. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIERS—THE >-iRIGMT, 191 1. PATRIOT f REVIEW. down Pennsylvania Avenue. The horse-men in the lead are General Francis and his staff, and the infantry inflashing new uniforms are part of theSeventeenth Corps in the Army of Ten-nessee. Little over a year before, theyhad started with Sherman on his series ofbattles and flanking marches in the strug-gle for Atlanta. They had taken a con-spicuous and important part in the battleof July
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIERS—THE >-iRIGMT, 191 1. PATRIOT f REVIEW. down Pennsylvania Avenue. The horse-men in the lead are General Francis and his staff, and the infantry inflashing new uniforms are part of theSeventeenth Corps in the Army of Ten-nessee. Little over a year before, theyhad started with Sherman on his series ofbattles and flanking marches in the strug-gle for Atlanta. They had taken a con-spicuous and important part in the battleof July 22d east of Atlanta, receiving andfinally repulsing attacks in both front andriar. They had marched with Shermanto the sea and participated in the captureof Savannah. They had joined in thecampaign through the Carolinas, part ofthe time leading the advance and tearingup many miles of railway track, and oper-ating on the extreme right after the battleof Bentonville. After the negotiationsfor Johnstons surrender were completedin April, they set out on the march for thelast time with flying colors and martialmusic, to enter the memorable review atWashington in May, here preserved. COPYRIGHT, 1911,
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