Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-03-13

Louis Fitzgerald. The column was in COM
with Maior-General Daniel Butteriald
as senior aide and marshal. The
other aides de camp were: Mr..
Loyal Farragut, Captain 81. P Kingsley,
Sixth Infantry; First Lieutenant r. 81. Pat
terson, First Artillery; First Lieutenant L.
A Craig. Sixth Cavalry; First Lieutenant
Guy Howard, First Lieutenant Harry c.
Benson. Fourth Cavalry; First Lieutenant
David Price, First Artillery; First Lieuten-
ant Charles g. Treat Fifth Artillery: First
Lieutenant W. W. Forsyth. Sixth Cavalry;
Second Lieutenant Samuel Rodman, Jr.,
First Artillery; Additional Second Lieuten-
ant Golden L. Fl. Ruggles, First Artillery.
Then followed the Cadet Corps of West
Point and number of civic societies.
Of old Trinity, FGrace Church, ST. Georges as
well as the bells along the route all through
out the city, tolled out their half minute ac-
compartment to the minute guns that from
Fort William, the navy yard the harbor and
wherever cannon could add its solemn BOOM
ing, conveyed far and wide the intelligence
Of the funeral.
The column grew so long that it was dark
before the rear reached Washington Square,
and there numerous regiments of the
National Guard dlsbanded.
The head of the column was three hours in
reaching the ferry.
The ferryboat Baltimore carried the body
and the escort across the river to thu Penn
sylvanla Railroad station. where. amid the
tOlling of bells, they were received by reg
iment Of the New Jersey National Guard.
which is to accompany them through the
State.
Two of the militia companies fora:<i
double lines between the ferry-sip and the
train. and the carriages passed between
them. General Sherman's horse was led
up to the combination car and the saddle
and trappings were taken from him and
placed in one end of the car. The flowers
that were seen at the head Of the coffin
in General Sherman's home were sent to the
train and placed at the head Of the catafalque
In the car on which the body rested for its
journey to st. Louis. The interior of the
car was entirely draped in black not a piece
Of the woodwork anywhere being visible.
The train was composed of an engine and
eight vestibuled cars. In the combination
ear with the coffin were the six sergeants,
wac will guard the body on the journey to
st. Louis.
The second car, the Liverpool, was occu-
pied by Governor Leon Albeit, Of New Jer
sey, and staff, who will accompany the body
through New Jersey, and Governor Patti
son and staff. of Pennsylvania, who
will be with it through the limits Of
which were Secretaries Rusk, Proctor and
Noble General H. w. Burnett, Major W.
j. Randolph. Generals Howard, Slocum
and Scho6eld, and ex-President Hayes.
The fourth the dining-car, and the
fifth, sixth and seventh, the Abyo the Cadi
and President Roberts's private car, were
occupied by the Sherman family and close
friends These included the Rev. T. E.
Sherman, P. T. Sherman, Lieutenant and
Mrs. Fitch, Lieutenant and Mrs. Thackara,
the Misses Sherman, Senator John Sher-
man and Mrs. Sherman, Hoyt Sherman,
Mrs Wiborg, General Thomas Ewing and
Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Charles Ewing, Henry
Sherman, General and Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Col
gate Hoyt, Mr.. Steele, Colonel John M. Ba-
con, Colonel l.. NJ. Dayton and j. M. Barrett.
The last car on the train was the private
car of General Manager Pugh, and in it were
President Harrison, Vice-President Morton,
! Secretaries Blaine and Tracy, and Mrs.
Morton.
The special train of vestibuled cars left the
station for st. Louis. Mo-. where the in
terment took place, at G:47 o'clock.