General Grants Funeral

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Honored, Aug 8, 1885

The funeral procession of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City was one of the largest public demonstrations of grief in American history, attended by 1.5 million people. The seven-mile-long procession featured 60,000 marchers, including Civil War veterans and dignitaries, symbolizing national reconciliation.

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The metropolis in mourning

The funeral procession from the river

General Grants funeral - Major General Hancock and the staff at the head of the procession

At the town in Riverside park

The funeral of General Grant - The procession passing up Fifth avenue

1885

General Grant's funeral procession on Broadway, NY

Bearing General Grants Body into the entrance hall of the Capitol at Albany

General Grants Funeral from Mount McGregor to New York

General Grants body lying in state in the New York City Hall

Sketches at the Funeral of General Grant at New York

The Catafalque in the City Hall

The funeral of General Grant - his body lying in state at the City Hall, NYC

Fame and the dead warrior

The children's wreath

General Grant as he lay dying in his chair

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