. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPVfllGMT, 1911 PATRIOT PUB. CO. THE LEAGUE-LONG WAVING LINE AS THE MARCHING FALLS AND RISESi AN ILLUSTRATION FOR GILDERS ELEGY ON THE DEATH OFGENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN Veterans of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, are here seen marching down PennsylvaniaAvenue in the National Capital on June 8, 1865. In the immediate foreground, at the left, thevery sway and swing of the leading files is recorded on the glass plate as the column executesplatoons, right wheel. The masses in the advancing column almost seem to fall and r
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPVfllGMT, 1911 PATRIOT PUB. CO. THE LEAGUE-LONG WAVING LINE AS THE MARCHING FALLS AND RISESi AN ILLUSTRATION FOR GILDERS ELEGY ON THE DEATH OFGENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN Veterans of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, are here seen marching down PennsylvaniaAvenue in the National Capital on June 8, 1865. In the immediate foreground, at the left, thevery sway and swing of the leading files is recorded on the glass plate as the column executesplatoons, right wheel. The masses in the advancing column almost seem to fall and rise. Upthe long street the eye sweeps to catch the dim outlines of the Capitol. Here are no awe-struckfaces, for this is the moment of the nations rejoicing. But twenty-six years later, whenGeneral Sherman died, some of the same men who passed when this picture was taken marchedin the solemn procession that attended the last rites of the distinguished chieftain, Sherman.
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