Grand Review of the Armies

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The Grand Review of the Armies was a massive two-day military parade held in Washington, D.C., in May 1865 to celebrate the Union victory at the end of the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military parade ⓘ
victory parade ⓘ
after American Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Review of the Union Armies ⓘ
capital Washington, D.C. ⓘ
chronology occurred shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
commander George G. Meade ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical writings on the American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1865-05-24 ⓘ
follows surrender of the Confederate armies ⓘ
genre military ceremony ⓘ
hasCause Union victory in the American Civil War ⓘ
hasEffect boosted Northern morale after the war ⓘ
symbolic closure of the American Civil War for the Union ⓘ
hasParticipant Army of Georgia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFeature formal farewell to major Union field armies ⓘ
public celebration of the end of major combat operations ⓘ
two-day procession of Union armies through Washington, D.C. ⓘ
numberOfParticipants tens of thousands of Union soldiers ⓘ
organizer United States War Department ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
pointInTime May 1865 ⓘ
precededBy surrender of Joseph E. Johnston’s army ⓘ
surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
purpose celebration of Union victory ⓘ
demobilization review of Union armies ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
reviewedBy President Andrew Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
diplomatic corps ⓘ
members of the United States Cabinet ⓘ
significance major ceremonial event marking Union victory ⓘ
one of the largest military parades in United States history ⓘ
startDate 1865-05-23 ⓘ
tookPlaceAt near the United States Capitol ⓘ
near the White House ⓘ
tookPlaceOn Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ

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82nd Illinois Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Grand Review of the Armies ⓘ
XX Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Grand Review of the Armies ⓘ
VI Corps (Union Army) → associatedWithEvent → Grand Review of the Armies, May 1865 ⓘ
linked to: Grand Review of the Armies
Grand Review of the Union Armies → alsoKnownAs → Grand Review of the Armies ⓘ
30th Ohio Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Grand Review of the Armies ⓘ