The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-15
DEATH WINS THE BATTLE.
GENERAL SHERM1N SUCCUMBS At
LAST TO THE GRIM MONSTER.

Died without Signs of Psin-sketch of His
Caroer--The Presidents Tribute.
New Yonx. Feb lA-General Sherman died
this evening at l:5O o'clock.
The news Of his death was conveyed TO the
reporters by the policeman who stood on
guard outside the house. Shortly after 1;5O
?. NJ a servant came and told the officer that
the General had passed away. From Secre-
tary Barrett il was learned that General Sher-
man had remained unconscious TO the last, dy
ing with no visible signs Of pain. The Gene
raj passed away without speaking to any men,
Der Of his family, who were gathered about
the bed.
The four daughters were present and his son
and also the attending physicians Secretary
Barrett and some other friends were in the
room below At 205 o'clock Private-Secretary
Barret went around TO the Western Union
Office and sent of number of dispatches 10
Washington In the dispatches he announced
the hour of the death az 1:50 =. Nj. General
Henry w. Slocumb has been selected to take
charge Of the funeral arrangements.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late General will take place Thursday from
his late residence. Thursday evening the body
three cars. II will be in charge of General
Schofeld, and will be accompanied with de-
tachmert from Post Lafayette, q. A. H., NO.
l40. OF this city.
The interment will be in the cemetery where
his wife was buried. General Howard will
have charge of the remains while being con-
yeyed from the house TO the depot Aspecial
ferry boat will be waiting at the foot of Iwen-
ty-third treet TO convey the remains TO the
Pennsylvania railroad depot Undertaker
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charge Of the body.
THE FUNERAL POSTPONED.
II was stated that the funeral will be de-
layed until Thursday, so that Father Thomas
Sherman, who sailed from Liverpool last
Wednesday on the Majestic, may be present.
The vessel is due next Wednesday. The fol;
lowing particulars OF the scenes at the death bed
and the arrangements for the funeral was given
ont in the afternoon by Lieutenant Fitch: Gen
eral Sherman lay In bed from Friday morning
until he died to-day without speaking word.
He made the attempt 10 do so, but was un-
able 10 utter a sound other than hoarse
gasp He apparently recognized those about
him by look Of the eyes. His tongue was
swollen. and his jaws were stiff onr hour be
fore he died Signs Of death we're noticed
half an hour before he died in the eye and
coldness of the finger tips. This coldness
gradually extended to his hands and arms
He was unconscious for the last two hours he
was alive.
NO PRIESTS PRESENT.
No priests or clergymen were present,
neither waSAny called. The General did not sui
fer any pain for the last two days. All night
long he lay In bed with his head high, but to-
wards morning he worked his head lower
until at last he lay perfectly fiat. Death came
so quietly that those at the bedside did not
realize he was dead until DR.. Alexander said
"All is over" Death came with one long SIGH
Immediately after his death Gems. Howard and
Slocum who were on Gen. Shermans staff,
were sent for Some two weeks ago the Cen
eral made known his wishes as TO his burial:
He particularly requested that his body should
not lie in state anywhere He also requested
that the funeral rites be not in conformity
with any particular form OF religion. de
wanted ssoldiers burial.
Over a thousand telegrams have been re-
ceived from all over the country, the contents
Of which will he maze public tomorrow.
Grouped about him in his last moments
were Senator John Sherman, the Generals
brother; his youngest son. 7. Il, l.. Sherman;
his daughters, Mrs. Fitch and Mrs: Thackara;
and the two unmarried ones. Miss Rachel
and Miss Lizzie Sherman who lived with nm
Also there were present his niece, Mrs; Coi
gate Hoyt. and her son; Lieutenants Fitch
and Thackara, the Generals sons-ln-law; j;
NJ Barret his private secretary; General
Thomas Ewing, his brother-in- law, and DIS
Alexander and Greene who have attended
constantly in'e AhhNS9'
GENERAL sHEBMAN's CAREER.
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in
Lancaster, Ohio. on February s. 1920, being
the sixth of eleven children. On the death
Of his father--a lawyer by profession and
nudge Of the Supreme Court of Ohlo-he
was adopted at the age OF nine by Thomas
Ewing. of Lancaster, who afterward became
Senator from Ohio and Secretary of the lnte-
rior Sent as q cadet TO West Point when SIX
teen years old he was graduated in lS40, sixth
In a class Of forty-two which included that
mastery soldier. George II. Thomas.
As second and then "a first lieutenant in
the Third Artillery he served in Florida and
other Southern States, but when the Mexican
war broke out was, TO his great discomfort
detaied for recruiting duty. However. as
signed at length to a battery which had been
ordered TO California. he made the voyage
around the Horn, and his descriptions OF sub
sequent life on the Pacific coast are interest
ing chapters OF his admirable memoirs. Re
turning TO Washington in 1850, he married
Miss Ellen Boyle Ewing, daughter OF the Sec
retary and soon after was made captain IN
the commissary department.
Three years later he resigned from, the
army service. in which he then had so little
nronnise and became manager of the San
Francisco branch Of the bank Of Lucas; Iur-
ner A Co. Of st. Louis. On the closing
Of this branch in 1857 he became for time M
agent in New York of the same banking
house. Next, WIN MS DIOthVi ~
formed AT Ieavenworth, Kan. the law part
nership of Sherman a Ewing. His succeed
ing venture. which followed rapidly, was as
superintendent of the Louisiana State Militia
~ Academy at Alexandria, an oeeapation
broken up by the secession OF that state;
One more experiment remained in record
which recalls the various changes winch
Grant was simultaneously undergoing IN civil
life. sherman became early in 1861, president of
the Fifth-street railroad in st. Louis. Then
al last war opened TO him his great career.
Appointed Colonel Of the Thirteenth lnfen-
try. a regiment 10 be raised for the regular
army. Sherman commanded at Bull Run the
Third Brigade of Tyler's division, comprising
the Thirteenth. Sixty-ninth and Seventy ninth
New York. and Second Wisconsin, and there
AS he has said. ''for the first time saw cannon,
balls strike men and crash through the trees y
Soon after this disastrous battle ne was
made brigadcr- general Of volunteers. and
assigned to the Department OF the Cumber-
land, under General Robert Anderson whom
he soon succeeded in command, There ne
astounded the Washington optimists who
were going 70 put down the revolt in sixty
days, by declaring that 20 simply I retaSe TAX the
M...{s.ir.<, V.liav would require 700 Ob men