The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-11
A SOLDIER AT RESI-.
Gen. Custer's Remains Buried with Imposing
Honors In West Point Cemetery.

The mortal remains OF Brcvet Major-Gen.
George A. Custer. Iicutenant-Colonel of the
Seventh Cavalry Regiment. L. =. a" wore buried
in the military cemetery at West Point yester-
day. Ger. Custer. with 800 Of his command.
was Killed 10y the Sioux at the terrible battle Of
the Little Biz II I'm. fought on the 25th of June.
1876 The bodies of the dead were hastily in
tcrrcd a fcw days later by Con. Tcrry's COM
mand. With the bodies Of such as were identi-
ned were buried scaled cartridge shells. con-
tanning slips Of paper on which were written
the name and rank of each man. stake. with
the name cut deep into it, was also driven into
the ground at each grave. year after the
fight Lieut.. Gen. sheridan went to the battle
ground with party of troops and removed the
remains of Custer and all but two of his officers
to Fort Abraham Lincoln. Thence Clusters
body was forwarded t. poughkecpsic. whcrc.
until YESTERDAY they lay in the receiving vault
Of the Rural Cemetery. M
~ he remains were enclosed in metallic rns,
NJ which wne cnoasrd i'm u pine box. An xcd
60 the box was a stained piece of pnprr on which
WIS written the 'crtin eHtc Of pr. II. q. Read,
p0~i Surgeon al Fort Lincoln. to the eject that
the enclosed were the remains OF Cen Custer.
Tile soil"d h.i oi pap"r was removed yesterday
.ni given 80 Mr.. Custer.
At nine clock process ion " the officers and
ar escort ~ nit'rn mon from The Twcnty-llrst
+ ar guns. AMI Tho city oni.iais " pourhkccp.
sir. escorted the romans of the dand General
10 the steamer Mary Powell. Tho handsome
nnat-c. drawn hy four coal -hlaek hOrsn ~ WIS
followed by nn iron-crn charger h"nring IN"
rnuiy s1ddl' oi 90 AWgr-G"n"rnL All tine hollis
of thr city wcre toliod and everywhere nuL.
IIInl .f hull mast. IhrrprNfNuult r. were sun T.
ini,ndcl 10y Gen. George Parker OF the militia.
Hui the re- uIlr army " Is lr scented 10y leu-
G .nreo y bHr- from Wet POINT
Tlo many n1os of the N'ry Powell hung at
hall must, and the groat crowds on her and on
/ tnr wharf Dvcrrntly barred thpir heads a. She
rs-Act WIS carried aboard and placed in the
after cabin. Among the mournrrs was tho
ven"rnll" Phillip Hamilton son uf AleNand' r
Hamilton. whose son. Lieut.. H1nilto OF the
Sow mn Cavalry. WIS / rlled Ia 'Gf NJ tho iar'e
! ul Nuclitu. IT, remains were brought home
and buried in Poughhecisie ana the shinc u +,
| that covered h'- coffin was drapod about that NJ
soldiers offho Twenty first regiment stood with
reversed arms at the four corr" rs 81 the mcr.
] Durut ihrS .IrNht' G.. L.. 'fV"i m lies vNftt
/ Custer.
lttachmcnt 81 cayalry WIS drawn M across
/ tur West Point wharf. The rasket WAS rla', 1
| upon n gun eais-On TINT was drap"d with the
Hays of tn" First and Third Army Corps. TIL"
| remains woro laid in state IN tie acadgmy
! chapel under "a guard OF honor from tine Bat
M2 ocIo,k tho chapel wos thrown omen for
! the admission ot Mrs. Custer and Gen. Nrho-
/ field. Gen. Cu-t'r's father Mrs. Harr.u.n %.
! wife of the Lieutenant Of that memo who WIS
/ killed. with Gen. Custer. Lieut.. Brldrn. ono ~
/ Clusters oni nr-, wounded while with him tho
/ Iul henr"rs. cii osen bv Mrs. Custer who We're
/ G'u. kr'loo. Mar ". Davcn. Fry. and foisvih.
/ aud cots. Iyiord, Ludlow and Mitchell. WIN
/ 4, M NOR, Cons Sirk'os Sawtallc. Baukh al.
/ Sharp. liuurril" III. nnd all the officers 81 me
/ post. Thor" W re- also Tn IN" chapel IN New
| lDrk chIp'"rof The loNa ~ "a. s'Niv strong,
| tn sort from Poughke" pale. and host Of
ui'ar rail- and ON u were the helmet. w Ord. and
I bit 5i tie '"al G.nerfl. a ts h"ad was a
/ broken column of WHIT flowers presented hy
". ERE ~ me Pon ty IN da '"' 'f e sta s,grl
/ of q Mgor-Gencrl In white flowers. and
/ NJ tle f,'t VS. a cushion of white and
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