2021-05 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2021
Beautiful mourning ribbon, 2" x 5-3/4", silver print against black silk, "In Memoriam of OUR HERO, General W.T. Sherman, St. Louis, Feb. 21th 1891". In the center is an oval albumen of Sherman, surrounded by a wreath of laurels. Lacks pin, else fine. The funeral procession of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War hero and occasional St. Louisan. For four hours on Feb. 21, 1891, a procession of 12,000 soldiers, veterans and notables marched past mourners on a winding, seven-mile path from downtown to Calvary Cemetery. During the procession in New York City on February 19, 1891, he kept his hat off as a sign of respect, although the weather was cold and rainy. Someone concerned for his health asked him to put on his hat, to which Johnston replied, "If I were in his place, and he were standing here in mine, he would not put on his hat." He did catch a cold that day, which developed into pneumonia and Johnston died 10 days later in Washington, D.C.
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