The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-06
RELICS OF THE LOST CAUSE.
Whereabouts of the Fighting Leaders OF
tho Rebellion.


tho Rebellion.
The Washington Sunday Herald
Tot long ago printed an interesting
rrticle showing what has become of the
Confederate Generals. IL says many
save died and few have disappeared;
out those Of higher rank who survive
ire getting on fairly we'll. OF the five
ield Generals OF the Confederate army,
J. +. Johnston and Beauregard sur
1--WE. Gen. Johnston is the general
agent of q prominent New York insur-
lnce company, and Gen. Beauregard is
the Adjutant General OF the State OF
Louisiana, where he has created the
inest body of militia for its number in
America. He is also one of the Com
missioners 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 all
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. III. Hill, who is living in
Arkansas; Stephen Lee, Early, Buck
ner, Wheeler and A. p. Stewart, be-
sides the two not from the old United
States army mentioned above. Gus
tavus w. Smith is the ranking Major
General living, and is State Commits
sioner of Insurance in Kentucky.
w. L. Martin lives at NatcheZ, and
is a railroad President. G. 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 he inherited. Humes
lives in Memphis, Tenn. Writ Adams
is an agent for Mississippi. and lives at
Jackson. Frank Armstrong lives in
st. Louis, and is connected with the
Gould system of railroads in the South
west. Churchill was Governor of Ar
kansas, and lives at little Rock. Col
quit was Governor of Georgia, and Is
United States Senator-elect from that
State Colston has returned from
Egypt, and is living somewhere in Vir-
ginia. Dibrell is a member of Con-
gress from Tennessee. Lyon, who
commanded one of Forests divisions
awhile, lives at Eddyville, Ky. l do
not know what Mackall, who was q
Brigadier General and chief of Gen.
Braggs staff, is doing, but l believe he
lives in Georgia. MCGOWAN is a mem
Der of the Supreme Court of South
Carolina. Miles, w. r., is cotton
planting magnate on the Yazoo river,
in Mississippi. r. A. Pryor is pros
porous lawyer in New York. Ripley,
"Old Rip" as he was called, is in Lon
don, the agent of an American rifle
company, and Roddy IS there with him.
John G.. Walker is in Mexico, and is
getting rich silver mining, and Holmes
is his partner. William G.. Wickham
is prominent railroad man and Re-
publican in Virginia. OF the three Lees
who were Generals, Custis-who
was Mr.. Davis chief of staff-is the
President of the Washington and Lee
college in Virginia; William Henry
Fitzhugh Lee, generally called "Runey'
is planter and is prosperous on a fine
estate. FitZhugh Lee, cousin of the
others, and q famous cavalry officer,
owns the "Ravenswood" estate, on the
Potomac, about fifty miles below Wash
ington, where he is living like a fine
Virginia planter of the olden time.
Robert Lee, the Generals youngest
son, who served in the ranks greater
part of the war, lives on the James
river, and owns a handsome estate there.
Longstreet lives at Gainesville, Ga,
and is United States Marshal. Gen.
Early practices law at Lynchburg.
Lieutenat General A. Z. Stewart is
President of the University of Missis-
sippi. at Oxford, and Lieutenant Gen
eral S. ID. Lee is President of another
Mississippi institution of learning. h.
A. and Patterson Anderson are dead.
Gen. b. Frank Cheatham is the Super
intending Commissioner of the Ten
nessee penitentiary. Gen. Bate is Gov
ernor of Tennessee, and w. H., or
Red" jackson, one of Forests divis-
ion commanders. is living near Nash
vile on a magnificent plantation. Gen.
Wheeler. who commanded all of Gen.
Johnstons cavalry, is a planter in
North Alabama Gen. Lawton, the
Quartermaster General of the Confed-
eracy, is leading member of the Sa-
vannah GA. bar, and Gen. Gorgas, the
Confederate Chief of Ordnance. died in
Alabama recently. Cockrell, the rank
ing Confederate General from Missouri,
is United States Senator.