The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-06-22
RELICS OF THE LOST CAUSE.

Tho Washington Sunday Herald
has an interesting article showing
what has become of The Confed, rate
Generals. It says many hive died,
and few have disappered. But
those Of higher rank who survive are
getting on fairly we'll. OF tho 1--WE
field Generals Of tho Ccnicdera'e
army. J Il. Johnston and Bcauro.
gard survivo. Gen Johnston is the
general agent of a prominent New
York irsuranc, company, and Gen
Bcauregard is the A 'iu:ant Gcncal
of the State OF Lonisiana (where he
has created tho frcst body of militia
Cor lis numbers in America). He is
also oae o! the miseirncrs for the
liquidation Of one OF The old Lonisi-
ana S atc banks, basides which lie
has other important business con-
nections. There wore twcn'y.one
Lieutenant Generals in tho CJn!cd.
crate army flom first to last, AMI OF
all those oil were from the Uuited
S'a.csarmy but four. viz: Richard
Taylor, N b Forrest, Wado H.mp-
ion, aud John B G,rdon. OF them
the followin sre living: d II Hill,
who is in North Carolina; Stephen
Lre, EAIly, Brckner, Wheeler and A
l. Stewart, Besides the two not from
the old C"iicd States Army men.
toned above. Gnstavus W Smith is
the ranking M.i,r General living,
AID il S:ato Commissioner OF Insur-
ance in Kentucky. w 7 MIrtin
lives at Natch'z, and ia o railroad
President CIV Fold and l. l.
Lomax arc IN Florida. and both ore
in the employ of the United States
Corps OF Engineers. MrAadnke
Johnson isil s Louis, and is wealthy
William Preston lives in Kentucky,
AID has u fortune he inherited. {.
lIumes. lives in Memphis. Tenn.
Writ Adams is an agent for Missis-
sippi, and livos at Jackson. Frank
Armstrong lives here AID in st Louis
aud is c)nrrc'cd with The Gould
5, stem OF railroads in tie South west.
Churchill was Governor o, Arkasas.
and lives at Little r OK. C,lqut
was GovernCi Of Georgia. aid is
United s atcs Senator. elect from tho
Safe. Co's!on hos returned from
Egypt, and is living somewhere in
Virginia. Dibrell is member Of
Congress from Tennessee. Lyon,
Who commando one Of Forresrs di-
visions awhile. lives at Eddy vile, Ky
I do not know what M,kal', who was
Byigadier General ard Chiefoi Gen
Bsagg's staff, is doing, but ! believe
he lives in G.orgia. M:Gowan is n
mtmbcl OF the Supreme Court Ct
South Carolina. Miles, w r., is a
cotton planting masnats on Tie
Ylzoo Rvtr in Mississippi. r a
Pryor is n prosperous lawyer in New
York, ard. mi,nbile dic!nm, / hear
&c is TN en,hus siastic advocato OF
Governor B F Butler for Presidency,
R'p'cy old Rip,'as he was called, is
in l. ndon. the agent Of az American
rifle COMPANY. and Roddy is thero
with him. John G Walker io in
NJ xico and is getting rich in silver
mining, and Holmes is his Farmer.
Wm G Wickham is prominent rail-
road man and Republic IN in Virgnia
or tho three Lies who were Generels
Custis--who was Mr. Davis Chief OF
Staf.-is Tho P.esidcnt OF the Wash.
ington and Lac College in Virginin;
Wa lIe,ry Fi'zhugh Lee. gfara!!y
called Runey,' 10 plai ter aud is
prosperous on fine estate. Fitz-
bugh Leo. u cousin of tie others.
and famous cavalry ,lli:cr, ownes
the 'Ravcnswood' estate, on the Po'
tomac, abou: fifty miles below Wash
ipgtcn, where h. is living like fiae
Virginia planter of the oldon time
! Robert LEO tho Generals youngest
son, who served in tho ranks great
ar part OF tho war, lives on tue James
River, aud ownos q handsome estate
thore. LongItrcet lives a: Gaines
vile, Ga, aud is United Statos Mar
shal. Gen Early practices law at
Lyhclburg. Liet Gsn A P S ewart
10 President of tho University OF
Mississippi, ut Oxford. and L'euien-
ant Gel erAl S d Lee is President oi
another Mississippi institution oi
learning. r II Patterson and An
dcrson are dead. Gen B. Frank
Csea,ham is the experimenting
Commissioner OF The Tenuossee Pen
i,eusiary. Gen Bite is Governor Of
Trnn,swe, w II. or Red Jackson
one of Forests division commanders
Is living NO ar Nashville on q Mag