Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1891, Page 8

rf THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. SATURDAY. JULY 18, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE SOLDIERS CITY. |S=32s% i saaes cTafiah eeuftacace need for an enumeration of Why the Grand Army Encampment Should Be Held Here, Famous = Mer ee CE nr i Mctnentatnet | aod coriew of the Uiion arenes, hich: soit 2 Great Confilet te the City—Innumerable im May, 1865, have never visited Wash- Points of Spagial Interest to the Veteran and | if peice ite since they marched up Pennsylvania bed fallen, and the mili- cor past the President on that memora- ry wee aroused by President for 75) for the defense) of the gorernment This was on the Lith'of April, and tbe Grob troops mustered into the service were sixteen ood of the rendente ion of the expital Je treasures was tho burden placed istrict militia and that duty was per- ih patriotic zeal. WHILE WAITING FOR STATE TROOPS The call of the President met with I through the country, the destraction of raiuron. opposition Offered to the transportation of nme was required for the troops to reach the city. Railrosd bridges were burned and railroad communteation wasstopped. The sixth Massa chusetts was assaulted by « mob in parsing through Haltimore, and bleeding and bruised strived in’ this city om the 19th of April. They marched at once to the Capitol, where they were quartered. All the public buildings and the President's house were guarded nightly. The seveuth regiment of New York had goye to Annapolis by water ‘wires around Baltimore, excepting those eter mar city with the contederste stronghold at Harper's Ferry, were cat, and thus Washington was completely isolated from the rest of the world as far as the sending or getting of news was concerned. The greatest consternation prevailed here when’ this state of things was discovered, and steps were taken at once to reinforce the smail ly of troops in the capital by loyal citizens. A meeting was held on the evening of the 18th of April of all guests of the hotels who were true to the government, and they were organ- ized into Cassian” M. Clay battalion, so named from the leader of the movement. This force, compored of about ahundred men, acted as the city patrol and served to keep the revo- lntionary tendencies of the secessionists then sojourning in Washington under bounds. They Were quartered in the cast room of the White House. The isolated condition of the city soon be- should hold, and, if there is any potency ins hearty invitation, will hold its great na- tional encampment in this city in 1892. There are many reasons why Washington is chosen now by many bodies as the place for annual gath- ering». It is the capital of the nation; it is the most beantifal city on the continent; it isstored with objects of patriotic interest; it is @ rec- ognized center of intelligence. Spacious and well-kept hotels provide accommodations for a vast army. These facts appeal strongly to any class of American citizens, but there are in ad- dition other and stronger attractions here for of the war. The men of the Grand @ big part of the history of our country, and much of their work as history makers was done in the vicinity of Washington. Washington wasa center of interest through- they then thought It was beautiful then only in its plan and possibilities. There were the same broad ave- nues and streets, but they were unpaved and unimproved. The government buil: were unfi The treasury was about balf its resent size, and at the southwest corner of [och street end Pennsylvania. avenue posite Riggs’ bank, stood the ruins of the small brick building thet bad been occupied by the De- partment ot State, and which had been made famous by the echoes of Mr. Seward’s little bell. The old war and navy buildings were upon 17th street, and the great increase of the clerical force, which bad become necessary during the war, had overflowed intoevery house bs ie) came known in the north, and the most stren- ., ; out the war,and near the city are many famous | 0” the opposite side of the etreet. The Cor- efforts were taken at once for her relief. tuilrand frome that” ‘place. ton battle fields. Some wore considered uncomfort- | Corn Att Gallery building was oceupied by the Troops ypre raised by the thousands, and it bad been torn force of the quartermaster general, and on the northeast corner of 153 street and the avenue stood a three-story brick building with a row of one-story frame additions along the avenue, which were the headquarters of the depart- ment of Washington. ‘The patent ottice was unfinished and blocks of marble filled the then Yacant space on G street between 9th and 10th, through which ran & stream that has since been taken up as a sewer. The noble approaches to pitol had not been conceived in the brain of the architect and the lofty Washington monument - | stopped at an elevation of alittle over a hun- is city on the way | dret feet and looked like an abandoned ruin. to the front in the years that followed, or who | ‘The Smithsonian Institution bad not reserencd were camped in sight of the Capitol dome, and | from the effects of the fire which nearly de- by the mombers of the great armies who | stroved this beautifal pile and the National marched in triumph on Pennsylvania avenue in the grand review i 1965. Space is given in T — bathiing was to the vombef the Junction up. the important duties of the District soldiers was the guarding of the train that ran out from Washington to the junction and brought the New York soldiers to this cit They reached here on the 25th of April, and from that time, railroad communication being restored, troops poured into Washington. The city became @ vast camp, and on all the surrounding bills were located the white tents of the defenders of the nation’s capital. At one time is wae esti- mated that 200,000 men were massed about Washington. ably near ut the timo the battles were fought. The city is full of memorials of the great con- flict. On every bil! around it are the footprints of the war. A few miles away is the field of Ball Run, where the soldiers of the Union got their dirst stern lesson in th and where it waa clearly demonstrated that it was no mean foe they had to meet, and that the quelling of the rebellion was no trifling summer task. All about the city are points that will be re- membered with interest by the patriots who | hastened here im IM6L at the call of President Lineoin, by the hundreds of thousands of vet- was not “ong before men were on their way south, determined to force their way to the capital, despite the opposition of Baltimore. OPENING THE WAY. Two regiments, the seventh New York and the eighth Massachusetts, left New York on the 19th of April for Washington. The eighth was commanded by Gen. B. F. Butler and the sev- enth by Gen. Lefferts. Gen. Batler took his troops from Philadelphia on the morning of the 20th, in pursuance of a plan to go around Baltimore by water ona large ferry boat char- tered for the purpose. The trip was made in safety, but the steamer went aground just of the wharf at Aunapolis, which was her destina- tion. While all efforts were being made.to get her off the seventh New York arrived on an- THE GRAND REVIEW OF and threw flowers at the officers who were their favorites. Humorous incidents withont num- ber occurred. Many of the soldiers carried curious looking eamp utensils, and resting on many a knapsack were pet animals of every de- scription. The negroes who had been picked up in the fieid and who followed the officers or commands to which they had been attached furnished no little amusement. The “‘boys” themselves presented a unique appearance, for their uniforms were soiled and faded. There had been no “brushing up’ for the occasion, for it was determined to let the people see the soldiers a they were and as they Lad done their 1865. to the breeze. Every one of the 200.000 men, who, duri g those two marched down Pennsylvania avenue wasa hero and a patriot and every one of the 100,000 spectators renlized that he hind witnessed a sight which would not be possible again for at least a generation. Both spectators and veterans fervently prayed that the country might never again be afflicted with fratricidal strife, which would necessitate the calling together of such another army. This grand review wns the closing pageant of the war. The boys in blue were soon mustered out of the service and went home to the love- ing embrace of proud and happy friends. The | of the stern realities of war, there were the most pronounced exhibitions of joy. There were pa- rades both d: d_ night, the whole city was i in and every one felt again to be known munication with the metropolis was threatened at the outset, as the only railroads passing to New York and Philndelphia went through ‘bat. more. THE FIRST SOLDIERS TO Come. The first call for troops was made by Presi- dent Lincoln on the 14th of April, 1861, and the first soldiers to enter the capital were from Pennsylyania—the Washington Artillery Com- any of Pottsville, the National Light In- lantry of the same town, the Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, the Logan Guards of Lewistown and the Alien Light Infantry of Al- throughout the land. ‘The painful shock which this general glad- ness received on the assassination of President Lincoln could have been felt no where so keenly as here, where the victim of John Wilkes Boot’s bullet was known to every one, and his great kindly nature and bis perfect touch with the people was fully appreciated. Then the Joy wes changed to mourning and + CROSSING INTO VimorNTA. Early in May the confederate forces were centered about Alexandria and the Virginia side of the Long bridge. The District end of the bridge had been for some time guarded by detachments of the District militia and the state an edva other steamer, and thus the troops were landed | troops an © was ordered Stan today to descriptions of many of the |’ “South Washington was then an island sepa- | ‘¢ flags and banners which ornamented both | fighting. ‘ army melted away and the soldiers became | Jentown, five hundred and thirty men. These | juet in time to prevent the Naval Academy and | treo nia, Tne District troops were events of interest occurring in this vicinity | rgted from the rest of the city by the old | Public buildings and private dwellings gave | » The most exciting incident of the first day | penceful citizens of the republic they had saved troops were allowed to pass through Baltimore | the ships lying there from falling into the | the first to cross the bridge. Then occurred the during the war. canal, whose fetid waters. filled - witl his | was the runaway of Gen. Custer's horse. Cus-| and amenable to the laws whose supremacy ol ya ref: read ny the Dis. and refuse, spread malaria all over the Di trict. ‘Theres unmolested, though taunted by an angry mob, violence. The ofticiale of the i ess and with an apparent desire to prevent a collision, asked all citizens to refrain from causing trouble with the soldiers. ‘There was no fighting, although acolored servant attached to the Washington Artillery Company was struck in the head by a stone and severely wounded. A part of these troops had no arms. They renched Washing- ton atabout To'clock on the evening of the 18th. and were given the most hearty reception by the loyal citizens and the officers of the gov- ernment, who felt that the danger of an out- break in'their very midst must be expected at any moment. Washington was full of rumors, some of them the reflections of what was actually being planned beyond the lines, some mere fabrica- tions, others partly true.” There was nothing too extravagant, however, to be believed by hands of the confederates. ‘That night the secessionists tore up the rails of the Annapolis and Elkton railroad, which connected Aunapolis with the main line of the Baltimore and Obio railroad at Annapolis Junc- tion. The rails were thrown into ditches and hedges and every effort was made to entirely destroy the line, including the disintegration of the engines at hand. Gen. Butler set to work early the next morning and by nightfall had the rails in place and an engine refitted through the efforts of men in his regiment, many of whom worked in the shops from which the en- gine had been purchased. ‘Thus connections were established with the city by means of the roundabout route from Philadelphia to Annapolis, and the protesta- tions had thenceforth no weight in the suppl: ing of the city with ample means for defen: fevwas'some weeks Inter that Gen, Butler took shooting of Ellsworth at Alexandria and his funeral services eubsequently at the White House. The District troops also took part in the expedition to Rockville and remained in camp at Poolsville until the Ist of July, when three months’ men were mustered out. GEN. STONE'S TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT TROOPS. Inan article published eight years ago in the Century Gen. Stone paid the following noble tribute to the services of the District soidiers: has never properly THE BATTLE WIELDS. It ia but s pleasant day's excursion to the field of Antietam, where McClellan checked confederate invasion of the loyal states ody lay in state thousands went to gaze upon is rugged butkindly face, and when the sol- emn funeral cortege passed down the avenue the crowds which lined the sidewaiks stood hushed by the thought that they were witness- ing the last sad tribute to agreat and good ter's division of the cavalry corps presented ¢riking appearance, as all wore flaming red neckties with the endshanging down the breast nearly to tho belt. As Custer at the head of his command turned from 15th street into the avenue his horse suddenly reared, pawed the air moment and then started wildly up the avenue. From curb to curb there was a clear ‘open space, und as the horse tore along, seemingly ‘beyond control, Cu tainly created a sensation. off and his long yellow hair was stream- ing in the wind, while the ends of his red scarf floated behind him like a couple of streamers. Men shontec and women shrieked expecting that the general would be dashed to. pieces. But he had no ides of losing his valuable life. When he had gone a little beyond 17th street he brought his horse down on his haunches, then turned him and rode back. When he reached his hat he stooped gracefully and pick- they had vindicated. eas ON TO WASHINGTON. (=e to theemblems of sorrow. While K ready for a1 where President Johnson was boarding on the night that President Lincoln waa assassinated and where be took the oath of office as his successor. Judiciary Square was then disfigured by the District jail, which, with its inclosure, occ pied the northeast corner of the square. ‘The old Capitel prison held its captives on Ist street east, instead of the handsome dwell- ings which now meet the eye in that locality. All about the city were barracks occupied soldiers of the veteran reserve corps, whi hospitals filled with sick and wounded from the long marches and fierce battles of the army were numerous. The Washin, The Troops That First Came and the Obstrur- tions They Met. be easy journey to the great battle ground of ysburg. where the tide of war was turned. Aglance at the ac- companying map will show that Washington is at the center of an hu ie region, whose towns and streams bear names that call wy memories of battle. In this region, all within the radius of « day's journey, lie all the famous fields on which the Army of the Potomac fought its great battles, from Hull Kun to Appomatox. An inviting steamboat ride down the river and an. But the world moves, and while the country was sorrowing for the murdered Lincoln the last of the armies of the rebellion had capitu- lated and the great war was over. an: 0 FOR THE REVIEW. To celebrate this closing of the war and to the valiant soldiers an opportunity to see -apital which they had saved and to afford the people an opportunity of looking upon the heroes who had periled their lives and had suffered severe hardsh: of their country, it was determined that all the HOW THE CAPITAL WAS FOR A TIME CUT OFF FRomw COMMUNICATION WITH THE NORTH—cONFED- RRATE PLAN@ FOR CAPTURING THE CITY—THE BALTIMORE RIOTS—THE ANNAPOLIS ROUTE. T THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE 4% war, before there was an army in the field, events occurred about Washington which deeply impressed themselves -in history, be- cause they shocked the nation, though in a cer tain sense they were not of the magnitude of “L think that the country appreciated the wervices of these District of Columbia volunteers. It certainly bas nob appreciated the difficulties surmounted in their organization. These volunteers were citizens of the District and therefore had not at that time nor have thes ever since had the powerful stimulant of a state feeling, nor the powerful support of a state govern- ¥. past many points of historic interest, brings one to Hampton Roads, where the Mon torand Merrimac fought aud naval warfare of 1865 wasa small pin ssion of Baltimore ® brilliant ji i ; : tate's pride, a state press to set was revolutionized. compared with the city of today. There. w: oon ee J, | the great battles that subsequently decided the | the panie-stricken cits, and every, hour added | coup and thns utterly obliterated all obstrac- | ment, « sf ~ 3 Then the ground of all of McClellan's opera- | the same amount of territory, but the built-up | Consequently she army of the Potor ing it up placed it upon his head. Fakes. ree +, | to the horrors of those first few days succeed- | tions between Washington and the north. But end make mac! their services, tons agatass Richmond in 06h Yorktoen, | portion wee restricled tite Doundaries and | featne at thee Min ippi, which were the| BS, this time the head of. his col-| fate of the Union. The operations at Hi pk) ye arrival | those who lived They did their duty quietl: umn had rewched him and and he wheeled into his proper position, and as he passed the President he saluted asthough nothing unusual hind happened. Those who witnessed his magnifi- cent display of horsemanship cheered him to the echo ané many a fair woman bursted her kid gloves in appinuding the gallant though somewhat vain cavalry leader. He smiled upon all and took off his hat. THE ARMY THAT MARCUED TO THE SRA. The second day was devoted to Sherman's army and the weathor was as beautiful as on the previous one. When Gen. Sherman ap- pearedat the head of the column the tumultu- cheers with which he was greeted proved popularity of the hero of the march from Atlanta to the sea. Leading the march was the rmy of the Tennessee, in command of Maj. . Logan. It included the fifteenth corpa, under Maj. Gen. Hazen, and the seventeeuth corps, under Gen. Blair. Then came the army of rgia, im command of Maj. Gen. Slocum. This included the twentieta corps under Maj. Gen. Mower and the four- teenth corps under M. vision was followed by six ambi representative of its train. Some of the division commanders had added by w j variety goats, mileh cows and pack mules, whose loads ‘consisted of game cocks, poul hams, &c.. and some of them had families of freed siavex along, with the women leading their children. | division war preceded by ita corps of black | | pioneers, armed with picks and spades. These rehed abreast in double ranks, keeping per- | dress and step, and added much to the in- | terest of the occasion. When the goats and | poultry came in sight there were cheers tor ssh ¢bummers” and the men took the ark in good humor, saying that they bad bummed” to some advantage. SHERMAY AXD STANTON. There was a notable incident on this day, too, which created no little comment by the news- | papers throughout the country. After Gen. uerman had passed the President he and his staif went upon the reviewing stand. ‘The gen-| eral shook hands with the President, Gen. | Grant and cach member of the cabinet save | one. When he appronched Secretary Stanton | the latter held out his hand, but Gen. Sherman refused to take it and deliberately turned his back upon the great War Secretary. ‘This, it war said, was in return for the insult which Gen. Sherman considered Mr. Stanton had put upon him during his negotiations with Jobn- | ston. 7 Ferry, the riot in Baltimore, the arrival of th first troops in Washington, the death of Ells- worth in Alexandria and other occurrences at that most critical juncture, when the horrors of war weré new to the nation, stand out as conspicuously marked in the annals of thi country as subsequent events of the war in which vast armies were engaged. About the first ery of the newly formed con- federacy was “On to Washington.” The south burned with n desire to capture this city and turn it into a stronghold of the rebellio well as to destroy the prestige of the national government by forcing the President and Con- gress to flee to the north for safety. There is probably no parallel in history for the situation. ere was the capital of a country on the verge of a civil war utterly defenseless, within a day's easy march of the heart of the rebellion with no means of protection, and partially shut off from the loyal norih igs statesthat was trembling in the balance between neutralitr and secession. Thero were no troops here, no fortifications, no organizations that might be utilized for defensive purposes, and it was no wonder tha: the first aims of the confederates should be in this direction. The south was in a ferment of enthusiasm over the proposition, strenuously preached in every town below the line running west from | Washington, to make this city the first capture of the war. ‘Troops were raised for that pur. pose, and about the opening strategic move- ment in the great conflict was designed to cut Washington off from the hitherto untouched line of communication with the north and ulti- mately capture it. ‘That the city was saved from such a fate now seems almost miraculous. THE TWO POINTS OF ATTACK. There were two points of attack, the one on the north at the passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge and the other at the commanding the ge of the water line of communication shington to the sea and thus to the ‘Toward both of these points steps were d almost immediately alter the ordinance exsion had been passed in Virginia. Early in the year 1861 the governinent took steps to protect its interests at Harper's Ferry, where there was a large armory and arsenal, res oe insuiicient, as red. Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Gaines’ mill, the seven | long stretches of waste ground gave it a stra; days’ battle, Savage station aud Malvern Hill—| gling and country look. Connecticut aven did it ‘not my ‘ng the opening acts of seceation, a | of these five hundred men from Pennsylvania, partially armed though they were, acted sooth: Washington during the frst week of the war will never forget the perils and fears of that period. and fully. iy and two great divisions of the force commanded wt, Se ee Gen. Grant, were massed on the NCELLORS-— ravine y SPOTTSYLvania, was se the Natio y # company of dragoons from the regular art ‘The post was in command of Licut. Koger Jones, commanding the detachment of | to Gen. Sherman may be best learned from his | dragoons. During the middle of April arumor, own words in his published “Memoirs.” » He | soon verified, reached him that a party of Vir- says: “Punetnally at 9 a.m. the signal gun was | ginians was on its way to the ferry to take the fired, when in person, attended by Gen. How- | arsenal and armory for the sake of the supplies ard and all my staf, [rode slowly down Penn- | stored there as weil as to make of the point a | sylvania avenue, the crowds of men, women | base of future operations against Washington. densely lining the side- | Acting with secrecy he waited until the besieg- 8 We | ing force was within twenty minutes’ march of the | the post and then fired the entire plant, de- whole of the fifteenth corps. ‘The column was | stroying a vast amount of property, atter which compact and the glittering muskets looked like | he and bis small band escaped into the open a solid mass of steel moving with the regularity | country across the river and ultimately reached of a pendulum. As I neared the brick house | the barracks at Carlisle, P opposite the lower corner of Lafayette Square | some one asked me to notice Mr. Seward, who, | was a serious disappoint still feeble und bandaged for his wounds, had | been removed there that he might behold the t the review of his army was satisfactory nt to the invading force, but the post was guiued and held to the great menace of Washington for some time. By the middle of May it was garrisoned by fully $000 troops from various parte of the wout BATTLEFIELDS NEAR WASHINGTON. ly reached and traversed from! was simply marked upon the surface and | Frederick-buarg and Chancellors | where now stand some of the handsomest resi- sd. Then | dences were the cavalry burracks and all the Ad 1865! | evidences of an army camp. joved in thet directionand took off my hat to Mr. Seward, who sat in an upper win- dow. He recognized the salute, returned it. and then we rode on steadily past the Presi dent, saluting with our swords. All arose and acknowledged the salute. en follows the incident of FAMOUS can all be easi Washing: ‘THE NORFOLK HARBOR. The navy yard at Norfolk was taken by the confederates at about the same time, although preparations for this step were in progress for some time before. ‘The yard was practically stiut off on the land side by the confederate force, and was abandoned by the national offi- cers on the 2ist of April, after an attempt had been made to destroy ali of the property of the government possibl is effort was so little successful that millions of dollars’ worth of munitions of war fell into the bunus of the con- federate authorities, ‘This also gave them the the Potomac ready for the grand review, which | took place on the 23d and 24th of May, 1865. The whole city was profusely decorated and | at all the prominent points there were arches, Nisit again the wilderness where such | | Thé change which bas come over thenational | banners und floral ‘embellishments, ‘There done—Spottsylvania Court | capital is so great that the veteran who sliall | were four stands erected in front of the White , Five Forks and all the | visit Washington next year for the first time | House, which wore decorated with battle fi, e the great captain com e the ciose of the war will hardly recognize | and flowers. On the principal st: ud, whose fall signaled ti the magnificent government buildings and | dent Johnson and the members the confederacy. the well paved streets and avenues, the hand- except Mr. Seward, Gen. Grant, Near by is Harper's Ferry, teeming with ‘wines houses and the costly private | and prominent military and civil officers. In ite war associat A the Shenandoah Fesuiences, the expansion of its limits and the | another stand were governors of the states and quite as famous for ite memories of Sherid: increase of its population, the city that | distinguished personages. All the school chil- and bis men as for its beauty, lies within the d once passed through. He will be grati-| deen of the city’ with their teachers in regard to his army, and his pride is justifiable, because he knew just what noble work that'army had done. “It was,” he says, [sin my judgment the most magnificent army | in existence—#ixty-five thousand men, in eplen- did physique, who had just completed a march of nearly two thousnfid miles in a hostile coun- try, in good drill, aud who renlized that they THE DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON. being closely limite of a day'« excursion. To write of the” the change that has taken place and will battles that were fought on fields near Wasb- | patriotic pride in the growth and develop- ington would be almost to ment of the Washington which he aided to save the war. and which is the capital of » united people. executables THE GRAND REVIEW IN ‘e5. ‘The Splendid Spectacle om Pennsylvania Avenue at the Close of the War. wesontare re Te Washington itself are counties objects of special interest to the war veteran. Here in the War Department are kept the trophies won by the boys in blue in those great battles for the Union. In other museums are preserved | 4 RECXIOx OF VICTORIOUS VETERANS FRESH FROM many relic of the war.” Here are monuments |" ray rine oF TRE WaR—A TWO. Date’ oie, to the commanders whove memories are re yered_ by the men who fought with them—Me.| TAL THO ANY OF TER FonoeAO bese ‘THROCOR GRORGIA. HE NEWS OF THE CAPTURE OF RICH- mond and the subsequent surrender of Lee rant, Sherman, Sheri «Logan's tomb is nds overlookin Borth an Sheridan s tow the heights at Arli Soldiers’ the city from the is on the crest of overlooking the city of the great commanders their old comrades in It was in this city ent, Eiguenimous, true to the four troublous years, te with a wisdom that It was here that the Sherman until some time afterward— e objects within the Shich bave a vivid interest for the veteran ‘the war TRE WASHIXGTOX OF TODA’ although Johnston did not surrender to! were massed on the enstern portico and grounds of the Capitol, the girls attir white and the bi jack jackets and white trousers. The city was crowded with strangers and it is estimated that over 50.000 persons vi ‘The column started at precisely 9 o'clock a. m. from Capitol Hill, and as the war veterans filed down into the broad avenue the echool children cheered them to the extent of their | voices. This cheer was taken up by the throngs along the curbstone, by those who filled every window along the line of march and those who satupon the various stands that had been erected, giving a royal welcome to those to whom they owed so much. TE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Qn the first day the army of the Potomac, those who had fought stubbornly with Grant at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, ere reviewed. "First in lino came Gen.Meade, ing & few paces abead of his escort and the headquarters’ division. Then came the cavalry Corps, which Sheridan bed brought to such & hig! of perfection, wi jerritt and % ns. Mi Custer. Then followed the ee — all the northern states witnessed the ro- | we scrutinized by thou- sands of their fellow-countrymen and b; foreigners. Division after di each commander of an army corps oF division coming on the stand during the pas- sage of his command to be presented to the President, cabinet and spectators. ness and firmness of tread, the careful dress on the guides, the uniform intervals between the companies, all eyes directly to the front and ‘Yho tattered and bullet-riven flags festooned with flowers all attracted notice. Many good people up to that time had looked upon our western army as s sort of mob; but the world then saw and recognized as a fact that it was an army in the proper sense, well organized, well commanded and disciplined, and it was no wonder that it had swept through the sonth likes tornado. For six hours anda half that strong tread of entire command of the harbor of Norfolk. but their efforts to secure mtrol of the fort that swept the entrance to Chesapeake bay did not suce Fortress Monroe, remained in the powsession of the Union army throughout the war: ‘ahus, although the way to the north wns partially blocked up, through the capture of Harper's Ferry and tho threatening situation in Baltimore, i }o army vanin avenue. Not a soul of that vi tators left his place, and when the rear of je column had passed by thousands of spec- tators still lingered to express confidence in the strength of government which could claim such an army.’ sense of | the 1 Hie i tl Hi irit of insurrection that grow too strong for comfort. ‘THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS. Then'comes a tale of one of the saddest in- i & F [ t : ! i f 5; E j & E I & i rg i i l 4 i t [ [ Hi i i : | s of Peril. Fee i L ful | Hie WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT. ed ‘The First Defenders of the Capital in Its Hour AUGURATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE—TRE Fist ‘THREE MONTHS OF THE WAR. gf rH i FE. p : Hi £ J & A a j i il Li | ¢ fe al 4 if the soil of Gen. Charles P. Stone was appointed by Gen. torees Beott inspector the anager of the ez ry jp