Disbanding tKe Armies 



Two Popular Articles on a Critical Period in our History 

 By IDA M. TARBELL 



THE GRAND REVIEW AT WASHINGTON, 1S55 



The Union Army 



We are apt to forget that one of the greatest feats in history was performed by the Govern- 

 ment of the United States. At the close of the Civil War the Administration in Washington 

 disbanded the Federal Forces. The armv numbered a million of men and that vast body of soldiers 

 laid down their arms and returned to the pursuits of peace, without any disturbance, without 

 unseemly confusion. That event is unique in history and it will receive treatment, thorough and 

 full of interest, in a forthcoming issue of the magazine. 



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CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS GOING HOME. 



From a •tuaf-titiie sketch* 



TKe Confederate Army 



A theme of equal interest, but a theme of infinite sadness, is that which tells of the Confed- 

 erates' return home at the close of the war. The broken remnant of an army that fought for vears 

 with unsurpassed skill and bravery was finally disbanded after Appomattox, and the men of the 

 South, war-worn and sick at heart, went back to find at home, under another guise, a continuation 

 of war's rigors. Miss Tarbell has written an affecting story of these soldiers and their return to 

 desolate homes. 



