The New York herald., 1865-04-26
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mains OF the laen.ed President Lincoln through tho
Empire City "a their last resting place After the large
number of generals and staff officers had passed, the
Duncan light artillery passed along, and certainly
well calculated 10 hold prominent place in the pro-
4 acessiou. The troops, well all those who pre-
ceded and followed them black Grape ON the left
4 arm. Their standards enshrouded in the same
sable gauzy material The did not the oheer-'
i look, the joyous department. which usually charac-
4 teF'ze tho mlit!amen when they turn out great
oceasions There and soeuanlty pervading
ana forming the feature and general aspect Of all 10
proper that these troops should have the
u the procession They from Brooklyn and being
strangers and soourners from sister CITY, were az
II signed the conspicuous position of the advance in tha
whole display. The Fifty second regiment OF infantry
Colonel Cole commanding preceded by splendid baud
Y and drum CORPS came next The infantry q
I areief to the people, for, somehow other most
people scarcely believe that anything else b.t
I infantry sodiera They marched platoons,
with front TO each platoon Of twenty men.
/ And they marched well There applause,
however from the multitude Silently steadily
Sed; mourning cmbems are borne by every man, and
the sidearrns carried by the officers bound deep
mourning. And thus they march in common time After
the Fifty second the Forty seventh their uniform
sthe blue the color by the gallant troops who
have preserved nation and reflected honor upon tho
<Eow dropping and utled national color5 Colonel Msse
rae marched at their head, Immediately in Of tho
band All In full dress, the officers wearing epau-
letcs and the appearing IN their brightest color
s Iany Of the troops addition TO the Grape
on the left arm prescribed in the general order also
miniatur, lenesses OF the late President their
breass with other distinguishing marks Of grief and
membrauce Next came the band OF the Twenty third
regiment followed by Colonel Pratt the officers
of that handsome and historic corps They marched
WE'LL and perhaps BETTER than the two infantry rcgi.
mens which preceded them and their fuller
perhaps precise In their evoiutons There
little difference however in their general aspect They
brought up Of the Fifth brigade By this tne
\ the people had considerable number Of infantry,
y and the variation OF artillery battery not ds-
q pleasing The Breadier General and his staff which pre-
9 ceded obtained passing notice, usual then tho
u battery rolled and marched along to advantage The
Scvcnteh regiment OF cavalry, with their gay red and
white rlumes their coors of white and red their lances
Il land saily caparisoncd horses, ramping along
after the artillery, ard with grace noncha-
lance ;hs, would not discred the renowned troopers
of the indeatirabe Sheridan The Twenty eighth and
u Fourteenth regiments, with full ranks all OF Brook
1yn, came next IL unnecessary to say anything or
I these two celebrated regiments Everybody knows
them Their fame reaches to the Army of the Potomac
and every soldier it, Their record is not 10 be written
in connection with parade in New York, though
regiment has made its historic at Bull Run and
nearly all the succeeding conflicts the Army OF the
Potomac, from that memorable field to Spottsylvana
Il Court House The gallant comrades who obeyed tho
great martyred chief when he called uron them havo
" amply acs,ed their devotion TO the country and its
honor by the numbers Of their cad and manned
" upon innumerablo baiue6eds. II was wonder
q then that the Fourteenth regiment created
~ sation-a deep and sorowing sensatonas moved
H,t, its and udod COL.
ors draped and borrowing through the route OF tho
~ procession. The Thirteenth regiment, Colonel J. b.
Woodward another Brooklyn corps, brought up the
of the Fifth brigade aud with its honorable and PATRIOTIC
also received with great favor by the appre
multituies through which this gallant regiment
" had The honor to march.
~ To detail the movements OF the city regiments
prising the First division is They all did
NJ well They turned in larger force than any
former Like the troops comprising the Second
~ division which had the advance, they all with the
81 cep;lon OF the Sc entb regiment which the ,mme
vi date guard of the funeral carried their at
~ 7shouldcr bad their coors draPed and wore crane
sg on the left Among the various rcgments
VI, would be difficult 10 say winch did best There
nothing wanting that could contribute to beauty and
~ effect in any single or anizafon 10 advance OF tho
n Twenty regiment marched The garrison Of Hars
E Island consisting Of five hundred men composing a
from various veteran regiments. No troops ter
,appreciacd these heroes Of many battles They
u marched and 4yrcG thcy have often done in
Of The enemy he bsttlche1s Of the fcr tho
"A Union and that cnon Ia 70 Eay FOR thcu Their hand
s. preceded them playing GiTscs in time, AMI they
pore tne colors Of many regiments whore ard
mc,nbers have reflected glory and ycory on tho starry
II Gag Ibe officers Of the Seventy ninth in their martial
a ootsh cosrrnes though there ony few of thcr,
Il e. a.. Tf.sf.f "a
y to 1nox,le Their Highland plaid brought tears 10
Al nnry cyes. The Fny.llth regiment, with thsr red
~ palls sni caps Ia cat ped. also re allcd ts
H historic sccnc- the and grcss o: tho
~ rebellion The Siyy.niAh Seventy lr Twenty second,
u the Eighth Twelfth, and all the city regiments, could
4; not bo mistaken their forgotten, they
II marched along Nothing could be moro IN
NJ keeping with the time and the solemn oc-
* casion than 10 have these brave and iricd
"a corps doing honor to the remains Of him who
q was so lately the centre pivot, which the army
" and the people had long reyolved in their honest
efforts suppress tho rebellion agnnsi the Union free
~ dom and nat onalisy Mus OF old co,ors borne by
these regiments acric their and faded though
hroudcd coors the efforts hat these 'oya! and gallant
"a militia organizations had aie 10 sustain tho govern
t ment OF their fathers In It's fncss Of domnion ard
X nyiolate integrity Tho Fourth artillery numbering
& seven men, under Colonel Teller too though IL
H carried Gag bore along the guns Win "hch II Whea
~ TO hu back nsocn hosts OF Lee from the soil or
~ Pennsylvania In 1853.
III Tho whole military pagcon, grand. On Other
occasion did York any other city display such
81 force Of citizen militia There eighteen city rcgi
~ men,s in tho parade, and they averaged fully ovo
Y hundred cach, thus making total OF nine thou
"a sand troops, besides the batteries, guns aud their sa,
and forth, amounting to one thousand moro,
"a which madc tho whole number Of city militia In TO
E parade o, icas, ten thousand Tho United E,acs
"a troops and tho Brooklyn regiments numbered nve thou
more tlat the entire force of military In the pro-
ceson reached the grand hgcrc or fifteen thousand mtn
This oslc ls,oa furor corroboratcd Ivy another cf'
u oulaton The troops, when formed, hnd their cSirero
kE -lA- :,