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US President Grover Cleveland led the funeral procession for former US president US Grant. It was in New York in July of 1885. Americans waited in line for two days and nights to file past the casket of UG Grant. Less than a year before his death from cancer he, with the help of Mark Twain was able to complete his Personal Memoirs.
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What was the largest funeral procession in us history?
Abraham Lincoln?
What is the origin of the word funeral?
Chambers Dictionary gives: "funeral n disposal of the dead ... low Latin funeralis and Latin funerarius, funereus, from Latin funus, funeris, a funeral procession." Can any Latin scholar tell us of any earlier history of the word?
What are three US Presidents who were mourners as Lincoln's Funeral Train traveled across the country?
Future President Theodore Roosevelt, aged six viewed the Funeral procession at his Grandfather's home from a second floor window near Union Square in New York City. On 27 April former President Millard Fillmore and future President Grover Cleveland paid their respects at the procession in Buffalo.
What general led the army in the US Civil War?
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
How many people saw Winston churchill's funeral?
Unable to answer precisely as the event was televised- coffin in horse-drawn procession I vaguely recall snatches of it on Evening news on TV> ( US- l965)
Who led Union forced to victory and became US president?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who led the blue coats in the civil war?
Notably , the US General Ulysses S. Grant .
Is the US flag in the rear procession and centered?
NO
When did Colonel US Grant become a brigadier general?
Colonel US Grant was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in July of 1861. He led his troops to victory in Padua, Kentucky where the Confederates had established a base.
Who lead the Union army in the US Civil War?
The Union army had three generals who led them. They were:1. Winfield Scott 2. George B. McClellan 3. Henry Wager Halleck and 4. US Grant.Lincoln chose Grant because unlike McClellan, Grant had no political aspirations. That situation changed and Grant won the 1868 US presidential election.
Who had the largest funeral ever held in the US?
More than 1 million citizens lined the streets of Manhattan for the funeral procession of President Ulysses S. Grant. In a column that stretched for 7 miles, and took 5 hours to pass, 60,000 mourners marched from City Hall to Riverside Park.
Who led the raids that distracted Confederate troops enabling General Grant to land his troops south of Vicksburg?
Benjamin Grierson led the raids that distracted Confederate forces so Grant could land south of Vicksburg. Benjamin Grierson was a career officer in the US Army.
