. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . head of the old 2ndCorps through the great battles from the Rapidan to theAppomatox,—one of the strongest of Grants Lieuten-ants—at the Wilderness, at Chancellorsville, Cold Har-bor, and at the lesser battles of the campaign in 1864, anddoubtless would have been the successor of General Granthad the calamity of the loss of General Grant Hancock had been badly wounded at Gettys-burg and had been in a precarious condition much of thetime. He had now returned to his command and be-fore he could sit upon his horse, having his
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . head of the old 2ndCorps through the great battles from the Rapidan to theAppomatox,—one of the strongest of Grants Lieuten-ants—at the Wilderness, at Chancellorsville, Cold Har-bor, and at the lesser battles of the campaign in 1864, anddoubtless would have been the successor of General Granthad the calamity of the loss of General Grant Hancock had been badly wounded at Gettys-burg and had been in a precarious condition much of thetime. He had now returned to his command and be-fore he could sit upon his horse, having his headquarters,not in the saddle, but in a carriage, for some little timeafter the forward movement commenced; he was not incommand today—he was conspicuous by his the head of the 2nd Corps in the review was that ableGeneral wdio had won a place of distinction among ourleading generals, and a conspicuous figure here today,Major-General Andrew A. Humphrey, who with his en-tire staf¥ riding at the head of the column, were mounted 518 O J. SURRENDER OF LEE AND EXD OF THE WAR upon white horses, presenting a very unique antl pleasingappearance, and attracted much attention. It was the sight of ones Hfe—this magnificent army•—the Army of the Potomac—to be follow^ed on the mor-row by that other magnificent army of General Sherman,who had encircled the Confederacy and cut it in twain—nearly 200,000 veterans with the leading generals of theWar who had made themselves famous, proudly leadingin this triumphal march; just such an army never beforeexisted in the worlds history, and probably will never berepeated—this army of 200,000—it is difficult for theaverage mind to picture 200,000 men—200,000 of hard-ened veterans, the survival of the fittest—men who hadexperienced four long years of war, and through super-ior physical vigor had become the hardened veterans thatthey were—proudly they marched with the step of veter-ans, steady and strong, the incarn
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