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| 53 Fine weather prevailed, and the place was enlivened generally by the presence of ladies, who were frequently present in large numbers from the neighboring towns. On Sunday, the most picturesque spots of the Blue Ridge were visited by some of the soldiers, while others went to Antietam. On its return to Baltimore the regiment was reviewed by Governor Whyte, and escorted to the armory by Major Frank McDonald's battalion. Another visit to Baltimore was that of the First Virginia Regiment, which took place on October 18, 1872. The visitors were entertained by the Fifth. There was a speech of welcome by Mayor Vansant and a banquet at the Fifth Regiment Armory. The First Virginia was a famous Richmond organization before the war, and at the Battle of Manassas it formed the nucleus of the Army of Northern Virginia. Its ranks were nearly destroyed by the war, but after the surrender at Appomattox the few survivors returned to Richmond, reorganized the regiment, and the ranks were speedily filled by the best young men of the city. The appearance of this famous regiment in Baltimore created great enthu- LIKCT p N HOBNj 1880 siasm, and the population turned out almost en masse to see them parade—a parade which was reviewed by the Governor and the Mayor. The trip of the Fifth Maryland Regiment to march in the parade when General Grant was inaugurated President of the United States, on March 4, 1873, was an intensely disagreeable one, owing to the bitterly cold weather. But the regiment held its own there, as elsewhere. Colonel Peyton, Inspector-General of |