Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-16
GENERAL SHERMAN DEAD.

The Veteran Hero Passes Peaceful
Away-Thousands of kilograms o
Coincidence Received by the Famil
of Deceased-Generals Howard an,
Slocum to Have Charge of the Flu
neral Arrangemcnts-His M1Iitar
Achievements.
! NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-General Sherman
died peacefully and painlessly Saturda.
afternoon at 1:50 in the presence of hi
: family and one or two close friends. Thu
street in which General Sherman lies dead
was thronged to-day by people, drawn
thither by curiosity. A black streamel
hanging from the door knob, the guard OF
duty and the occasional opening and shut
ting of the door was all that they could
see. A number of floral tributes were
sent in to-day. The family have received
about 5000 kilograms expressing sorrow
at the generals death and sympathy fol
the mourners. Among the senders are
ex-Secretary of War Endicott, General Jo-
seph E. Johnston, Vice President Morton,
B. A. Ager, John N: Harlan, R. B. Hayes,
Secretaries Blaine, Noble, Tracy and Rusk;
Judge Gresham and Chief Justice Fuller.
Four soldiers from Governors Island
are constantly on guard-one in the death
chamber and the others in different parts
of the house. They are relieved every
, three hours and will remain until the body
is removed. The embalming of the body
was completed by an undertaken
this morning. Many callers arrived dur
ing the day, but the most of them simply
left their cards. Among the number were
Ex-Governor Smith of New Hampshire,
Generals Butterfeld and Fitzgerald, Adju-
tant Gregg of Lafayette post, Congressman
Quinn and Generals Irwin, Howard, Coils
and Slocum. Generals Howard and Slo-
cum met at the late generals house at
noon with many other military men to
perfect arrangements for the funeral
Congressman Quinn called during the day
and had consultation with Senator Sher-
man, in reference to the attendance of
senators and representatives. Mr.. Quinn,
speaking to a reporter later on, said he
thought that fully fifty members of the
house, and about one-third of the senate
| would come from Washington to attend
the funeral services. Senator Sherman
| left the house about two o'clock to return
| to Washington.
The funeral here will be held on Thurs
day, providing Father Thomas Sherman
arrives. The funeral will form at o'clock
on Eighth avenue, between Seventeen and
Seventy first street, and will start at 9
o'clock precisely. The funeral procession
| will be made up as follows: The regular
escort will be under the command of
Colonel LOOMS L. Langdon of the First
| artillery. 1t will consist of all the in
fantry battaions located in the vicinity of
New York harbor. The artillery will be
made up of the First artillery, U.S.A., Dill
lenback's Light Battery and two four gun
batteries of the National guard. The cav
airy will consist of troop of regulars
and Troop A of the New York state
guard. The body will be borne on Gals
son, an escort of honor from Lafayette
post, G.. A. R., will surround the caisson
and the pallbearers will be in carriages
Following them will come the family and
relatives in carriages. Then the president
ex-Presidents Hayes and Cleveland, dele
gates from the United States senate and |
house of representatives, the governor of |
the state of New York and the mayor of |
the city. The rest of the procession will |
follow the carriages in this order: The |
Loyal Legion, G. A. R. posts, corps of ca
diets, National guard, delegations from
civic societies, citizens. The line of |
march from the house to Desbrosses
street ferry has not been decided upon
yet. The department of the grand army
will be under General Floyd Clarkson, the
National guard under General Louis Fitz-
gerald, the regular escort under Colonel
Langdon. General Howard, in command
of the military, has designated General
Daniel Butterfeld as marshal in charge.
Veterans of the seventh regiment and
those from other regiments will be assign
ed to positions at the Desbrosses ferry to
receive the cortege on its arrival At the
New Jersey end of the ferry will be
stationed posts of veterans from that
state. The bearers will be Generals
]. NJ. Schofeld and o. o. Howard, Rear
D. L. Braine and L. A. Kimber-
ly, Generals Thomas L. Casey and J. c.
Kelton, Professor II. L. Kendrick, Gen
erals Joseph E. johnson, H. W. Slocum,
Daniel E. .Sickels, G. M. Dodge, J. N.
Corse, Wager Swayne and S. L. Wood
ford.
General Clarkson expects to have 10, 900
soldiers in line from NewYork and Brook
Ign and 2 $500 from New Jersey. Generals
Howard and Slocum were asked by tho
family to take entire charge of the funeral
and to accompany the body to st. Louis.
The interment will be in Calvary ceme-
terry, st. Louis. The funeral in st. Louis
Mayor Grants secretary Mr.. Speer, on be-
half of the mayor, offered the use of the |
city hall to the family as a place |
for the body to lie in state, but the
offer was declined on account of the
expressed wish of General Sherman that
his body should not be exposed to view
after death. 1t was also decided not to
comply with the presidents request that
the body be taken to Washington and
be put in the casket on Tuesday and no
one but the family and Immediate friends
will be permitted to see it. The casket is
of oak covered with black cloth, lined with
satin. The handles are plain silver bars
and on the lid is plain silver plate, ON
which is inscribed the name Will
liam Tecumseh Sherman, and the dates
of his birth and death While being
to St. Louis the casket will be
placed in a polished oak box with silver
The body is now lying en-
balmed in the room where the general died
and is covered with an American flag. |
Major Hoyt Sherman, "a brother of the dead
general, arrived at the Fifth Avenue hotel |
this evening. Major Sherman lives in Des
Moines, Iowa, but was in New Orleans at
the Mardi Gras when he learned of his
brothers illness. He came on at once. In
appearance he resembles General Sherman |
very much. General Nelson A. Miles also
arrived at the Fifth Avenue hotel tonight,
having come from Chicago to attend the
funeral. He will accompany the remains
to St. Louis.
Many public buildings and stores in this
city are draped in mourning, and the num-
Der will be increased largely in the next
two days. Flags are at half-mast all over
the C1Uy. f1CCufeS OF UQe O6au general are |
to be seen in many store windows and
hotels.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in
o., February 8, 1920. His
branch of the family is traced to Samuel
Sherman of Essex, England, who came to
this country in 1884 with his brother, the
Rev. John Sherman, and his cousin, Cap
tain John Sherman. Roger Sherman,
signer of the Declaration of Independence,
traces his lineage to the captain, and Cen
eral Sherman to that of the Rev. John,
whose family settled il Woodbury. and
Norwalk, Conn, whence some of them re-
moved to Lancaster, Fairfield county, O.,
in 1910.
The father Of General Sherman was q
lawyer and for five years before his death
in 1929 was judge of the supreme court.
His mother, who was married in 1910, was
Mary Hoyt. They had eleven children, of
whom William was the sixth and John the
eighth. William was adopted by Thomas
Ewing and attended school in Lancaster
until 1886. In July of that year he was
sent as a cadet to West Point, where he
was graduated in 1910, sixth in class of
forty-two members. Among his classmates
was George Fl. Thomas. AS cadet he is
remembered as an earnest, high-spirited,
honorable and outspoken youth, deep