The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-02
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order for Tie march OF tia var worn
troops. The avenue, al an early hour, was
washed by tha fire department. 70 IS to
have it 5sj-ht and clean. In front of the
presidcul'8 hogse an immense stand had
been erected on the south Of the stree, for
The president and cabinet, and fer the gal
LIANT officers Of Grant and Sherman, who
ara 10 review the troops. Another stand
on the north side is for the accommoda
ton Of members Of congress, and others.
4 stand il also erected Oh The square tor
wounded soldiers.
The houses in the vicinity of the 7fesi
dents are tsssefulv adorned with flags
and eyergreeu.. Tic route Of march Is
packed by people all eager to give the
heroes Of war Il hearty welcome The
columns commenced TO move at Q 'cleck,
beaded By Gen. Meade, followed by his
staf. lie was enthusiastically cheered al!
along Tie route, the ladies waving their
hend kerchieis At the capitol the chill
dren are assembled who distributed DO
qaets and loose flowers to the gallant men
as they pass. The soilod and battered
flags ofthe soldiers are proudly borne by
,hem amid tie cheers Of The lockers Oh
The cavalry Is the first in order 10 pass
il review under General Merritt. General
Cus!a, bears beautiful wreath on hir
arm presented to him st the capitol. In
the vicinity Of the stands, at the pIesi-
dents house, dense crowd is congs ags-
ted. he avenue is perfectly clear Of all
vehicles, aud the march is uninterrupted
Thousands Of persons. including many
from other cities who have specially come
hitler TO see the pageant, line tha side
walk from the capitol to the executive
mansion, distance Of a mile and half,
while windows ana balconies and all elig,
ib!e positions, intending house tops, were
occupied b deeply Interested spectators.
Al public business was suspended, and
there vas general holiday. The capitoI
bore tbs no:go in large letters. . The
only national debt We can never pay, Is
the debt We owe TO the victorious Union
soldiers At til. north OF the capitol at
least 1900 schoo! girls were assembled,
neatly dressed, aud there was much plea.
SAINT excitement among them in pressing
foI ward to present lowers 10 the soldiers.
he school cDidFeE sung patriotic songs.
The immense column moved ii The fol-
lowing order:
Headquarters Potomac army. Gen.
Meade commanding; General staff, head
quarters squadrCu lst Mass. cavalry, Capt.
Flint, Maj, Gen. Merritt commanding /:
general staff, Headquarters escort, ssh e.
J. cavalry, 1t. Urban commanding; Sd
cavalry, Mai Gen. Custer commanding.
This officer was v0ciferously choeTed al
various points Of the line, and was some
what encountered by wrealhe, and bo,
Duets which had been pEesenled linn
U.her otIcers were similarly honorad with
cheers and floral gifts, and the waving Of
handkercEie:s b. ladies me, the lst md
u cavalry divisions, commanded respect
lvely by Gen Davies and Gen. Deyin,
The troops comprising tie shove we're
composed largely from New York, West
Va, Vermont, Connecticut, Ohio, New
iersey, IeRnsylvanis, Wisconsin and
Michigan.
TIE 4 h corps, Gen parke command
70; the lsl division commanded b1
seq Wilcox, the > b, Gen Glfln, and
the 50 by nen CarIin These troops
reTe from Wisconsin,, Michigan, New
York, pennsylvania. Ohio, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Next followed division Of Inc l9lh ar
ny corps commanded by Brig, Gen
Dwight, including an artillery brigade
the troops being from Maine, New York,
Vermont, Connecticut and Maesacbuse:ts
The 9Th corps, Gen. Griffin, command
ing, was tho next. The lst division was
commanded by Gen, Chamberlain, TIE I'd
b. Gen ayers, and lie 81 by Gen. CFaw
ford. These troops were composed Ct
Volunteers from pennsy Iysuia, New York,
Maine, Massachusetts. Michigan, Mary
land, Delaware and Wisconsin. with u.
S. cavalry. The next was the "a corps,
Gen. Humphreys commanding. Bre9et
Biig. Gen. Ramsey commands the Ist d.
vision Gen. Barlow the q, and Gen.
Mot. the 81. The hoops were principally
from New York, Pcnnsy lvania, Michigan.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Delaware Ohio, West Va
New jersey, Connecticut, Maine and In
diana.
The troops as they moved along Penn,
syiyaniz avenue presented a grand appear
ance, all arms Of Tie service being repIe-
seuted IL full force. The occasional IL
-ertion OF a body Of ZoGaves served te re-
llove the sameuess, snd gave fac effect.
Looking up Peun5y lvaEia avenue, there
was continuous moving line, As far as
the eye could reach, Of national. state d.
vision, brigade, regiment and other flags.
Some OF them we're new, the atars Of gold
giisteniHg in the sun, and contrasting
strongly with flags borne in the process
sion tattered in battle or mere shreds.
Others were thicklv covered with names
and dates Of tha battle fields where victor.
les had been won By these braye yele-
rans. The llag-stafis were decorated with
ho~ers, ard very many boquets hung
from The mu"z'es Of muskets
On the south side Of the avenue, front
irg the executive rsaGsion, a stand was
placed, being handsomely fsstooned with
national flags. At various points were
the Inscriptions, Atlanta. Wilderness.
Stone River, South Mountain. Shiloh.
Eicksburg, Savannah, Richmond, Peters
burg and Cold Harbor This stand was
10 part occupied by President Johnson.
membegs Of the ,abuet, Gems Grant and
-harmsn and othar DISTINGUISHED or,,--