. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . Photo by Davies, Rockland, Me. The General Berry Cemetery, Rockland, Maine. ttNVElLlNG THE STATttE. 291 roads were in good condition for the walk to the Masonic and civic procession was formed at about half-past one oclock, led by the Rockland Band and escorted byDefiance Engine Company No. 4, in uniform. Following theband and escort came
. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . Photo by Davies, Rockland, Me. The General Berry Cemetery, Rockland, Maine. ttNVElLlNG THE STATttE. 291 roads were in good condition for the walk to the Masonic and civic procession was formed at about half-past one oclock, led by the Rockland Band and escorted byDefiance Engine Company No. 4, in uniform. Following theband and escort came Rockland and Aurora Lodges, membersof neighboring lodges, and King Solomons Chapter. Thencame the members and past members of the City Council, onfoot, and after them the relatives of General Berry in carriages,followed by a long line of citizens in carriages, which closedthe procession. Besides those in the procession, hundreds more gatheredin the cemetery at Blackingtons Corner, to witness the ceremo-nies, and it was estimated that perhaps 3,000 persons werepresent. When the procession arrived at the cemetery it wasformed on three sides of a hollow square around the grave ofthe General, the relatives of General Berry occu
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