Headquarters Second Mass. Inf'y,
Near Washington, D. C, May 26,1865.
We are now settled in what we suppose will be our permanent
camp for quite a long time. It is a lovely place about four miles from
Washington, and very near Bladensburg.
The regiments are scattered so that each has plenty of room.
Day before yesterday was the grand review. We started from our camp between
five and six A. M., reached Capitol Hill about eleven, and soon after started down
the avenue. I had as prominent a place for the regiment as I could ask for, on
the right of the brigade. The regiment looked finely, and was cheered and
applauded by name several times. The day was a very fatiguing one, but one
which will never be forgotten by any of us. After passing the reviewing
officers, we marched about six miles to our present camp; it is a very pleasant
exchange from the Virginia side of the Potomac.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 214-5
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