HOMEWARD BOUND: The Army of the Potomac in Richmond; Forty Thousand Heroes March Through the City (5/9/1865)

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Time WASHINGTON, Monday, May 8. The advance of Gen, HOWARD'S army reached Blacks and Whites Station on the Southside Railroad on Saturday, having marched nearly one hundred and fifty miles in five days and a half. The brave boys are returning from the wars, and march with light hearts and elastic step. From Our Own Correspondent. RICHMOND, Thursday, May 4, 1865. Maj.-Gen. MEADE and his staff arrived here yesterday afternoon and will leave to-morrow morning. A considerable portion of the Army of the Potomac arrived at Manchester this morning, and will march through Richmond to-morrow...
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