The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-04

ana among them the men who had endured the
those ever-nemoraDle tnrty-Iour hours OK Auril u
and IL, 1864, stood out in a poia nght Lei us
look AZ these figures In the history that Is to be of
the greatest crl war the world ever saw mat
quite handsome fellow with the Dundreary wniskers
and soldiery air is Major General CRAWFORD Of me
Pennsylvania reserves, q hero Of a fpany n well.
fought Held, who limps slightly cane nom bal.
let which ne has carried IN his leg since AnIlarn,s
bloody day. The Oil schoarY-lookng officer, with
Inc norid race ana sparse white hair, IS General J.
\. B0mf0rd, OF tine Eighth United STATES iuiantry,
VINO bears name ny his fathers righf thlt u cOe-
Val with the military esiaDll-hmenG Of the United
States. The tall, porty ana noue-'ooGing old ON
Ger III lnii unilorin, VITA the bald head aud white
mustacne, Is MAJOR General J0nn u Foster OF the
Engineer Corps resembling IN many things that
General z. I. Smth. OF Inc Western Army. the
meuluni-s.zed officer, with a corrugated acc and
dark hair Who might be taken as q type OF one OF
CromWeIPs lronsldcs Is Major General JeU &. DAVIS,
OF the Twentytaird United states infantry VINO
mas Deen two years stationed IN the no5ry regions
OF Alaska. Inese four gentlemen are tod ~ actiug
as lalibearers To do nonor 70 their old comrade.
Yes sad General Crawford, "out OF the nine
Anderson during the hombardment OF Fort sum-
ter there are but i've eiG or thai MI nber there
Foster and nyseif-and the other SURVIVOR General
Aoner Doubleday, Is IN Texas doing military DUTY.
me other lour are dead. lhey were:--Lieulenant
In the trenches az Washington early dur
Mgo tine as,,N war iAsu'epnsnt ,, r. <. aieaae;
alter the secession or his native state,
virginia Went WIN The rcDels. and Is dead Lieute-
III sumner, and afterwards became colonel OF a
regiment oil Mcniaap volunteers, and nas died
since the war, apd Lieut. enant Talbot VINO died ut
the beginning OF the war. There were seyeGty-,wo
men rank aud lille OF companies "s'' ana "HD
when ii were IN sumter NJ the lrst bomharlment
ana question II more man u lew OF the Ola men OF
these companies, who, by the Way, did escort duty
TO gay, were with The companies
On the i0rHaru deck Sergeant Hart now OF tine
IWonty.slxth preClnct police Of New YORK city, who
CLIMBED The lagsaG ut Fort Sumter when the flag
had been SHOT away, and holstea tine cmblem OF
looking ut The caskeL which contains tue clay OF
mis- Old commander--a little, black wnakered,
Anderson, brother TO the deceased nero,
resident ns son 9, onclanat,
grief, ana who PAGES the deck abstractedly.
Tnis gentleman y married to lady OF the well
son, young man with dark brown whlskcYs. VINO
was Major Of the Fty-second ONO Infantry
Of Sn Ing a a the e lace a e ses
OF Danish descent, and settled III Kentucky,
ana Ss,,u ool9ae I; Anderson commanded
General Robert Anderson married, while young,
q daughter OF Governor Clinch. OF Georgia,
Congress, since the rebellion, restored to
her her share OF Governor Olincn'a prop
erty, amounting to fifteen thousand twenty tno-
sand dollars wnicn riad been confiscaled uurng the
war. The statement that General Anderson was
suffering from poverty when abroad Is untrue, as
about four thousand I'VE hundred dollars year,
and. besides, he had private income OF about i've
GENERAL ANDEHsoN'5 BAD HEALTH
Mrs. Anderson IS now in Paris, IA nav lid, and
could not return with her husbands remnids owing
TO her utter incapaclty TO make voyage. The
dead hero LETT three daughters grown up and son
oil eight years OF age, all or whom are abroad
with their mother General Anderson died Of q
complication oi diseases, The braun OF the gallant
officer never having peen IN good condition after
the terrific artillery pounding OF Eor5 Sumter; and,
beside this, there was an anecton Of the lungs ana
. prostraiion Of The nervous system which rendered
him unit Tor duty III The held.
my maze every possible el0rt 10 save the
gallant officer, ouS III q man OF sixty-six years or
age, who had gone through the stormy scenes
which GeDeial Anderson had to coniroAt there Is
scarcely lett at mat period OF lie erougn vitality
q general breaking up OF the system ensued.
General anderson carried in MS shoulder to the
day OF his Death an escopete pali, which no re-
Ceved AZ Alolno del Key, lii Mexico.
'tDusr 10 DUsio GALLANT SOLDIER.
The Henry snltn aid not reach West ront untn
after five O'Clock yesterday afternoon, having to
light her way up the Hudson against wind aud tide.
and Captain Baulsir. who commanded her, and
Oslby, OF Trinity parish OF this city, WAC acted as
pilot, did not succeed III touching the dock until
can't little Colonel Perry Of General McDowel's
stan..the later o!icer accompanied the Dody
TO the wna al So %oas
ARMY Army Captain Davis, Eighth cavairS; Captain
West Point the principal Instructors aad members
OF the faculty OF the academy were awaiting the ar
rival OF the remains on the dock headed W Colonel
Thomas luger. seventeenth United States inlanry
superintendent OF West Point; ana the body was
taken or the Heary Smith anu placed on a rev ar
tiery casson, which was hauled up tue steep nil
by four horses, on wA.ch four cay irymen
were mounted One OF the horses, from
being tied up too t1ghfly. struggled
and threw his rider falling oylr him,
ana his escape from having his neck broken was
the wonder OF every one The BODY Was taken y
nile and hall unnurt to the West Point cemetery,
and lowered ieto brick vault prepared tor he pur
pose OF General Anderaon's internent. Not cadet
was visible, and not q mIsket or gun was Urea over
the grave such beng the orders OF the Secretary Of
War; The Rey. Or. Forsyth, the Dutch Reformed
chaplain 81 the post stood Dy his grave ana read a
lew sentences, ana was followed by Lne Rev.
Richard -. Duane. an Episcopal MINISTER OF
Trenton. NJ j., an old friend OF General Andefson VINO
finished the very modest ceremony with ine LORDS
prayer. Tnc grave Is 10 the rtghs OF the monument
erected to Colonel Bowers or Grants staff, and the
vault Is Of bllck, ABOUT ten feet deep. Major Gen.
eral Foster, the old coradc OF the licensed stood
by the grave with shovel iul of clay which he
threw on the coffin as the last sentences OF the min
lister echoed through the mountain gorge which
TANKS est Point; ana all that was mortal OF Rob-
ert Anderson the first solder OF the Unied States
Army VINO taught the people OF the nation their SOL
emn ana stern duty, was consigned to It's last rest
ing place with as little parade ceremony on the
part or the United St.tes authorities as Ii he had
been but q simple lieutenant OF artillery gradual.
Ing lrOm Ills class at his old school In the shadows
OIL the hills that overlook the Hudson