02/12/1891
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"In the Post-Office Department, office of Assistant Attorney-General: Confidential clerk to the Assistant Attorney-General."
"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."
"The Secretary of War will cause the highest military honors to be paid to the memory of this distinguished officer."