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The Grand Army Of The Republic |
 | | This was effected after a grand parade of the armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee, and of Georgia, on May 22 and 24, 1865, when one hundred and fifty thousand men marched through the wide avenues of Washington in review before the President and the commanding generals. |
 | | The first veteran society formed, The Third Army Corps Union, was organized at the headquarters of General D. Birney, commander of the Third Army Corps, at a meeting of the officers of the corps, September 2, 1863. |
 | | In April, 1865, the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was formed at Raleigh, North Carolina, membership being restricted to officers who had served with the old Army of the Tennessee. |
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