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IIIUSIUSUI.The main procession now formed on Wal-nut Street. First came 100 policemen, then the Chief Marshal and aids, then a band of 40 pieces. Tlu* next was the ^Boys in Blue,” numbering GOO, marching in platoons, and wearing a badge inscribed u We vote as we fought,” and carrying several stands of national colors. After them came some ambulances, filled with soldiers maimed in the late war. Then the Union League numbering 300 members, among them some of the principal citizens of Philadelphia. The}' also bore flags ; as did the Union League of America, which next followed.. Then, came the delegations of Southern Loyalists Ln the following order: District of Columbia, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,. West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North-Caro-lina, South-Carolina. Georgia^ Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.Each member of the various delegations wore a badge of silk, on which was printed
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The Tri Weekly Standard
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1866
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Lois N.
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