New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
TIE HOME OLE THE LEES.
WHERE GENERAL SHERIDAN AND THOUSANDS
OF UNION SOLDIERS ARE BURIED

WHERE GENERAL SHEhlDA-N AM
OF UNION SOLDIERS ARE BURIED.
Arlington Va Aug. IL (speciaD.-Ihoe ohsI1u''n
rests facing the Capital Of the Nation ne toush. 10 9
Behind him lie the bodies Of lll0o mon on'.o' a
soidters. and whito hoadsones mark the forty-sN
raves wherein are buried the legs and arms OF men
who died for the Union. Here they lie, Win ohcri-
dan a, the front as I'm battle Behind arc the gra'cs
NJ the gallant Ricketts, Of King OF PAUL. "no io''
both ewes In the battle storm at GetysDurs' Oh '!s'
the accomplished chief Of the Signal Bureau anu Ms
ucccssor Uazen who led his division TO the assault
On Fort McAIIster which enabled sherman 10 give
savannah TO Lincoln ard the Union as CHRISTMAS /
-,ft In 1se4 There. too stands the monument 10
. III unknown Union dead whose bodies were
ca,hcrc1 from skrmish-lne and battlehem Oc-
tween the Potomac ard the Rappahannoch lnore
also rcpose the ashes OF eight keDd Objects anu
o.5 rebel soldiers who sealed their CONVICTIONS WIN
their lives and whose graves receive the saHo "'
care which IS bestowed upon those Of the mon uca.
The grave which closed today over the pody Oh 'no
rreat Ccneral of the Army makes the even taie ol
:, 40 NOW tenantcd. More than 1000 bodies nave
been removed from time to time by loving hahu9' anu
,,,,orrcd IN CITY cemeteries and village churchyards
all over the country for nearly every state cohiioucu
~ r., bravcst 10 this great column Of dead warriors
sbcridau's burial place could not have Dceh norc
etv cboscn and more beautiful one could not nave
hocn fopnd He rests IN the soil OF the STATE IN
which he won his greatest military rcnown' o'@'o
which, reclaimed by National authority, Will DC Ieaio'
Of the honor thus bestowed upon her The grave Hos
about thirty wards southeast OF the Arlington Maso'
IN which Robert E. Lee spent his last hours as an ON
or IN ,bo ARMY of the United States before he
dreyv his sword against his country. 1t Is at the
brovr of steep grassy dccllvlty, and Is only ie"
feet from the main driveway. 1t Is oeau'ilu
place as well appropriate. The hrst rays VI INC
morning sun will strike the shaft which VIII mara
the grave at the head OF which stands shapcH
haI d
mamie and a tulip poplar Below are native forest
trecs and then the green meadows when fringe inc
/ eoutb hank of the Potomac, and beyond rise inc
Washington Monument, the dome OF the cali'oi anu
the walls Of the great public buildings a lSi"' "a
twcnty-nve miles touches Mount vernon anu INC
tomb of Washington, the first General Oh INC INii
~ the Tinted States who died holding that rama
rhue m The active list sheridan IS the thliu
Urorn a hero of lsI2 the second. Lieut'h-
apt-Gercral scott and General Grant were oh "'
retired list when death claimed them
sherman IS tho only living man who ever held ethcr
rank on the active list. Older IN years than either Grant
nv sheridan what must have been his thoughts TO-DAY
" ~ ,~i n, the head of the grave behind the weep
no ,rjor and brothers OF his dead conlrade, weGhs
-rd ID ali the Their inst gnia OF his eXated RAM
I ~, hI na,cbed 10 tho grave and nrn but as
he stood there with barred heaa IN inc $500 and
VA cvidenf that il required desperate ,trueso
Tor him 10 overcome the emotions when st''a - bc
and Grant and Thomas were srugelins Pr sadless
i The cst beforc hardboUght victOric, had DrouEn.
them laurcls: when Sheridan ana 1lO nc 80 rrond
STAN officers OF inferior rank; or OF the iay Vi @
triumph when Grant and sheridan anu eoa On 49,
D Hancock and Logan ard scores OF % ave
, now. alas-had marched throuen ,n"n,rcJ by the
yondcr. dcaicncd By the cheee anu cePPoctng sr.,c
. cf;hnslasm of two hundred thousand rc!o0'"s 'P
taOrs - a.. AZ o,,r+ from
Two or three general features Of TIE DAY apa on
: lin ,rtlitarv cvactItude II not with all the dlspia
. rbicb vvonld have been welcomed rs appropriate %
: sGcrt"IIa.c sympathy and interest manifested ny N
,.cnnie An General who we're no. permitted 10 Tan
: i.ri cave A. warsidc spectators Lon- neio.t -
= procession moved the street, anu sir - mile II
tens a. thousands OF people OF all a-es, classes an
10 conditions white AMI cOlOred, on foot ana III cdrild
II There large splhAlna VI - c,,,trrs Who w0l
- with empty sleeves and othcrs on olu t M 'b
A army uniforms and badges when shoWc" ma. III
- were Iuion veterans. The blue stripes OF the u
fantry tho yellow OK the cavalry ana thl eu OF ,Hr q
W t1Iicrv showed that every arm ni the volunteer ~
z tarv service was We'll rrprescnied WhNe sh't. ~,
r was essentially cavaymah ~ Ilust no. ~ ,Sr
a gntfen that the infantrymen OF the western arm
II Know that he could handle a brigade or uNls,v
P of Infantry rs well Thomas or harrison OF "
Al Pherson or Hovcy Gresham or CrOckcr anu 'ha'
Sc ITO cr one Crossed the Potomac the way to Arlin
= Ton anotber feature prominent The foals 81
a lanes Gvcrgne from inc iihe oI nan Tiag.s or
Y thing with wheels had Icon pressed mo service
nc tbc ocraslon and all filed with country ,io
n from the farm and Villages WIEN o, q. aSoSo al
.s ecnt a strong contingent some OF lhc =, ..
r these people wora striking II not nstrudtV% ,b NJ
80 known that President Cleveland would ns w tuc ~
- cession and that big man was polniod ou a. I,
nv President repeatedly sometimes thc sion
H. oitencr some other "bs man was thu, u'ssnhr,
was thus honored It Is only fair to say a how,
such was the oarpestness OF the people u n.s.a
e., oaisson and the cohln which " poro Az e "a no.
OF the dead chcftain with It's empty saoaic anu po'