02/28/1893
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"In accordance with the order of the President, the Navy Department will be closed and all business suspended therein on the day of the funeral."
"The flag at all yards and stations will be displayed at half-mast until after the burial of General Sherman."
"It is ordered, That the War Department be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days, and that all business be suspended therein on the day of the funeral."
"No living American was so loved and venerated as he."