...l Adelbert Ames to take a brigade. I had the command drilled and reviewed as much as could be done in a few weeks. On April 8th the corps of Couch, Sickles, Meade, and Sedgwick were reviewed by President Lincoln , accompanied by General Hooker. There was a column of about 70,000 men, and it must have taken over two hours and a half for them to pass the President. It was the largest procession until the la...