ntless multitude
in every city, town and hamlet on the long road to St. Louis
expressed their sorrow and sympathy. His mortal remains were
received with profound respect by the people of that city, among
whom he had lived for many years, and there he was buried by the
side of his wife and the children who had gone before him.

In February, 1892, I was requested, by the New York Commandery of
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, to deliver an address
commemorative of General Sherman. I did so, on the 6th of April
of that year but, as many of the incidents therein mentioned have
been already stated, I only add a few paragraphs from its close:

"And here I might end, but there are certain traits and characteristics
of General Sherman upon which I can and ought to speak with greater
knowledge and confidence than of his military career. He was
distinguished, first of all, from his early boyhood, for his love
and veneration for, and obedience to, his mother. There never was
a time--since his appointment as a cadet, to her death--that he
did not insist upon sharing with her his modest pay, and gave to
her most respectful homage and duty. It is hardly necessary in
this presence to refer to his devotion to his wife, Ellen Ewing
Sherman. They were born in neighboring households, reared from
childhood in the same family, early attached and pledged to each
other, married when he reached the grade of captain, shared in
affection and respect the joys and sorrows of life, and paid the
last debt to nature within a few months of each other.

"The same affection and care were bestowed upon his children. Many
of his comrades will recall the visit of his wife and his son
Willie, a lad of thirteen, at his camp on the Big Black, after the
surrender of Vicksburg. Poor Willie believed he was a sergeant in
the 13th United States Infantry. He sickened and died at Memphis
on his way home. No one who reads it but will remember the touching
tribute of sorrow his father wrote, a sorrow that was never dimmed,
but was often recalled while life lasted.

"General Sherman always paid the most respectful attention to women
in every rank and condition of life--the widow and the orphan, the
young and the old. While he was often stern and abrupt to men, he
was always kind and gentle to women, and he received from them the
homage they would pay to a brother. His friendship for Grant I
have already alluded to, but it extended in a lesser de