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While others hastened to discard the well-worn uniforms, and don again the dress of civilians, hurrying to the cars, and groaning over the slowness of the fast-flying trains that bore them to their homes, my husband was almost breathlessly preparing for a long journey to Texas. He did not even see the last of that grand review of the 23d and 24th of May, 1865. On the first day he was permitted to doff his hat and bow low, as he proudly led that superb body of men, the Third Division of Cavalry, in front of the grand stand, where sat the powers that be. A long the line of the division, each soldier straightened himself in the saddle, and felt the proud blood fill his veins, as he realized that he was one of those who, in six months, had taken 111 of the enemys guns, sixty-five battleflags, and upward of 10,000 prisoners of war, while they had never lost a flag, or failed to capture a gun for which they fought. In the afternoon of that memorable day General Custerand his staff rode to the outskirts of Washington, where his beloved Third Cavalry Division had encamped after returning from taking part in the review.
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Elizabeth Clift Bacon Custer was an American author and public speaker, and the wife of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army. (Wikipedia)
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