Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-20


Those two days were days of the most intens
patriotism. There was patriotism in the air
| Flowers breathed it, the bands played il ant
| the battle flags, torn and blood stained gave i
| to the breeze. Every one Of the 200 600 mer
| who, during those two DAYS. marched dowr
| Pennsylvania avenue was a hero and patrio
and every one of the 100.0O0 spectators realized
| that he had witnessed a sight which would M
be possible again for at least a generation
Both spectators and veterans ferventlv PRAYED
that the country nigh. never again be afflicted
with fratricidal strife, which would necessitatt
the calling together of such another army.
This grand review was the closing pageant Of
the war The boys in blue were soon mustered
out Of the service ana went home TO the low
ing embrace of proud and happy friends. The
army melted away and the soldiers became
peaceful citizens of the republic they had saved
and amenable to the laws whose supremacy
they had vindicated
The order in which the troops were formed
as follows:
Army of the Potomac.
Third division-Bvt Maj. Gen. Geo. A. Custer.
Second brigade. Brig. Gen. William Wells,
fist Vermont cavalry.
Third brigade, Col H. Capehart, first West
Virginia cavalry.
First brigade, Col. A. c. NJ Pennington, third
New Jersey cavalry.
Second division-Maj Gen. George Crook
First brigade. Brig. Gen. Henry Z. Davies,
second New York cavalry.
Second brigade, Dvt. Brig Gen. John Irwin
Gregg. sixth Pennsylvania cavalry.
Third brigade Bvt Brig. Gen. C. H. Smith,
first Maine cavalry.
First division-Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Devin,
sixth New York cavalry.
First brigade. Col. Peter Stage. first Michigan
cavalry.
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sixth New York cavalry.
Reserve brigade, Brig. Gen. Alfred Gibbs,
first New York dragons.
NINTH ARMY CORPS.
Maj. Gen. John G. Parke.
First division-Bvt. Mai. Gen o. 3. Wilcox.
Firs brigade. Col. Samuel Hartman thirty
seventh Wisconsin.
Second brigade, Bvt. Col. Ralph Ely, ninth
Michigan.
Third brigade, Col James Bintlia. thirty
eighth Wisconsin.
Second division-Brig. Gen. s. G. Griffin.
First brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen. John Curtin,
forty-fifth PENNSYLVANIA.
Second brigade, Col #. Il. Titus, ninth New
Hampshire.
Third diyision-Bvt. Maj. Gen. John T. Hart
ranft
First brigade, Col. a. b. McCalmont, two
hundred and eighth Pennsylvania.
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dred and firth Pennsy lyania.
Artillery brigade, Dvt Brig. Gen. J. c. lid
ball, fourth New \ rk heavy artillery.
FIFTH ARMY CORPS.
Bvt Maj. Gen. Charles Griffin.
First 6iyision-Bvt. Maj Gen J. J. Bartlett
twenty-seventh New York
First brigade. Byt. Brig. Gen. A. J.. Pearson,
one hundred and .if;y-tifth pennsylvania.
Second brigade. Bvt. Brig. Cen L. NJ. Greg
ory. ninety-iirst Pennsylvania
Third brigade, Brig. Ges. j. L. Chamberlain
twentieth Maine.
Second division-aIaj Gen. II. b. Ayres.
First brigade, Brig Gen. Joseph HAYES
eighteenth Massachusetts,.
Second brigade, Col. d. l.. Stanton, frs
Maryland.
Third brigade. Bvt. Brig Gen James Gwyn
one hundred and eighteenth Pennsylvania
Third diyision-Maj Gen. S. Wylie Crawford
First brigade, Col. j. A. Kellogg. sixth Wis.
consin.
Second brigade. Brig Gen. Henry Baxter
second Michigan.
Third brigade. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Richard Coul
Ter, eleventh Pennsylvania.
SECOND ARMY coRrs
Maj. Gen. A. A. Humphreys
First division-Bvt Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles
First brigade. Col. John Fraser, one hundred
and fortieth Pennsylvania.
Second brigade, Col. Il. Nugent, sixty-nintl
New York
Third brigade. Bvt. Brig. Gen. c. D. Mac
Dougall. one hundred and eleventh New York
Fourth brigade. Bvt. Brig Gen. John Ram
sey, eighth New Jersey.