The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-21

dlltIlpI 10 10 SO ID tlrnes, DuI was
unable to utter a sound other than a
hoarse gasp. He apparently recognized
those about him by a look of the eye
His tongue was swollen and his jaws
were stiff some hours before he died.
Signs of death were noticed half an hour
of his finger tips. This GOODNESS grad
ually extended to his hands and arms.
lie was unconscious for the last two
hours he was alive. No priest or cler.
| gyman was present, neither was any
called. The General did not suffer any
I pain for the last two days. All night
long he lay in bed with his head high,
but towards morning he worked his
head lower until at the last he lay per-
fectly fiat Death came so quietly that
those at the bedside did not realize that
the General was dead until DIR. Alex
ander said All is over Death came
with n long sigh.
Immediately after his death Gem
eral Howard and General Slocum, who
were on General Shcrman's staff. were
sent for. Some two weeks ago the Cen
cral made known his wishes as to his
burial. He particularly requested that
his body should not lie in state any
where. lie also requested that the
funeral be a strictly military one. He
said that he did not care particularly
for any military o~bservances here in
New York, but that he did want a mil
itary burial in st. Louis, which would
be participated in by his old comrades
in arms. He also requested that the
funeral rites be not in conformity with
any particular form of religion. He
wanted a soldiers burial.
The body is now lying emhalmcd in
the room where the General died. The
features are natural with the exception
of Il slight swelling on the right jaw and
under both eyes The eyes are closed
and the arms folded across the breast.
In the house at the time death came,
other than those in the bed chamber.
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred lloyt and
their son Alfred: Miss Mary Ewing and
the wife of General Fitzpatrick. Sen
ator Sherman left the house early i'll
the afternoon and went to the house of
Mrs. Colgate IIoyt. where he will re-
main until the departure for st. LouiS.
Over 4 thousand kilograms have bcen
received from all over the country.
At eight o'clock last evening the de
tail of soldiers who are to guard the re
mains arrived at the GENERALS late resi-
dence. The detail consisted of Il cor
poral. two sergeantS and six privatcS
from Battery VI. First United States
artillery. stationed at Governors Isl
md. The detail was under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Rodman. Two
soldiers were stationed at the door of
the room where the body lay, two
others were placed at the front door
and the other four will act as a relief.
Biographical.
william Tecumseh Sherman was born III
Lancaster. o.. February :, 1920. lie sraGu-
atcd at West Point in 1910. served in the Flor
ida war in lSi9-i2, and WIS at various mill
tary posts In the south till 1877. when he went
to California, and was lctng assistant Adju.
tant General tICr" till 1850. He was III rom
mIssary duty at 81. Louis in 1902. and at
New Orleans TIL September u, I~j5, when hr
rcsignch From 1853 to 49, IA" was Il banker
N san Francisco and New York, and IN ls5s-E3
he pTtcticcd Law in LcLycnwurih. kas. He
WIS superintendent Of the Louisiana Mil iiry
school at Alexandra from 1873 to January.
ISL. when he went to II. Louis. On Nav II.
ISL, Ii" was reapp"int-d In the army with thu
rank OF Colonel, and on tie 18th Wis made
Brigldi.r- General of Volunteers; and lie
commanded Il brigade in the first battle of
Bull Run July III. In October IA" WIS ip
pointed To- the command If the department
Of Tia" rnInhcrlind. hut attcrwari took
rhIT-c ~ i camp Of instruction At II. Louis
TIL Frbru try. lS1. wncI he was placed in
comm, and of the district of PiiucIh. Ky. He
cnHmInded Il div.s on in the Tennessee and
Ii--i--ippi campaign, was in the battle of
shiloh, April &, :, where he Wis wounded:
Na- in the advance upon and sic.,. of Cor
MN, April Is to May 81, and wis made Major
zen raj of Volunteers May l.. He nina
1t tho la .tily- org IniZ"d expedition which
tttc.nptrd to capture NickSburS, December
-. In 1864, in command of the Fifteenth
Army Corps. he led the expedition which car
ricd ArkLus ~ Post by assault, January II.
md I II jay 3 WAS actively engaged in the
-lege Of NirkSburS. He WAS made BrigIdi"r
;Cn raj in the r -gular army. his commission
LATIN from Ju ' t., and during the summer
,nd autumn was engaged in various opera
ions ia Mississippi AMI tennessee. lie com
handed the left wing of the army at Chatta-
ionSi, November 1875. and At the beginning
# D"c-unh-r competed General Ions-trrct
to rIiSr the siege If Knoxville. In February,
lSI, " II 210Jmen, he marched to Meridian,
Miss "A 81 brok" up the railroads ccntcrin.
there. He held the command of the Depart
mcnt and Army of the Tennessee till March
Y. when lac took that of the military division
Of the Mississippi, coInpp ii of the depart
mont of OHIO. Cumberland. Tennessee and
ARKANSAS. ii rving organized at Chattanooga
IN army of 1000 men. H. invaded Georgia,
engaging the tunfcdcrLt" forces under Gen
cril j. T.. Johnston. whom he forced to rvac-
uatc Dalton May ~. at lic~lca 10. Ctss-
Vile 49,, Dallas ~t25-2-!. and aft 'rwird al
most daily I'll the protractCd operations
about kcI'sIw Mountain. near Marietta
dune 21-Iuly y, which involved a severe re
pulls" CIunc "a. lie occupied Marietta on
July ,, and after several other engagements
repeatedly defeated General Hood, John
stun's success cor in before Atlanta,
til" ~-vcTrst battle bcin" fought on july -,
and began tn" siege of THAI city. On August
Y he Was mad. a Major General in the rcgu-
lar army. The battle Of JOncsboru was fought
August 81. In the night of September l At
IIntI was evacuated by Hood. and General
sherman occupied the city TIL the middle of
November, when he began his famous march
To tine sea. He reached skInnah December
Il. ~tormrd and captured Fort NcAlliSter,
and on the list received the surrender Of tn.
city. With the savannah river a. his base
he marched fTitO the CIrDlInIS, anu occupied
Columbia. :. C.. on FcbruIrs L.. He captured
ChrrIw on March ;, and Fayetteville, y. G..
ON the 18th. TN the 10Th he fought 'he battle
of AvcrySboro. and on the 18th. 10Th and 2Ist
that of Bentonvillc. and On the sd entered
GoIdshoro. On April IL he orcupicd Raleigh,
and on the 18th the Confrl rate army under
General j.. F.. Johnston surrendered at Dur
ham station, y. C., upon t-r.nS which were
rejected by the Government. Shermin'S adj
vance to Richmond and Washington. from
April - to May q, ended his southern
marches of more than 2.iD miles. on June
q he was appointed to the command of the
military division of the Mississippi, compr s.
ing the departments Of the Ohio, Missouri
and Arkansas. with headquarters at st. LOUIS. !
On July -, 1877, he succeeded General Grant
as General and on August II took
command of the Division of the Missouri. In
November and December he raS employed
on a special mission in Mexico. He was made
General on the !acation of that grade by
President Grant. March I. 1879. In November,
ISL, he obtained leave of absence for a wear,
during which he Travelled in Europe and the
East, and WAS everywhere Received with
great distinction. On his return he took up
his residence in Washington As Commander !
n-Chicf of the army, but in October. 1874, re- |
moved his headquarters to -. Louis. where
he remained until his retirement by age
limit. lie subsequently removed to New
York City, where he had lived ever since.
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