THURSDAY 4
The weather has been delightful and very favorable to the great Military Review. Twenty three Regiments, or over twenty thousand men, marched past the Prests House on the Ave. It was a great display for NY, for it was a Review of only the NY Regts by Maj Genl Sanford. Genl Scott, the Prest, and Cabinet were out on a platform erected for the occasion. Met Mr VanMaster at Willards, attended the Dress Parade of the 12th, and their festivities in the evening at their camp. Came with the family at 1/2 past nine.
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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of Congress.