Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, May 23, 1865

We started at 8 a. m. and by 10 o'clock had passed through Old Alexandria. We went into bivouac within three miles of Washington City. The Army of the Potomac was reviewed by the president of the United States and Lieutenant General Grant. Sherman's army is to be reviewed tomorrow.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 276