Long Funeral Procession for Grant Reaches Riverside
Rest at last as 40 000 line the pageant in tribute to General Grant. The article notes the funeral rites in Albany with the oak leaf wreath made by Julia and Josie, granddaughters of Grant, placed on the casket by Colonel Grant.
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Riverside
Merritt
F. C. Latrobe
Baltimore
Mt. McGregor
Grant
Julia
Josie
Douglas
Colonel Grant
Papa
Erandpa
Albany
Funeral of General Grant Draws City to the Plaza
Crowds gather as 8.50 p m officers and civic groups process to City Hall plaza for the Grand Army post funeral of General Grant. The scene includes ships on the Hudson, bells tolling, and the escort of regulars and Grant Post members as the casket is moved to the funeral car.
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Hancock
Broadway
City Hall
Liederkranz Society
Tannhauser
Fifth Artillery
W. B. Beck
Twelfth Infantry
Brown
Col. Beck
Mt. Plaza
McGregor
John H. Johnson
Grant
Brooklyn
Corwin
Howart
McDonald
Squires
Knight
Guillam
Tibbetts
Mackellar
McKelvy
Brodie
Collins
Barker
Johnson
Immense Grant Funeral Procession Through New York City
A vast funeral cortege for General Ulysses S. Grant moves from City Hall to Broadway with an honor guard, veterans, clergy, and dignitaries. Commanders Johnson and Beck lead the line. the Grant family and President Cleveland observe as multitudes, state guards, and foreign officials follow in carriages and bands.
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Johnson
Dowing
Ormsby
Wheeler Post
Saratoga
Loyal Legion
Broadway
Newman
Haines
Potter
Chambers
Field
Bridgeman
West
Father Desbon
Robert Collyer
Rabbi Browne
Douglas
Shindy
Sands
Beck
Meade Post
Philadelphia
Gen. Grant
Davids’ Island
Col. Beck
Funeral of Gen Grant Draws Nation’s Elite to Fifth Avenue
A vast procession honors Ulysses S. Grant with the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, governors, and foreign dignitaries in New York. Gen. Hancock leads the veteran division as troops, bands, and Grand Army posts march along Fifth Avenue. The catafalque arrives at Riverside Park and Grant’s body is interred with volleys and solemn religious rites.
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Grant
National Guard
New York
Union
Fifth Avenue
Wheeler
U. S. Grant
J. W. Drexel
Supreme Court
United States
House Congressional Committee
Arthur
Hayes
Gen. Grant
Union Veteran Corps
District of Columbia
E. Thomason
Capital City
Kelly
Minnesota
Bean
National Gards of
New Jersey
J. W. Prim
Catsfalque
Guard of Honor
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House of Representatives
War Department
General Sheridan
General Schofield
Jouett
United States Navy
Commodore Chandler
Pated States Navy
Soldiers' Home
Board of Indian Commissioners
Newark
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Jersey City
New Haven
Hartford
Elizabeth
Hudson
N. Y
Ord
Hancock
Shaler
Twenty-eighth Street
Earle
Catafalque
Riverside Park
Grant Post
G. G. Mead
Grand Army
Newman
Methodist Episcopal
Talbot W. Chambers
Collegiate Reformed Church
Krause
Fifth United States Artillery
Fred Grant
Fifth
United States Artillery
Reverent crowds greet funeral procession of national leaders
A long marching line formed near Fifty seventh Street as a catafalque passed, with guns firing from men of war. Spectators filled the streets, blocking the road at times and then receding after authorities ordered a sweep. Hats came off as dignitaries including the President, Vice President, Cabinet, and judges passed.
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Fifty-Seventh Street
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Funeral Procession Honors Gen Grant in Chicago
A large mournful parade through Chicago marked the Grant obsequies with government and city buildings draped in mourning. Front guns fired at intervals as crowds gathered from morning until afternoon, halting business districts and suspending happiness and excursions.
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Chicago
Garden City
Grant
Doings at St Louis Grant Funeral Procession
The Grant funeral procession drew over 10 000 mourners as it moved after 3 p m. City buildings and homes were draped in mourning with sorrow symbols. Business paused after noon and Memorial services took place in Market Square before about 75 000 spectators.
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St. Louis
Grant
I Iias Market Square
Public offices closed as Richmond Howitzers salute Grant day
Little commerce and many houses closed as all public buildings remained shut. The Richmond Howitzers opened at sunrise and fired guns every thirty minutes through the day. At 1 p.m. they fired sixty one rounds commemorating General Grant. Phil Kearney Post stood at parade rest with heads uncovered.
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Murray
Grant
al Legon
Ember
T. E
Wheeler Post
Saratoga
Guitie
Richmond
Sunise
Capital Square
Gen. Grant
Phil Kearney
Capitol
General mourning bridges city as bells toll for interment
A citywide pause follows the 10 o clock toll as Independence Hall and church bells join in a two hour dirge for the ceremony in progress in New York. Observances extend to Lena, Springfield, Galesburg and other towns with burials noted in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Quaker City
Independence Hall
New York
Counry
Sraitt
Galena
Springfield
Galesburg
Ilinois
Milwaukee
Madin
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Rochester
Minnetota
Detroit
Michigan
Indianapolis
Funeral Service For Gen. Grant Held In Paris Chapel
An American Chapel service at Rua de Berri remembered Gen. Grant with attendance from many Americans at the capital including Minister McLean who traveled from Paris. Col. Lichtenstein represented the French President as the building bore banners and drapery in tribute.
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St Parviz
Rua de Berri
Grant
McLean
Paris
United States
Lichtendein
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William B. Beck
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James B. Mix
National Guards of
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T. L. Werdersham
Gray Invincibles
John F. Kenard
Gate City Guards
Atlanta
William M. Camp
W. H. Stratton
Connecticut
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Massachusetts Infantry
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Virginia
M. 8. Spottswood
H. HE. Urell
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Twenty-third Street
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