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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1885

Page

3

General Grant Remains Laid In Earth Across The Nation

The article recounts ceremonies and tributes as General Grant’s remains are received, with a dawn vigil and artillery salute. It notes memorial services in Richmond and Washington, praising his leadership from Shiloh to Vicksburg and his role in preserving the Union. It echoes public sorrow and calls for national unity and gratitude.

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Service ends as funeral cortege begins after obituary notes

After a sermon the congregation was dismissed as a bulletin announced General's body in the catafalque and the cortege ready. A fire bell rang while Confederate veterans dispersed. Rev Leavitt of Newark praised Sir Moses Montefiore in a memorial sermon calling him a monumental humanitarian.

Imn. J. TP Newsomb Catafalque Samus Nick Koelk Foal Ner Confederate Veterans Dx. Leavbt Newark Moses Montefiore Hoses Monteflora Tia Fe

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