Death and state funeral of Ulysses S. Grant

Death and state funeral of Ulysses S. Grant
Grant's funeral procession in New York City
Date
  • August 8, 1885 (state funeral)
  • August 8, 1885– September 8, 1885(mourning period)
LocationNew York City
BurialGrant's Tomb, New York City

Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and Commanding General of the Union Army during the American Civil War, died on July 23, 1885. He had been sick with throat cancer and his illness had been extensively covered by the press. His funeral was held August 8, 1885, in New York, featuring a funeral procession of 60,000 men as well as a 30-day, nationwide period of mourning.

Grant's funeral procession surpassed any public demonstration in the United States up until that time, with an attendance of 1.5 million people, as well as additional ceremonies held in other major cities around the country. People who eulogized him likened him to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, then the nation's two greatest heroes.

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