General Grant’s Remains Move to New York Ceremonies
The nation mourns as General Grant’s body, laid in Mount McGregor cottage, is carried to New York after private rites. Rev. Dr. Newman presides at the family service while Bayonets mark the solemn procession of thousands lining the route to honor the Union general’s final journey. General Hancock assumes charge for formal transfer and forthcoming ceremonies.
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New York
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Lewis E. Moore
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J. A. Sellers
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Department of Pepneyivania
T A. RK
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General Sherman
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Tom
Mourning in Saratoga for Great Leader Death
Rain shrouded Saratoga as crowds gathered for the funeral of a famed general. The service at the Drexel cottage featured clergy from Saratoga and visiting churches, with General Hancock and staff, General Sherman, and Senator Evarts present. Coffin borne to the funeral car, Mount McGregor train arrival signaled by cannon, thousands viewed in silence as the procession moved to Woodlawn with artillery buglers playing a dirge.
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Saratogea
N. Y
Drexel
Hancock
Saratoga
General Sherman
Senator Evarts
Dr. Agnew
Philadelphia
W. L. Harris
J. P. Newman
Harris
Post U. S. Grant
Post Wheeler
East Piazza
United States
Post Grant
Upper Broadway
Fourth United States Artillery
Mount McGregor
Car Woodlawn
Car
George G. Meade
Cleveland
Hendricks
Arthur and
Hayes
John Sherman
Governor's Island
Meade Post
Ielow
Funeral Train Carries Grant Body to Albany
Crowds at village crossings honor the nation’s guardian as General Hancock and General Sherman accompany the casket. The cortege travels by special train toward Albany with Colonel Fred Grant and Ulysses S. Grant Jr. following, while Jesse stays with his mother and sisters at the mountain. The Grant party will meet Governor Hill in Albany and lodge at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
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Fred
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Grant, Jr
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Saratoga
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New York
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Douglas
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Ted Grant
A. 5. Grant, Jr
Senor Romero
Jesse Grant
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Creswell
Wise
Potter Palmer
Monroe
Morton
Drexel
Cleveland
Bayard
Hendricks
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Twenty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
Arrival at Albany creates vast funeral procession
A solemn pageant marks the G A R funeral train for General Ulysses S Grant as it travels from Saratoga to Albany. Crowds along the line, estimated near twenty six thousand, line streets from Ballston to West Troy. At Albany the casket enters the capitol area with Major General Hancock and other officials leading a large escort. The train then continues toward New York City, with eleven cars draped in black awaiting departure.
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Ballston
Round Lake
Mechanicsville
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Cohoes
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W. S. Hancock
J. G. Farnsworth
Joseph Bs. Carr
United States
U. S. Grant Post
Ourners
Davids. Hill
James M. Warner
Loyal Legion
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W. W. Braman
Albany Jacksonorps
Pearl Street
State Street
Eagle
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State Senate
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Catafalque
National Guard
New York City
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West Point
Grant
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Hasbrouck
Hoyle
Kirby
Rice
Chamber
Trn
Homer
Academy
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Sing Sing
Tarrytown
Dobbs’ Ferry
Spuyten Duyvyil
Forty-second Street
New York
Grand Central Depot
Horace Porter
Merritt
U. S Grant Postland Army
Meene
New York Committee of
A. B. Cornell
Mayo Edward Cooper
Edson
Jackson Se Wan
Hil Arm
Farnsworth
Hancock
Fifth United States Artillery
Armerdt
Fort Hamilton
Fort Columbus
Fifth Artillery
A.C. Wildrick
William W. Mead
Shaler
N.G
N. G
Ward
Porter
Fitzpatrick
N. Gs
Clark
Cavanagh
Scott
Fifth Avenue
Waverly Place
Broadway
City Hall
Forty Fourth Street
Hl. M. Colbert
U. S. Iant Post
Colner Hodges
Twenty
Hancock Apa
Twenty-third Street
Gettysburg
Riverside Ark
Cleveland
Bayard
Hendricks
Morrison Square
Endicott
Manning
Governor Hill
L. W. Gillett
Forty-second
Fighth
Lincork
Army of the Potomac
Williamsburg
Grand Army
Columon
Fifty-ninth Street
Ong
Loms
Funeral Train Brings Grant Remains to New York City
Crowds line the line as the Grant funeral train passes Albany and arrives in New York City. Descriptions of the journey note sirenless engines, artillery salutes, crowd scenes from Coxsackie to Sing Sing, and the citywide vigil at the Capitol and City Hall with Governor Cornell, ex‑mayors, and Gen. Hancock among the dignitaries.
Final Ceremonies for General Grant Draw Mass of Mourners
A New York City May 8 report describes the grand funeral procession for General Ulysses S Grant. Veterans bands clergy and dignitaries accompanied the somber march from City Hall to Riverside Park and finally to Grant’s tomb as crowds of up to 40 000 plus civilians watched in reverent silence across a day of ceremonies and salute.
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Peca
Merritt
The
Fessenden
General Sickles
Grand Amy of the Republic
McMahon
Thousands in Line at City Hall for Chieftain's Coffin
New Yorkers filed slowly past the bier in City Hall Plaza as the hour for admitting the public approached. By afternoon the queue stretched from Centre Street to Worth Street, circling Park Row and Broadway. Police lines widened and the line grew to about 60,000 attendees observed through the day.
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Broadway
Worth Street
Obsequies in Boston as cannons mark day
The article describes funeral observances in Boston with HalfHour Guns, Minute Guns and Thirty-Eight Guns. The day is calm and pleasant, with a cloudless sky and a gentle breeze. Cannon salutes on the Common, by Battery A, drew spectators, and the national salute is noted as part of a subdued observance.
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