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generals, the galloping hither and thither of aides and orderlies, the flashing of the polished barrel of the rifle in the sun, the music of the splendid bands, and the swaying and surging of the civic multitude which I have attempted to describe, the scene was fairly beyond description.
A man might dream of it, but could not describe it.
Baltimore, MD. Kelly Piet & Co. 1868.
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