Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-23
FINAL FAREWELL.
Funeral Of General William
7. Sherman i'm st. Louis.
Laid by the Side of His Wife in
Calvary Cemetery
With Ceremonies Befitting the
Warrior That He Was.

Thnt of General Grant--Thousands OF
Veterans In Linc-The city Crowded
with Visitors-Services at the Grave
Conducted by Father Tx ,mas sherman,
the Dead Gencrai's Son.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23--The last taps
have been sounded, the bugler's havoc
trumpeted forth final farewell, and Will
lam Tecumseh Sherman sleeps with his
comTade. The pageant, the services,
the grave, all were in harmony with the
man, The one imposing, as was his
ca"eer, the second simple to severity, as
was his life and habits, the third-with
nothing but a fringe of shrubbery to
separate it from these of the comrades
and veterans with whom old Tecumseh
had loved to mingle.
Gem SheIman's desire that his obse-
uuies should be of a military character
was obeyed to the most extreme particu-
lar Something almost without prece-
Gent in strictly military funeral, two
civic divisions We're added to the process
sion and formed not the least impressive
feature of the event.
In the business center of the city there
was no outward manifes ations of
mourning beyond the flags at half-mast
and an occasional picture of the dead
man with its border of Grape in store
window, but out in the residence district
which was traversed by the procession,
there was hardly residence, poor or
rich. that did not exhibit some token of
sorrow and respect
A very large proportion of both men
and women Wore a memorial badge of
white silk, with picture of the de-
ceased general and the date, and fasten-
ed to their breasts by an American
eagle festooned in Grape.
Arrival of the Funeral Train.
II was within a few minutes of $50
when the looming of gun by Battery
a CT the st, Louis Light artillery, and
which was stationed to the east of the
depot, announced that the funeral train
was on the other side of the big bridge,
The train was switched onto a special
track. Meanwhile a seyenteen-gun sa-
lutte was fired by the battery at ten sec
oad intervals. When the train had
come to u standstill it was boarded by
a deputation OF old comrades of Ransom
post. c. A r.. under the command of
Commander II, L. Lipley, and which
after relieving the guard, received the
remains and mounted guards, Mean
while the occupants of the cars were
waited upon by a committee of citizens,
hut none of the mourners could be pre-
vailed upon to leave the place, p.eferrlng
to breakfast III the dining car and re-
main in the train until the time set for
the funeral,
Secl cletaries Noble and Rusk, however,
together with ex-President Hayes, Gems.
Schoheld, Slocum, Howard and several
others, availed themselves Of the brief
respite between the arrival and the re-
turn journey by going up town and
breakfasting at the hotels.
shortly after the arrival of the cortege
the participants In the various divisions
of the parade, military, fraternal and
civic and who had been pouring into the
city on special trains from daybreak,
legan 10 form. the cavalry and artillery
of the First division taking possession of
several blocks contiguous to the Twelfth
and Pine streets, and the other divisions
forming on the streets running east and
west Of Eleventh and Thirteenth, for
distance of considerably over a mile.
The crowd seemed to increase in pro-
portions every moment, but excellent
order was preserved, and even the music
Of the bands and the steady tramp of the
military did not seem to relieve the air
Of the oppressive solemnity that pre-
vailed.
Owing to the fact that each division
commander had been given supreme
command of his own contingent, the
process of forming the column was
Slow and tedious one, more or less CON
fusion being created by the failure of
militia companies aud other bodies to
find the right positions. All things CON
sideged however, matters might have
been worse. and when the signal was
given fer the infantry for the first divi-
sion TO march to the Union depot to act
as q special preliminary escort to the re-
mains. at least a semblanc6of order east
and west of the line from the points
where the divisions Were to join each
other, had been secured.
\ few minutes before / o'clock the
cais cn-oue that had been specially
brought from Fort Leavenworth-an
drawn by four Coal black horses, was
drawn up in front Of the main entrance
to he depot, aud amid the roar of the
artillery the ca8bet was tenderly borne
from the train by eight members of
Ransom post and placed on the car
Yiage Its head was draped with the
stars and stripes, its feet with the Union
Jack, that covered the caissOn contain
ing the remains Of Gen. Joseph Hooker
l"Fighting Joe') and Gen. Thomas,
r.The Rock of Chickamaugah
Under escort of the infantry the
caisson was then driven to the point at
which it was to take its position in the
parade. whilo the relatives and other
m nbers of the funeral party were
assisted to carriages, which followed
the caisson ut distance of a few
blocks.
The last stages of the journey to the
s,aye was now about TO commence.
Having assured himself that the divi-
sions were in such shape that no delays
or htches would occur, Gen. Merritt
gave the signal. there was double
snlute OF artillery. and at ll;l5 the head
of file column began to move west on
Pine street. Chief of Police Harngan,
with fifty picked men led the way.
Then came Brig. Gen. Merritt, as
chief marshal and staff, followed by
Breye. Brig. Gen. Forsythe, IN COM
mand of the military escort. This was
composed of Troops B, ID, f, G., J and n.
of the seventh cavalry, the Heroes OF
Wounded Knee Mex to the caiss3n
itself these troops, fresh from the scenss