Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-19
Dc.crip,ion of uebeI OFFICERS.

A late number of BlackwOod's Magazine con
tains description Of the battle Of Gettysburg by
an English officer IN which occurs the following
portraits OF leading rebel officers:
General Lee j. almost, without exception. the
handsomest man of hls age | ever saw. He Is
ffty SIX years old. tall, broad shouldered very
well made, well set up-a thorough soldier in
appearance: and his manner courteous aud full OF
dignity. III IL perfect gentleman IN every re
-pect | imagine 10 man has so few enemies, or
is 20 universally esteemed Throughout the
South all agree i'm pronouncing him 20 be ms near
perfection as a man can be He has none of the
small vices. such ; smoking. drinking. chewing
or swearing, and his btrerest enemy never accused
him OF any OF the greater ones. He generally
wears a well-worn long grey jacket. "A high black
felt hat. and blue trowsers tucked into his Well
in.ton boots never saw him carrt arms and
the only murk of his military raaH is the three
stirS on his collar He rides handsome horse,
which is extremely well groomed he himself Is
very neat IN his dress and on the most arduous
marches he always looks smart and clean.
| believe he has slept in house since
he has commanded the Virginia army. and inva
riiblv declines al offers OF hospitality for teir
the person Offering it may afterwards get into
trouble for having sheltered the rebel general
The relations between him and Longstreet are
quite touching-they are always together and
Lee relies verv much upon Longstreet's judg-
ment IL Is impossible to please Longstreei more
than by praising Lee. | believe these Two gene
rails TO be as little ambitious aud as thoroughly
unselish rs any men in the world. Both long
ter a successful termination of the war, in order
that they may retire into obscuIity StOuewall
Jackson (until his death the third in command OF
their army was just such another simple minded
servant OF his country. Ii is understood that
General Lee j. religious man, though not 80
demonstrative in that respect as Jackson; and.
unlike his late brother in arms. lie is member
of the Church of England. His only faults. so
far rs can learn; ari,e from his excessive anna
bility
ian-a thick set man, forty-three years OF age
He was an infantry msjor in the old army. and
now commands the lst corps d'armee. BY the
soldiers lie is invariably sp ken OF as the bes
| fighter in the whole army. His "war endurance
is most extraordinary; he seems to require neither
! food nor sleep
| General Ewell is n remarkable looking old
soldier. bald. with a prominent nose. rather ~
haegard. sickly face; having so lately lost his
leg above the knee. he is still complete cripple.
/ and falls off his horse occasionally. Directly he
/ di,m mounts he has to be put crutches H. was
/ Stonewall Jackson's coadjutor during the cele
braied valley campaigns, and proves an efficient
| successor To that general, Who WAS much mdebt
ell to- him as | have been told bv Gen Johnston.
for many of his victories. He used to be great
earer--in fact he j. said To- have been the only
person who was unable Ia restrain that propensity
before jackson: but since his late (r,ther roman
| tic) marriage. he has, to use the American ex
| preston, COINED the church "
Gen. Pembelton, Chief of Artillery WAS n
| West Pointer; but in more peaceable times he
fills the position of an Episcopal clergyman in
lexington, Virginia. Unlike General Polk, he
unites the military and clerical professions TO-
| gether and continues TO preach whenever he gets
| "a chance. On these occasions he wears surplice
over his uniform
Gen Pickett commands one of Longstreet's
divisions. He wears his hair in long rngets.
and is altogether rather "A desperate looking char
acter He j. the officer who. IA Capt Pickett oil
the L s Army. fsurel in the difficulty between
the British arr. United States in the S,n Juan
Island affair." unuer General Harvey four or five
| years ago.
General job Stuart il good looking. iovia
character. exactly like his photograph He is a
good and gallant soldier. though he sometime
incurs ridicule by his harmless sfectation aud pc
culiarites The other day he rode through Il
4 Virginia town. his horse covered with garl'ndS 81
roses He also departs considerably from the sc
we're simplicity of uress adopted by other conied
crate Generals but no one can deny that he Is tho
right man in the right place