The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
features of the occasion.
ORDER OF MARCH,


ORDER OF MARCH.
The following is the order in which
the column moved along the Avenue;
Col Yeaton's colored troops; n
squadron of cavalry, mounted; two
regiments of the Invalid Corps, pre-.
ceded by the band Of that organiza-
TOP; officers of the army and navy
among the former were Admirals
Dupont, Goldsborough aud Porter,
and Commodore Bell, officers of tho
marine corps, followed by the ma.
rnes and q battery of light artillery,
guns draped in mourning; a regiment
of cavalry; the clergy in attendance;
Generals OF the army on duty In
Washington and their respective
stats; Surgeon General u. s. A. and
the physicians To the deceasc,l; Gov.
ernors OF the several States; then
came the hcarse, drawn by six grcy
horses, and preceded BY the pail
bearers, and lanked on either side
and the rear by detachments of thir-
teen men of the Invalid Corps. The
pail-bearers were on the part Of the
Senate: Messrs. Morgon, of n. Y;
johnson, of Mo; Yates, of Illinois;
Wade, of Ohio, Conness, OF Cal. On
the part of the flouse-Dawes, OF
Mass Coll'roth, of Pa. Smith. of Ky;
Col'ax, of Ind; Worthington. of Ne
vada; Washburne, of Illinois.
Army-Lieutenant. General Grant,
Major Gen. IIallcck, Brigadier. Gen.
Nichols. Navy--Vice Admiral Far
ragut, Admiral Shubrick and Col.
Jacob Sceline, of the Marine Corps.
Civiians-O. Ii. Browning, George
Ashman, Thomas Corwin, Simon
Cameron. n xt came the family Of
the deceased in the private prcsiden-
tial corriage. followed by the relatives
aud the delegates OF the States Of
Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners.
The President, in close carriage,
escorted on the right by General
Augur, and on the left by General
Slough; the Cabinet Ministers, ia
carriages; the Diplomatic Corps, ia
full attendance; the Chief Justice, fol.
lowed by Associates Of the Supreme
Court; members of the Senate and
House of Representatives. preceded
by the officers of the respective bod
les; members from the several States
and Territories; Assistant Secretaries
OF the different Departments; dele.
cations from New York, Brooklyn,
and other cities. General Butler
headed the Boston d ,legation, march.
ing on foot, also many other prom
incnt men. The Perseverance Hose
Co., from Philadelphia, the colored
clergymen of the District, the Fenian
brotherhood, the Quarter Mister's
regiment, composed of employees Of
the Department.; officers of the Smith.
sonian Institute, members of the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions;
Washington and Georgetown muni-
clpal authorities; the clergy; the clerks
and employees of the Departments
and Bureaus, preceded by the heads
Of such Bureaus and their respective
clerks.
The streets were fllcl by an I'M.
mense multitude. Every available
window on Pennsylvania Avenue was
crowded. The procession was the
finest of the kind ever Witnessed in
this city, or probably in the country.
Those who remember the funerals Of
Presidents Harrison and Taylor say
That the solemn pageants on those
occasions could in no respect be com.
pared to this. The remains were es.
corted to the Capitol, where the fun.
eral service was read and the mourn.
crs were dismissed. fa
The body lies in state in the mag.
nlllcent rotunda, and Is now in the
charge of the Illinois delegation
The remains OF little Willie Lincoln
will be disinterred from their resting
place in the Glenwood Cemetery ".
morrow, preparatory to being ro-
moved to Illinois, along with those Of
his father.