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Notes for William Hemsley EMORY
Emory, Maj. Genl. William Helmsley b. 7 Sep 1811 - d. 1 Dec 1887 R43/37
Emory. On Thursday, December 1, 1887 at 11 p.m., Gen. William H. Emory in the 77th year of his age. Funeral from St. John's Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 4.
The Evening Star, December 5, 1887
Gen. Emory's Funeral
The late Gen. Wm. H. Emory was buried yesterday at 2 o'clock with military honors. The funeral services were read at St. John's church by Rev. Dr. Leonard, assisted by Rev. Mr. Pine, and were listened to by Secretaries Whtiney and Dandicott, Senators Chandler and Evarts, and a number of other public men. The honorary pallbearers were Admiral Porter, Rear Admirals Worden, Rogers, and Howell, Pay-Director Watmough, and Ex-Secretary Robeson from the Navy, and Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, Bvt. Maj. Gens. Augur, Brice, Rucker, and Greely, and Gen. J.R. Johnston. The military escort consisted of the 3d artillery and band, from the Barracks, under Col. Gibson, and the 4th and 6th cavalry, from Fort Myer. This is the first occasion on which the cavalry companies have paraded here, and they attracted universal attention by their fine appearance. A long line of carriages, containing the relatives and friends of the late general, escorted the body to Congressional Cemetery. Among the attendants at the funeral were a committee from the Society of the Nineteenth Army Corps, which held a meeting in New York city Saturday afternoon and passed resolutions of sympathy in regard to the death of Gen. Emory, who was the president of the society and commandant of the corps during the war.
Maj. General of the U.S. Volunteers. Commander of the
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