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Grant's Chicago welcome tops nation wide celebration
Illinois and the Northwest witness a colossal Army of the Tennessee reunion for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Crowds flood Chicago streets, a eleven mile procession, grand reviews, and a series of speeches by Sherman, Logan, Oglesby, and Mark Twain mark the event. Grant urges unity, citizenship, and national pride while recalling the Union cause and future harmony among former foes.
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Illinois
Great Northwest
Chicago
Association of the Army of the Tennessee
Grant
Pacific Coast
Con. Grant
W. Ji. Rowley
Galena
Prest. Ackerman
Lc, RR
Freeport
Exposition Building
Michigan Avenue
Sheridan
Harrison
Thomas Hoyne
Gen.Grant
Palmer House
Carter Harrison
Gen. Grant
Tur
Col
Fred Grant
Army OF the Tennessee
Staverley’s
Vicksburg
Sherman
Scofield
Gorge Crook
Gresham
John A. Logan
Cullum
E. M. Dayton
Mcl’eeley
Beveridge
Alphonso Taft
Potter
H. C. Purington
D. RK. Lang
G. T. Gould
Thomas
Mr. Washburne
Cullom
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Asia
England
Japan
Russia
Spain
Portugal
United States
Gen. Sheridan
Pope
Oglesby
Schofield
Mark Twain
Union Veteran Club
McVicker’s Theater
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Charleston
South
Republic
Gen. Sherman
Togan
Congress of the United States
Congress
Executive Department
America
George Washington
Adamses
Jackson
Madison
Lincoln
Washington
Aftica
Hurlbut
Geneva Grant
Col. of
Army of the States
Gen
Rock of Chickamas
Army of the Mac
Woodford
John
Ingersoll