The column of mourners who accompanied Grant was seven miles long. Among those mourners were three presidents.
A remarkable piece of history is returning to the Capital Region. The flag that draped President Ulysses S. Grant's casket while he lay in repose on Mount McGregor in Wilton in 1885 has been purchased ...
Thousands of mourners accompanied Grant's tomb through New York City. New York Historical Society. As Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession made its way through New York City on August 8, 1885, it ...