Morris tribune., 1886-02-17
AT REST IN THE TOMB.

The Gallant Hancock Buried with Inn.
posing Ceremonies.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Friday evening
everybody upon the island was allowed to
enter the parlor in which Gen. Hancock's
body lay and take farewell look at his
dead countenance. For nearly an hour Of
ficers, privates, servants and messengers
filed by the coffin. Many an eye was filled
with tears at the solemn spectacle.
Between and o'clock, Saturday morn
ing, the guard of honor detailed by Maj.
Richard jackson drew up in front of the
generals mansion. Then came the detach-
ment Of 200 soldiers from the several forts,
who drew up behind them. In the mean
time the widow of Gen. Hancock, accom-
panied by Mrs. Lieut. Griffen and Mrs. Bon
vier, entered the room in which the hero lay
and took parting look at his face Mrs.
Hancock's grief was pitiful. She kissed her
husbands forehead while the tears fell fast
from her overfowing eyes Six soldier,
bearing black cloth-covercd bier, came
into the room, and, placing the coffin upon
it, bore the body out of the house.
The detachment of troops drawn up out
side then moved along the winding path to
the Chester A. Arthur.
Mrs. Hancock, by the advice Of her
friends, did not leave home.
1t was precisely o'clock when the first
gun fired at Castle William doomed out
over the bay announcing the boat was ready
to leave the dock. A moment later the
Arthur" swung out into the stream and
stsered for the New York shore. The barge
office dock was reached at 9:I5 o'clock. At
the barge Office, after few moments rest,
the casket containing the remains was
lifted from the trestle on which it rested by
eight stalward soldiers, who carried it to
the hearse in waiting, and to which were
attached four coal-black horses heavily
draped in mourning trappings.
A detachment of troops consisting of four
companies Of the Fifth artillery, under COM
mand of Mai. Richard A. Jackson, who had
preceded the coffin, were drawn up in line
on Whitehall street. The palI-bearers took
up their positions between the lines formed
by the military and stood with uncovered
heads as the casket was carried through
and placed in the hearse. The stars and
stripes, the flag for whose supremacy the
dead hero shed his blood on Gettysburg and
other fields, were then wrapped around the
casket, and at few short and barely audi
bic words Of command, thea troops broke
into column of companies and prepared for
the march to the church.
The pall-bearers consisted of the follow
ing gentlemen The Hon. Thamas F. Gay
ard, Cen William r. Sherman, Lieut. Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan, Maj. Gen. j. NJ. Scho-
geld, Gen. w. B. Franklin, Gen W. F.
Smith, Brig. Gen. James B. Fry, Brig. Gen.
A. H. Terry, Brig. Gen n. A. Niles, Brig.
Cen. John Newton, Brig. Gen, O. B. Wilcox,
Gen. Francis Walker. The funeral process
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accordance with the route agreed upon
passed through State street, passing to the
west Of Bowling Green and thence up Broad
way to the church No one was admitted
to Trinity church before the arrival of the
funeral procession. The hearse drew up in
front Of the main entrance and the casket
was borne into the sacred eiifce on the
shoulders of soldiers from the island, the
pall-bearers Immediately following.
The Rev. Morgan Dix, the rector, and Rev
q. C.. Goodwin Of Governors Island met the
remains at the door and the procession up
the aisle to the chancel rail was begun
At 10 o'clock, the hour appointed, the pro
cesston entered. The pall-bearers occupied
The first pews to the left of the center aisle.
After the singing OF the burial service by
he choir, Rev. Mr.. Goodwin read the xvth
chapter of the First Espistle of the
Corinthians Then followed the hymn, 531,
after which the choir surrounded
the casket and Rev Mr. Goodwin
.ead the burial service. After another hymn
oy the choir, Rev. Dr. Dix, standing at the |
,oot of the coffin, recited the Lords Prayer
Ind concluded the service at 10:45, at which |
hour the remains were removed from the |
;hurch.
At the conclusion of the services there
vas some delay at the door by reason of the
rushing, eager crowd present, but the
uneral cortege got under way in about |
quarter of an hour. ..ag 49,. |
The return journey TO the battery was be-
,un at 10:45 a. m. and at 1120 a. m ths, |
teamer Chester A. Arthur started on her |
yay to the dock of the Pennsylvania Rail- |
Dad company at Jersey City. Here the |
uneral party disembarked and boarded the |
pecial train in waiting to take the remains
o Norristown. At :45 the body was
AIKEN aboard at the depot.
At 80 the train left. It proceeded /
Without stops to Philadelphia, where the I
rain was switched onto the Schuylkill Val |
sy road 1t reached Norristown late in the
fternoon, when the body was laid at rest in
he Hancock family tomb.