Grand Review of the Armies

Grand Review of the Armies
	Grand Review of the Armies on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the national capital city of Washington, D.C., heading northwest from the United States Capitol (dome visible in rear) towards the White House (Executive Mansion) at 15th Street, N.W., by the United States Treasury Department building, at the conclusion of the American Civil War (1861–1865), May 23–24, 1865.
Date	May 23–24, 1865
Location	Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Participants	Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General, Union Army / United States Army; ; George Gordon Meade Army of the Potomac;; ; William T. Sherman Army of the West; ;

The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in the national capital city of Washington, D.C., on May 23–24, 1865, following the Union victory in the American Civil War (1861–1865). Elements of the Union Army in the United States Army paraded through the streets of the capital to receive accolades from the crowds and reviewing politicians, officials, and prominent citizens, including United States President Andrew Johnson, a month after the assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln.

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