Excerpt from A Glimpse of Washington in 1892: With Pictorial Recollections of Some of the Battles for Its Preservation; Souvenir of the Twenty Sixth Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Beginning September 20, 1892 It is probable that few people outside Of the Order itself know what a puny little infant this lusty giant was a quarter of a century ago; or that from a gathering Of a half dozen men called together by one of them who originated the idea, within this short period the Order has grown until it now bears upon its rolls the names Of nearly half a million veteran soldiers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.