Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-09

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the bolts of battle.
Clsrgymen followed in carriages, and next
came the hearses containing the bodies Of the
deceased, with the pall-besrers walking on
each side Of them. After the hearses the
horses of the fallen heroes came, saddlsd aud
bridlsd as though ready for the charge gain.
Alas never again will those saddles feel the
weight Of these gallant warriors, never sgain
viii thOss steeds respond to tho touch Of the
spur or the guidance Of the bride from the
hands of their dead masters
Next IN the procession came carriages
bearing the friends and relatives Of the de-
ceased. Among them was Governor BrOugh,
who, by the way, wss present at the entire
exercises Of the occasion. Quarter Master
LOomis, sergesnt-MajOr TisdeI, and three
priv ates from the Seventh, comprising
the original escort of the bodies, also
followed in carriages, together with the
wounded and disabled soldiers who were
formerly members'o Of the Seventh. The Com
mittee of Arrangements came next, in car
riages, followed by the Council and City OIL
GERS on foot.
Next came the delegation Of invalid SOL
disrs from Camp Cleveland, about a hundred
and fifty strong. They were followed by
squad Ofrecruits for the Sixth Cavalry, sixty
in number, and these in turn were succeeded
by the Brooklyn Light Artillery, Captain
PeltOn, numbering about eighty men. The
battery presented fine appearance.
A number of officers and soldiers from va
rious United States and volunteer regiments
also Joined in the procession. Last Of the
military came the surviving members of the
Cleveland Light Guards, of which Colonel
Creighton was formerly a member. Only
half dozen were left of this company, once
so large and Aourishing.
After these came the United States Court
ofi,srs, the Typographical Union, the Ship
Carpenters, the Students of the Commercial
College. the OH ,srs of the County Court, and
citizens on foot and in carriages.
The whole procession, the most msgnih-
cent and imposing that ever passed through
the streets of Cleveland, was under the
charge of William Il. Hayward, Chief Mar
sbal of the day, assisted by H. NJ. Chaplin,
VIM. Edwards, John NJ. Sterling yJr, and
G. Busch. As the mOurnfully magnificent
pageant swept around the square and up
Euclid street to Erie, thousands and tens Of
Thousands Of lookers-on crowded, sWarmsd
and thrOnged along its route. The multitude
was every where, densely thropging the
sidewalks, OvsrfoWing into the street, AL
ing the square, crowding upon balconies,
bulgipg out of windows and scattered along
house tops. All Cleveland was looking on st
the sad spectacle. And through this vast
thrOng of human beings, all moved by q
common motive and saddsnsd by a common
sorrow, the procession, with mufl ID drums
aud dirge-like music and sad, slow steps,
moved on to tho eemstery. Meantime the
chime OF mufl sd bells, the stroke of others
toIling the ages of the dead, and the thun-
derous roar Of the minute-guns told the Lis
tsning air that Cleveland was bearing her
heroes to the tomb.
AT THE GRAVE.
The place chosen for the intermsat of the
bodies was the Bradburn vault in the Erie
street cemetery. At its south entrance, at
which the procession was to enter, the crowd
gathered NEST densely, thousands upon thou
sands of them lining streets and side
walks. However, the admirable police and
military regulations, which, by the by,
were perfect, prevented any unssemIy
pressing or crOwding. The procession, en-
term g, passed up the long avenue, rooted by
the leafless branches of the elms, to the vault
Here the military formed in square around
the grave. The vast throng, vino followed
them into the cemetery, arranged themselves
quietly around it, and amid breathless si-
lenco the palI-besrsrs, bearing the sacred
remains of our fallen soldiers, advanced to
the vault, followed by the friends of the de-
csased, the military meantime presenting
arns. Amid the same silence the bodies
were deposited In their last resting place
All heads we're uncovered and barred in client
and yetmast expressive sOrroW, while the
sublime burial service Of the Episcopal
Church was impressivsIy road by the Rev.
W. a. rlshes
After it was finished and the religious
Offices of the day thus concluded, funeral
and farewell salute of three volleys was fred
by the boys of the Seventh over the graves of
their dead comrades.
Slowly then and sadly the multitude
turned away to their homes. No regular
order of procession was observed in return
lag. The 29:h regiment, under command Of
Colonel FraEse, marched to Superior street,
held dress parade there, and thence dis
perssd. The other military and civil bodies
present returned a. once to their homes.
Thus has Cleveland honored her dead
heroes,-thus has she buried her fallen
brave, weeping for their death, bat proud in
their memory. Never in our city has any
dead body been followed to a grave with a
grander ceremonial, more imposing obse-
vaiss, 4 vsstsr throng OF mourners, OF more
genuine and widespread grief. It was TT
ting. All, and more than all, which We could
do to honor them was deserved by these vet
erans, true soldiers, unAinching heroes, fallen
in the brunt of battle with their faces to the
foe.
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