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Anticipation: Sword & Torchlit Parade

***Correction11-16-2011: According to this report at the Richmond Daily Dispatch the torchlit parade by Blenker’s division occurred on November 11, 1861. Sorry about that. President Lincoln has recently promoted George B. McClellan, a native Philadelphian, to general-in -chief of all … Continue reading

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