The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-20

i Gen. w. +. sherman Dead.
Gen. Sherman. probably the CREATES
military gonius developed BY the var o
the rebellion, died st HE home 10 New
York on Saturday, Feb. II, 1891, q / s6l
lin The afterno0B, and his brave spiri
was winged - = valentine 10 his waiting
wife and children who had precedee
him 70 tho great beyond. He IL 70 b
buried BY the side OF HE wife at Sc
Louis, starting from New York city
1'hursday afternoon. The funeral vii
Be the greatest military pageant evel
seen In that city.
| Gen. Sherman lay 10 bed from Friday
morning until he died without saying {
word. He made the attempt 70 do %
several times, hut was unable 70 utter Z
|sound other than hoarse gasp. He ap-
|psrently recognized those about him by
Il look Of the eye. his tongue was swoi-
lon and his jaws were stiff some hours
before hO died. Signs OF death we're
noticed half 40 hour before be died in
llhe Icy coIdness Of bis finger tips. This
Iccldnsss gradually extended to bic
lhands and arms. He wss unconscious
for the last two hours he was alive. No
Ipriest Or clergyman WAS present, neither
Iwss any called. The General did not
suffer any pain for the last two days.
|AlI night long ho lay in bed with his
head high, but toward morning he
worked his head lower until At tho last
|he lay perfectly nat Death came 20
|quietly that those at the bed side did not
realize that The General was dead until
|Dr. Alexander said, sAll 10 over.7
Death came with one long slgh. I'm
|medfately after his death Gen. Howard
end Gen. Slocomb, who were on Gen.
|Sherman's ets6, Were sent for. some
two weeks ago the General made known
|his wishes as to his burial. He particu-
|Isrly requested that bic body should not
lie IN state anywhere. He also requested
that be funeral be . strictly military
One. Hs said that be did not care par
ticu!arly for any military observsnces
here IN New York, but thst be did want
L military burial In st. Louis, which
would b participated In by bis old con-
rsdes In arms. He also requested that
the funeral rites b not in conformity
With any particular form Of religion.
He wanted : soldiers burial.
shstsA - HE Iass.
William Tecumseh Sherman Was born
in Lancaster. Ohio, Feb. 18th, 1870, and
therefore lacked but few days OF beiD9
~ years old. He was ssnt as I studsnt
TO Wess Point In 1886 and graduated in
18lO In l84l he Was 3 Lieutenant in the
|3l Artillery. He served IN Florida in
|1ez2. 10 1646 be was sent TO California
|ss a. assistant adjutant general. He
was sent TO New York 10 1850, and wes
married TO . daughter Of Thomas Ewing.
secretary Of the interior. he rosigned
from the army in 1858 and engaged IN
and other pursuits in various
places, with very Indifferent success. In
1850 he was selected ss superintendep Of
= military institute 10 Louiaiana where|
be remained until January. 1861, r.
signing when the state seeded from the
Union. For few months ho was pres
ident Of = street railroad in st. Louis.
May 1lth, 1851, Sherman again entered
the army - Colonel OF tho 18th Reg !.
Iaft-, and soon Afterwards was made q
brigadier general.
The career Of William r. Sherman
during and aimee the war d matter Of ro-
cent history. from The faot that Shsr-
man had spent many years In the south
and knew scmething Of the temper and
resources Of the people, be foresaw u
probable long and gigantic struggle. Al
drst be was laughed q for expressing
such IN opinion; later on bis dismissal
from command Was seriously discussed
on account Of bis alleged insanity. Time
and circumstances developed that bel
was more oane than many OF his CON- y
radeo who expected to gallop through
the sOUth like picoic party. The turn
ing point in bis military career va a.
Shiloh, where, be saved the day bv his
eoolnese after the complets surpriss or
the army. and the beginning or what
would soon have been disastrous panic.
Grant awarded him praise for the final
victory. From that time On Sherman
had firm place in the hearts o. the col
diers, and stood high in the estimation
Of bis superior Officers and OF the people
o. hIs country.
"His March 70 the Sea- was On event I
memorable IN the history OF military
Statements differ @ 70 the
asthor Of the plan TO "cut the Conied
erscy 10 two" but whoever originated it|
executed Il In . masterly man
ner.
The gallant treatment OF General John
1ton and his army By sherman, and the
howl Get up BY the hreside rangers and
osmp followers for political effect in the
north. are well known. The Trades did
NOT disturb Sherman. He pursued the
even tenor ofhis way and passes into his
tory . great IN war, msgnsnimeos in|
peace