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Title
Major
General
Hancock
and
staff
at
Grant's
funeral
illustration
Subject
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Death & burial--New York (State)--New York
Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Time Period
1880s
Place
New York (New York)
New York County (New York)
Description
Major
General
Hancock
and
staff
riding
at the
head
of
General
Ulysses
S
.
Grant's
funeral
procession
on
August
8
,
1885
. They are
passing
up
Fifth
Ave
,
New
York
,
New
York
, in
front
of the
horse-drawn
catafalque
bearing
Grant's
coffin
.
Spectators
lined
the
route
of the
procession
,
which
stretched
for
seven
miles
.
Grant
,
Civil
War
general
and
eighteenth
president
of the
United
States
,
died
July
23
,
1885
, in
Mount
McGregor
,
New
York
. In
accordance
with his
wishes
, his
family
selected
Riverside
Park
in
New
York
City
as the
site
of his
final
resting
place
.
Grant’s
remains
were
interred
in a
temporary
vault
.
Shortly
after
his
death
a
newly
organized
grassroots
organization
, the
Grant
Monument
Association
,
began
accepting
donations
to
fund
the
construction
of a
permanent
memorial
.
Ninety
thousand
individuals
collectively
donated
an
estimated
$600,000
to the
fund
its
construction
(the
largest
public
fundraising
effort
at the
time)
. The
cornerstone
was
laid
in
1891
, and the
memorial
was
completed
six
years
later
.
More
than
one
million
people
attended
the
parade
and
dedication
ceremony
of
General
Grant
National
Memorial
(popularly
known
as
Grant’s
Tomb)
on
April
27
,
1897
.
Julia
Grant
died
on
December
14
,
1902
, in
Washington
,
D.C.
, and her
remains
were
interred
beside
her
husband's
in a
twin
sarcophagus
.
Architect
John
Duncan
designed
the
granite
and
marble
structure
,
still
the
largest
mausoleum
in
North
America
.
Date of Original
1885
Collection
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
Presidential
Collection
Source
P
397
;
Box
1
,
Folder
13
Format
Picture
;
Drawing
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05797.tif
Image Height
2800
Image Width
2800
File Size
3011412 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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