Author: Brevet Brig. General Isaac S. Bangs

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Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781330606483

Excerpt from Military History of Waterville, Maine: Including the Names and Record, So Far as Known of All Soldiers From Waterville, in the Several Wars of the Republic; A Portion of the Records of the Waterville Monuments Association, and a Sketch of W. S. Heath Post, No; 14, G. A. R Its record in the Revolution - the War of 1812 - The Aroostook War - the Mexican, Spanish and Philippine Wars, with rosters of soldiers who have served in each, military records, etc. - also sketch of the Waterville Soldiers Monument Association and of W. S. Heath Post, No. 14, Department of Maine, G. A. R. By Brevet Brig. General Isaac Sparrow Bangs. Of all the magnificent pageants this country has ever seen, from its settlement to the present year, none in point of interest can compare to the grand review of the armies of the Union on May 23 and 24, 1865. The most causeless, cruel, bloody war in the world's history had just been brought to a triumphant close by the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, under General Robert E. Lee, to General Grant, at Appomattox, April 9th, and the surrender of Johnston's and all confederate armies east of the Mississippi by the military convention of April 26th. The identical flag that was lowered from the flagstaff of Fort Sumter by Major Robert Anderson April 14, 1861, was floating over Fort Sumter again, having been raised by Brevet Major General Robert Anderson on the 14th of April, 1865 the fourth anniversary to commemorate in the most fitting manner the restoration of national authority on the spot where the great rebellion was first inaugurated. On the evening of that same day, President Lincoln had fallen a victim to the hate engendered by the war, by the bullet of John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's theatre in Washington. May 18th, by Special Orders No.239, war department, adjutant general's office, a grand review by General Grant, President Johnson and cabinet, was ordered of all the armies then near Washington; to take place May 23rd and 24th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.