Dcuott Dctroit Newa News ] | | 1 . Jsa la h h ] i A tEa J&l1 Jl1 lal & lI Ii9 ! l A A ' A AQOUND nfatetefalEatetoltafalKal'QilKa nfatetefalEatetoltafalKalQilKa nfatetefalEatetoltafalKal'QilKaCOUND COUND QOUND the ( lie taps tap * . softl softly softlyJ otly ( , . SOUND J 3 For heroes herou asleep tleep.Strew tleepStrew . Strew flower flowers owera * richly richJ richlyOur , . , . Our loyalty Ioyalto , keep . . Sm Siny Sing , . their songs aong ones . bravely- bravely bravelyW bravelyWe're bravely - ' ' W We're Were ttVr . ? ' " Tentfat Tentlnr Tenting Torurbt Tonight Toiutht"Marc&lnr ToiuthtMarclnr , , , " * * "MarchInr MarchInr "Marching Marching " & Thro Tlirouch Through b Georgia Ceorrta Georgla . , " " . . . " And "Justice Justice "JustJce JustJce : and Right Rlrbt Sonr Sonz Songs * . for the Rider Riden Riders RidenWho RidersWho * Who took San Juan hm hilt hilt"A hill"A hillA , "A A " Hot Time Tame " and sad ' ' DoUy Dolly " " We're Were We.n Wen ' . a.mrmr amrmr amging . linin ( ( them atIll still stillSongs till . . Song Songs Son , * . of 01 the laddie laddies laddiesWho * . " There There'Keep ThereKeep " " Who marched narched "Over Over ' Keep the Ftrea FIres Fares Burnint Burnlnr Burning , . " And 'Pacic Pacic Pack 'Pack ' : Up Your Care " Song Sonr Songs : * . for our heroes heroea , Sweet flowers owera for them , too too.Soldiers tooSoldiers . Soldiers In kbakl khaki kbaklAnd khakiAnd khakiI And brave boys boya In blue . Banners wave o'cr ocr o'er oer ' then them ) , , And tears for them shed shed shedFrom , , From Shiloh Shilah to Flandrrs Flanders , , Our loved , honored dead . . . Johnson , the President of tlie the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States , by his cabinet , by the digni digni- dignitaries dignitaries dignitaries - taries of ot our 0 own " n and other n'ltions nltions nations nitlonsand ' , nnd and by an Innumerable throng of private pri prI- prIvate private - vate citizens In the columns m'lrched mlrched marched m'lrchedthe marchedthe mirchedthe ' the , } veterans etprans eterans of the army nrmy of the Poto Potomac Potomac Potomac mac , . the army of the James , the army armyrt rt Eating Their Breakfast Around the theBivouac theBivouac theBivouac Bivouac Fires . of ot otthe the Tennessee , and anc1 ana the cavalry cll\"alry cll "alry alry \ " ot of ofthe ofthe thoughSheridan the Indomitable Phil Sheildan Shelldan Shetidan , though SherIdan himself hlmset ] was far away on duty onduty In Mexico Me\.lco Me.lco Me .lco lco . ' \ . On the 23rd of May Maythe the army nrmy of ot tlie the Potomac and on the the24th 24th the division of ot the MissIssIppI Mississippiswept swept through the streets of ot the cap cap- . - ital Itnl capital for hours , while whIte hundreds of bands bandsmade bandsmade bandsmade made the air ring with patriotic music . But the scene cannot be fitly depict depIct- - ed depicted In the cold words of ot more than sev sev- seventy sev- sev seventy seventy - - enty years after . Let us recall recaU theglowing the theglowing theglowing glowing w \ ords orris of ey e ) e a witnesses , Poore Pooreand Pooreand Pooreand and others : The .rhe rhe "rhe " " . night before the tlie grand review reviewot reviewof reviewof ot of the of ot the "etand wetand army Potomac Poton1ac was as "et et wet " et and dawnedthe dreary enough , but as ns day dawned the clouds disappeared and the scene In sceneIn Maryland avenue nvenue , between the Long brIdge Longbridge largeplain and the Capitol , and the large plain cast east of ot that warlike arlike building bundlng , vas w , as war- war \ war \ ar- ar - - like and nnd marchedat mnrchedat Interesting Brigades mnrched marched at route step steps bivouac aroundwhich ; fires , around which breakfast breahCast groups were eating their break breah- breah break- - fast Cast ; orderly sergeants Insisting In very Invery naughty but Impressive lan language uageon languageon uage on the use of ot sandpaper on musl muskets ets musketsalready etsalready already rcheirsingsome rehe1rsmgsome rehearsingsome bright ; musicians rehe1rsmg rehearsing some new nnrch m'lrch mlrch march ' ; 11 little ttle bovs boys bo s bracing bracingup up drums half haIt as high as themselves ; Important froto adjutants riding to and fro to liurry hurry up the formitlon form1t1on formation . of their re- re re - respective respecth spective specth spectife altlredaids attiredalds attiredaids e regiments ; ele elegantly antly attired alds aids de camp galloping gaUoplng like 1II.e 1IIe . mad anl1 and endea\orlng endea orlng endeavoring andendeavoring anl1endeaorlng \ to avoid mud puddles ; batteries fewwords thundering along alon I1lon A few words from Crom one min m1n man reduced Conru confu slon slop confuslon Conruslon confuslop Meidegave MC'ldeg3e Meadegate to order orderVhen . " \Vhen Vhen "hen hen \ % hen General MC'lde MClde Meade ' g3\e g3 e gate \ the order . , Forward 'f'orwnrd forwnrd Toward ' ' , ' ; , ' the ap ap- up- up - apparent upparent parent snul ' I sn'lI snlI of or humanity humnulty and hors horses , : ) horsoabegan horsesbegan Legan began to be unraveled In a single , un brohen broken unbroken unbrohen line , and the columns movedfrom cdfrom edfrom 010 mot ' cd ed from the Capitol toward the review ID lug reviewIng reviewID reviewlug stands along Pennsylvania Pennsylfaniu Penns hanla avenue " Few rew Tew of those that maiclied marched rum ched In that great thatgreat dlyof d'tycrf dayof parade purade of ot \ veterans eterunc teterans ; and nnd tirfct tlrbt tirst d'ty dty day ' crf of crfar \ war \\ar ar \ memories are alive ' 1omost 10most 'lomost todiv.1 todiv1 tod'tvJ todtvJ todavd ' . 10 'lo lo ' most of ot us the names of tliose those , cap tains talns and colonels and commanders , so soglo soglowingly BOglowingly glo glowingly Ingly mentioned bv bY that old chroni chronI- chronIcler chronicler chronicler - - cler , mean but little HttIe Other Otht > r days , oth- oth other other oth.er other - . - er " wars ars and other heroes of ot wars But ButIt Butit ButIt It was a national natlona ] thrlll-an thrlll an thrill-an thrill thrill - - an epochal epochalthrillthat epochalthrillthat epochalthrill thrill-that thrill that - tliat last review of ot the armies armiesot armiesof armiesof ot of the Union For five years the na- na nn- nn nation nntion na nation - tion hid h'ld hld had ' been divided , millions mlUlons bad had badbeen hadbeen hadbeen been under arms , hundreds of ot thou thou- thousands thousands thousands - sands slain saln ] and as many more dls dis dlsabed disabled disabled abed abled ] for tor life For the first time the thearmIes thearmies thearmies armIes marched In peaceful review reviewglorying , gloryIng In the end , mindful of theIr theIrbattles theirbattles theirbattles battles and nnd of those who fell ten In them them.A themA . A month afterward after\\ard after ard aftersard \ } \ , the general genera1 order orderdlsbanding orderdisbanding orderdisbanding dlsbanding disbanding the armies was given by byLieutenant byLieutenant byLieutenant Lieutenant General Grant . On June June1 JuneI I 1 , 18G5 1805 , the movement of ot dIsband- dIsband dIsbandment disbandmeat disband-ment disband ment - ment meat began and from then on until untilthe untilthe untilthe the autumn of ot that yvar year ar 780,000 780000 786,000 786000 , offi oill ofll- ofll ofllcers officers . - cers and men ruen \ were ere mustered out of ofservIce ofservice ofservice servIce and returned to peaceful pur- pur pursuits pur pursuits . - suits . . Grant's Grants ' address to the army was 8 a 8memorable amemorable amemorable memorable one , Napoleonic In Its eIe elo eloquence eloquence > quence and fervor . He said : * ' Soldiers Soldier . of the Army Arny , of the United UnitedState UnitedStates UnitedStates State States . By your patriotic patnotJc devotion devotJon to your yourcountry yourcountry yourcountry country in the hour bour of danger danrer andalarm and alarm Iannyour , . your magnificent magruficent : fightm figbtmg fighting ? , , bravery anden and en- en endurance endurance en endurance - durance : , you have maintained m3mtamed mamtained the su- su supremacy supremacy EU-premacy EU premacy - premacy of the Union Umon and the Constitu Conshtu- Conshtu Constitu- Conshtutlon Constitution Constitution - - tion tlon , overthrown allarmed all armedoPposltJon armedopposition armed opposition oPposltJon to tothe tothe tothe the enforcement of the laws andof and of the theproclamatIon theproclamation theproclamation proclamatIon forever abolishing abohshm8 abohshang slavery- slavery slaverythe slaverythe slavery - the cause and pretext of the rebellion- rebellion rebellionand rebellionand rebellion rebellionand - - andopened and opened the way for the ngbtfulau rightfulau rightful ngbtful au- au authontles authorities au authorities - - thorities thontles to restore order and maugurate inaugurate mauguratepeaco inauguratepeace inauguratepeace peaco peace : on a II permanent and enduring endunng kuls basis kulson basison bastson on every foot of American Amencan soil lIoil * ' Your marches , sieges and battles hattles . , In Inwstance indistance Indistance wstance distance , duration , resolution and bnllian brillian- brillian brilliancy bnllian-cy bnllian cy - - . cy of results , dim dam the luster of the world a . apast past mlhl military iry achievements , and Dnd end will WIn be the thepatnot's thepatriot's thepatriot's thepatriots patnot's patnots patriot's patriots ' precedent in defense of hberty liberty libertyand hbertyand libertyand and right ngbt nght in ID all time hme to come In obedi obedl- obedl |