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Catalog Number |
SVM214 |
Object Name |
Stereoview |
Artist |
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 |
Artist's Role |
Photographer |
Title |
Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865 |
Description |
Stereoview card depicting the "Grand Review of the Armies," a military procession and celebration held on May 23 and 24th of 1865 at the end of the Civil War in Washington D.C. This view shows the Grand Army of General William T. Sherman as well as Major General Henry Warner Slocum and the Army of Georgia passing in review. The photo is from a vantage point looking up Pennsylvania Avenue from the National Treasury. Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. from a negative by Matthew Brady & Co. |
Maker |
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., publisher |
Place of Origin |
501 Broadway, New York, NY |
Date |
ca. 1865 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Henry Warner Slocum (1826-1894) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 28760, Sec. 139) as are many other veterans of the Civil War. Additionally, photographer Edward Anthony (1819-1888) of E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 9989, Sec. 160). |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-7 inches |
People |
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888 Anthony, H. T. (Henry T.), 1814-1884 (Not G-W) Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 (Not G-W) Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 (Not G-W) |
Subjects |
Military parades & ceremonies Parades & processions Army Stereographs Photographs |
Search Terms |
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Washington, D.C. Grand Review of the Armies American Civil War, 1861-1865 |