Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-06
SOUTHERN GENERALS DEkCRKBED
BY AN EEGEaHEaAa AZ.


SOUTHERN GENERALS DEkCRKBzp
BIZ an EEGLEsHAAAN.
One of the Istest works on the wsr is entitled
Three Months in Sue Saulhsrn Ssstes.-BJ
Lieut. Col FfeemantIo, COldstrszh Guards
The New York Nesos makes the following e1
tracts from tho boob:
GENERAL MAGRUDEB,
whom be met in Texas, 'is iins soldisTliks
man, Of about ffty-fve, with broad shoulders
1orid complexion. aud bright eyes. He wears
his whiskeTs aud mustachss in the Eughst
fashion, and wss dressed IN ihs Confederate
gray uniform. he is VirgiBisn, and g greal
tslEer. The general spoke Of iha purilans with
intense disgust, but was by no means raveDoul
against individual Yankees. Hs spoke favor
Gbly of Mcclellan, whom he knew to be gen
tlemRn, clsver, and personally brave, though ht
might ike moral courage to face responsibility. ,
Hooker bad bean in his regiment, and was sea
seu:islly q mean man and liar" The Writel
represents Gen. Magruder IS posSsssiDg fDC
social qualities, and as a great gallant amoUg
the ladies',
GENERAL KIRBY SMITH
is described to be "aboUt thirty eight years old;
and he owes his rapid Yiee 10 the place of lieu
tenant general 10 the fortunate fact Of his hay
ing fallen, Just at the nick of time, upon the
Yankee flank ct the FIRST battle of Manassas
lie is e remarkably active msn, and Of very
sgTeeabie manners; he wears big spsctacles and
black beard. He sa;d Mcclellan might pEcba-
bly, have destroyed the Southern army with the
greatest ease duriGg the hrss winter, and with
cut running much risk to himself, IS the South
eTnsTS were SO much olsled by their easy tri-
unph at Manssaas That theiT army had dRin-
died away"
GENERAL HEBERT.
Is o COED looking Creole Hs vas q West
Pointer, and served in the old army, buk af.
terwards became wealthy sugar planter. He
usej 70 held Msgruder's place as commander
in-chief in Texas, bul he has now been shelvsd
st Monroe, La where lie expects to be taken
prisoner any y. He is extremely down en-
England for not recognizing the South. Gen.
HsbeTt Is the only nan of education l met il
tho whole of my iisVsl5 who spoke disagreesbly
about England IL this Tespecs. Most people
say ihey t5ink We are qaito right to keep out
OF Il as loag ss VIC can but others think we
sre missing splendid opportunity of smash
ing tie YaEkees," with y 6Om we must have a
row, sooner or later.
GENERAL JOSEPH e. JoHNSFoE,
in appearance, is rather below tho niddls hieht.
spare, soldisT-like, and we'll set uD; his features
are good, and ne has lately taken TO wear a
crayIsh besId. He is VirgiGisn By birth, ard
finy-ss7en years cid he ta l1s in calm, de-
libsrste, and ceE6dent manner; to me he
u IS extremity sffsble, bat 10 certainly Dos
the power of keeping people at dis
tance when he chooses, and his officers evident
ly stsnd IL great awe Of HIN. BE hes undoubs-
e5iy acquired tie e-tire confidence of ell the
eficsrs and soldieTs un6er him Many of the
efhcs.s told me they did Eot consider HIM infe-
Tior to Lse or any one else. Gen. Johnston is
very well Tesd man, and ssreesSIe 10 converse
with. He told me that hs considered MARI.
borough greater general than Wellington. All
Americans have al intense admiration for Ma
p0lsoni and they seldom scEupIe to express their
regret that he WIS bestea At Wsserloo.
RsGsIkiDg upon The extreme prevalence of
militsTy titles, Gen. Johnston sRi4, ''You n 1st
be sssonisbGd to fad how fond all Americans
are Of titles, though fhsy ere republicans; and
as Trey can't get any other sert they ell take
military oncs." While seated around the camp
FIRE az officer remarked to me, Il can assure
you, colsnel, that nine men cut Of ten in the
South would se0ner.beeoas subjsc.s Ct Qasel
Victoria than return to the Union Nine out
Of tent said Con. Johnston, ninsiy-aine out
Of hundred ] consider that few people in the
world cen he more for,Uaeie il their government
Gen Johnston told Ds that the PRINCIPAL evils a
Confederate general had TO contend egRinst,
CONSISTED II tie difficulty of making combins-.
ti0ps, owing 20 The uncertainty about the time
which the troops would take to march 8 certain
distance on account Of their struggling prouen-
sites. He told ma he had been wounded len
tines. Speaking of Storew2ll Jackson he said
that although he did not possess any grest quail
ifeations as q slTgtegiBt, and was perhaps unfit
f0f the independent command Of large army,
YET he was gifted with wonderful courage AID
and q perfect faith ia Providence
hat he was destined to destroy the enemy. He
was much indebted to Gen. Ewell in the cam
psigns IN the Virginia valley, and was fortunate
ia commanding the alwcr of the Virginia
troops erd being opposed TO the most Incapable
Federal commanders, such as Fremont and
Bznks"
ABOUT STOEEWALL JACKSON.
In Mobile, Gen. Slaughter, who vas CON-
fsde OF StonewAll jackson ia the Old amy, re-
lated many anecdotes about him Il appears
that previous 70 the wsr be was almost mono
maniae shout his health. When he left tie Uni-
ted States army ne was under the impression
that one Of his legs was getting shorter than the
CtheTi and afterwards his idea was that he only
perspired on one sida, aud that it was only ne
cessEIy TO keep the arm snd leg of tbs other
side ia constant motion in order to preserve the
circulation; but seems that after tho wsT broke
cut he never msde any allusi0a 10 his health
Gen. Slaughter declared that on the night sffer
the teTIibis repulse Of BuTnside's army 81 Fred
edeksbuTg, StoneWsll Jackson made the fellow
ing suggestion; 81 am of opiEion that We ought
70 attack the enemy et oGce; ard in order to
avoid the cenfusion and mistakes so common ia
night attack, 1 recommend that we should
strip ourteivss perfectly nakedp'
LIEUT. GEN. W. J. HARDEE
received ne with kindness and hospitality. He
10 soldier-looking, broa1-shouldeyed and tall
He looks Tsthar Ike French officer, and is q
Georgian BY bigta. He bears she reputation ot
being q thorough soldier, ard distinguished
himself ss Shiloh and -MarfressboTo. He is .
widower, and has tie character of being gre.i
adm;rer Of the fair sex.
LIEUT. GEN. LEOEIDAs POLK
is good-looking, gentlemsr-like man, with al
the maunegs and tfkbility Of "grsnd seign
ior" He is fly yeaT8 old-tsll, upright, aud
looks more ike soldier than clergyman. HI
is very rich, and owns, ! am told, seven hun
dfed negroes. He is much beloved by the sol
diers on account of his great personal coUTsgt
and agreeable manners. He told me be wal
educated at West Point, snd was at that insti
tuition with President Davis, the two J5hnstons
Lee, Mssrudsr etc, and that after serving {
short time in the artillery he had entsred th!
church.
GEEERAL BRAxTON BRAGG.
called on Generall Bragg, the commander-in
chief This officer is, ia appearance, the leas
preposssssiDg of the Confederate generals. II
is very thin; he stoops, and has a sicklY, cs
daveTous, hsggaTd look, rather plain features
bUsby, black eyebrows which unite in taft o.
tue top OF his nose, and esubby, iron-gra..
besrd-bEt his eyes arc bright aud pleasing
He has the reputation Of being strict discipli
Marian, and shooting freely for insu5ordinstieD
l understand he ia unpopular on this sceouli