[NohSpinZone]

Just finished a book on Sherman's March to the Sea so this is fresh on my mind. Sherman called the review his proudest moment of his career, as bedraggled and motley his troops might have been after the long march through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Sherman took hell for his generous terms to the Rebels in his first negotiations with Johnston and Breckenridge. But by the time of the Grand Review, even Edward Stanton let it go and enjoyed the great show. What a glorious sight it must have been!

[BenLurkin]

Great, great, great, etc Lurkin is in the photo somewhere.

Probably waaaaay in the back.

[DiogenesLamp]

[jeffersondem]

“Though tattered and worn, Sherman and the approximately sixty-five thousand troops . . .”

The troops must have been exhausted from carrying all the stolen loot.

And guilt.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

One of my second great -grandfathers might have been there. He served in the 30th Illinois for the entire war, and marched with Sherman to the sea.

[SunkenCiv]

“...even Edward Stanton let it go and enjoyed the great show.” Sherman snubbed that nasty bastard during the reception, and everyone there noticed it.