04/20/1890
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"No presence was so welcome and inspiring at the camp fire or commandery as his."
"The Secretary of War will cause the highest military honors to be paid to the memory of this distinguished officer."
"The national flag will be floated at half-mast over all public buildings until after the burial, and the public business will be suspended in the Executive Departments at the city of Washington and in..."
"It is my painful duty to announce to the country that General William Tecumseh Sherman died this day at 1 o'clock and 50 minutes p.m., at his residence in the city of New York."