Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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William Howard Russell’s Diary.

November 20, 2011

My Diary North and South - William Howard Russell

November 20th.—To-day a grand review, the most remarkable feature of which was the able disposition made by General McDowell to march seventy infantry regiments, seventeen batteries, and seven cavalry regiments, into a very contracted space, from the adjoining camps. Of the display itself I wrote a long account, which is not worth repeating here. Among the 55,000 men present there were at least 20,000 Germans and 12,000 Irish.

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