HOMEWARD BOUND: The Army of the Potomac in Richmond; Forty Thousand Heroes March Through the City (5/9/1865)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 5/9/1865

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Time

WASHINGTON, Monday, May 8.

The advance of Gen, HOWARD'S army reached Blacks and Whites Station on the Southside Railroad on Saturday, having marched nearly one hundred and fifty miles in five days and a half. The brave boys are returning from the wars, and march with light hearts and elastic step.

From Our Own Correspondent.

RICHMOND, Thursday, May 4, 1865.

Maj.-Gen. MEADE and his staff arrived here yesterday afternoon and will leave to-morrow morning.

A considerable portion of the Army of the Potomac arrived at Manchester this morning, and will march through Richmond to-morrow on their way to Washington.

In marching from the James to the Potomac they will pass old battle-fields and the graves of many of their comrades who fought and fell in defence of the flag which now floats triumphantly from the Capitol at Richmond.

The Subsistence Department is a very important institution, and is taxing the energies of Lieut.-Col. F.L. MANNING, the Provost-Marshal of the Army of the James, who presides over in. In order to carry out the beneficent operations of the government effectively, he has divided the city into thirty-five districts; each district is visited at stated intervals by a qualified official and a civilian of known loyalty and integrity accompanies the party. By this means imposition is avoided, and the really poor, of whatever rank or color, are relieved, The daily issue of rations averages 5,000, and provision is made for the sick by the issue of rations appropriate for them.

Considerable excitement has been caused by the arrest, and consignment to the Libby, of Col. OULD and his assistant, Lieut.-Col. HATCH. I have not been able to learn what are the special charges the government prefers against the rebel Commissioners of Exchange.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar

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Homeward Bound: The Army of the Potomac in Richmond – 2-3
The Plot to Burn Philadelphia – 3
Maj.-Gen. Doyle on the Assassination – 3
Flight of Jeff. Davis: He Was at Washington, Georgia, on the 4th inst. – 3
From North Carolina: Jo. Johnston’s Order to His Army – 3-4
Important Mexican News: A Blow at French Commerce – 4
The War in the Southwest: From Vicksburgh – 4-5
Arrival of the Erin – 5
Another Surrender: Dick Taylor Abandons the Rebel Cause – 5
From Mobile: Freedmen in Mobile – 5
Treason at Home: Tria of Hon Benj. G. Harris for Aiding the Enemy – 5-6
Condition of Mr. Seward and His Son-Confession of the Assassin Payne – 6
News from Washington – 6
Outdoor Sports – 6
Editorial: The Political Effect in Europe of President Lincoln’s Death – 6-7
Surrender Number Three – 7
Editorial: Mexican Emigration Schemes – 7-8
Our Cavalry – 8
Editorial: English Concern About Canada – 8
Our Popular Loan – 8