Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-07
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The Confederate Generals.
The Washington Herald has an in
terestilg article showing what has be-
come of the Confederate Generals. 1t
says many have died and few have
disappeared; but those Of a higher
rank who survive are getting on fairly
well. Of the FIVE field Generals of
the Confederate army, j. Il Johnston
aud Beauregard survive. General
Johnston is the general agent Of q
prominent New York insurance COM
pany, and General Beauregard is the
Adjutant General of the State of
Louisiana (where he has created the
finest body of militia for its numbers
in America). He is also one of the
commissioners for the liquidation of
one of the old Louisiana State Banks,
besides which he has other important
business connections. There were
twenty. one Lieutenant Generals in
the Confederate army from first to
last, and of these al were from the
United States army but four, viz:
Richard Taylor, N. B. Forrest, Wade
Hampton and John B. Gordon. OF
them the following are living d. H.
Hill, who is in NorthO Carolina; Stephen
Lee, Early, Buckner, Wheeler and A.
z. Stewart besides the two not from
the United States army mentioned
above. Gustavus W. Smith is the
ranking N ajor General living, and was
State Commissioner of Insurance in
Kentucky, w. T. Martin lives at
Natchez, and is q railroad President.
Q. w. Field and l.. l.. Lomax are in
Florida, and both are in the employ of
the United States Corps OF Engineers.
Marmaduke johnson is in st. Louis,
and is wealthy. William Preston
lives in Kentucky, and has a fortune
be inherited. Humes lives in Mem
phis, Tenn. Writ Adams is an agent
for Mississippi, and lives at
jackson. Frank Armstrong lives
here and in st. Louis, and is connected
with the Gould system of railroads in
the Southwest. Churchill was Gov.
ernor of Arkansaw, and lives at Little
Rock. Colquitt was Governor OF
Georgia, and is United States Senator
elect from that State. Colston hasre-
turned from Egypt, and is living
somewhere in Virginia. Dibrell is a
member of Congress from Tennessee.
Lyon, who commanded one of For
rests divisions awhile, lives at Eddy
Vile. Ky. | do not know what
Mackall, who was Brigadier General
and Chief Of General Braegs staff, is
doing, but believe he lives in
Georgia. MCGOWAN is a member of
the Supreme Court Of South Carolina.
Miles, w. r., is o cotton planting
magnate on the Yazoo river in Missis-
sippi. r. A. Pryor is prosperous
lawyer in New York, and, mirabile
dictu, hear he is an enthusiastic ad-
vocate of Governor B. +. Butler
for the Presidency. Ripley. "Old Rip"
as he was called, is in London,
the agent Of an American rife COM
psny, and Roddy is there with him.
John G. Walker is in Mexico, and is
getting rich in silver mining, and
Holmes is his partner. William G.
Wickham is prominent railroad man
and Republican in Virginia. Of the
three Lees who were generals, Custis--
who was Davis Chief of StAtf--is the
President OF the Washington and Lee
College in Virginia; William Henry
Fitzhugh Lee, generally called "Ru.
ney," is a planter and is prosperout on
a fine estate; Fitzhugh Lee, cousin
Of the others, owns the Ravenswood"
estate, on the Potomac, about fifty
miles below Washington, where he is
living like fine Virginia planter OF
the olden time. Robert Lee, the
Generals youngest son, who served
in the ranks a greater part OF
the war, lives on the james river,
and owns a handsome estate there.
Longstreet lives in GAINESVILLE, Ga
and is United States Marshal. General
Early practices law at Lynchburg.
Lieutenant General A. p. Stewart is
President of the University of Mis-
sissippi, at Oxford, and Lieutenant
General s. d. Lee is President Of an
other Mississippi institution Of learn
ing. r. H. and Patterson Anderson
are dead. General B. Frank Cheats
ham is the Superintending Commits
sioner of the Tennessee penitentiary.
General Bate is Governor Of Tennes
see, and w. H, or Red" Jackson,
one Of Forests division commanders,
is living near Nashville on a magnifi.
cent plantation. General Wheeler,
who commanded all Of General john
ston's cavalry, is a planter in North
Alabama. General Lawton, the
Quartermaster General Of the Con.
federacy, is leading member of the
Savannah, Ca, bar, and General
Gorgas, the Confederate Chief Of
Ordnance, died in Alabama the other
day. Cockrell, the ranking Confed-
crate General FROM Missouri, is o.
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