Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-02-27
THE DEAD HER0'S FUNERAL.
Nearly Million People Gather
in New York.
Crowds at Every Railroad Crossing
Along the Route.

The funeral Of Gen. Sherman called to-
gether the largest asscmbagc of people ever
seen on a similar occasion in New York, the
number being variously estimated at from
S00,NO0 TO ,0OO,UO.
The President and large humble! OF the
cabine; participated in the ceremonies, which
were of simple character. and there W .rc
present. besides all the prominent statesmen
of the country, the dead generals old West
Point instructor.
The religious services were conducted by
the generals sou. FIR. Thomas Ewing Sher-
man and at /. ~ the fun raj procession was
formed. At precisely o'clock Nix leuten-
ants appeared in he doorway, bearing on
their shoulders the rasket OF the general.
Slowly they lore their burden 10 the await
ing funeral carriage. All heads were then
barred and silence reigned from one end OF
the street TO the other.
The scene along the line uf march was
Que similar to that OF the centennial parade
two years ags From the start to the finish
1t was one grand crush. aud walking in the
streets and avenues was almost All impOs>i-
bilit,, Along tue wall OF Central Park on
Fifty-ninth street crowds OF people were
seated and at the Circle. where the
column began TO assume definite
shape, the sea of bobbimg heads was
simply indesCribahlc All along Fifth avenue
a mass of pcop'c lined the sidewalks and the
stoopS windows and balconies on this thor
oughfarc were occupied until after six
O'Clock, when the last of the dirgc- PLAY inS
bands went Uy. 1t was cold and disagree
able standing so long, but there was no ap-
parent depreciation in the crowd till the
very last
The grizzly old veteran, of the Grand
Army formed the major part of the column,
and carried their drapcd aags In a manner
both proud and loving. Many OF them
walked on CrutrhcS, and excited pitying
comment but they did not want any SYM
pathy. They were in their glory. The
caisson on which rested Gen. Sherman's
body, was received with uncovered heads.
and while the crowd bad been noisy. it was
instantly hushcd when the object of all TINS
military display approached
AT Madison square there was great
crowd, while the crush of people IN Fiith
avenue from Twenty y-sCCond TO Fourteenth
street was of such q nature that il dchcd the
police. The mounted police had TO ride
straight down Oh this immense mass Of pcO-
pie to clear passage for the column.
From this point on the scene was a
repetition Of the above until Washington
square was reached, where all except the
regular military escort were dismissed.
Traffic on the street ear lines in the neigh
bOrhOol OF the line OF march was con-
pletcly stopped during the entire time Of the
march
when the head Of the procession reached
DeshroSSes street ferry, a few minutes after
j oclock. there was An immense crowd
gathered there \ squad Of - policemen
were on guard to preserve order. A. the
mounted police arrived they opened ranks
OF each side Of the street. The ferry
yates were thrown open and the cais-
son, on which rested the body, was hrst
driven aboard the boat Baltimore, escorted
by Lafavrlte Post. 40 &. 4 r.. under Gcu.
Fielc The funeral party followed, and New
York had paid her tribuLe tU the dead
genera. The spcria train which took
the remains to st. Louis consisted Of
seven cars. all heavily drapcd.
The body WIS placed on catatalquc in
tine first car. The trip to that city was made
without marked incident. hu misplaced
switch at pittsburg came near wrecking the
train.