The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-14
LIVING CONFEDERATE GENERALS


| Nnefe bey Are ana what They Are Do
Ing In these Peaceful Days.
Washington Herald.
9th five field generals OF the Conied-
crate army, ]. E. Johnston and Beaure-
gard survive. General Johnston is the
general agent Of u prominent New York
insurance company. and General Beaure-
gard ID the Adju.Ant General OF the State
Of Louisiana (wllrre he has created the
finest body Of militia for It's numbers in
Americal. He iaAlso one OF the commits.
sioners for the liquidation Of one OF the old
Louisiana State banks, besides which he
has other important business connections.
There were q Lieutenant Generals i'll
the Confederate army from first 10 last, and
from these all were from the United States
army but four, viz: Richard Taylor, n Is.
Forrest, Wade Hampton and John b. Cor.
don. VI them the following are living: D.
II. Hill, who is In North Carolina; Stephen
Lee, Early, BuCkner, Wheeler and A. p.
Stewart, b, sides the two not from the old
United States army mentioned above.
Gustayus ". Smith Is the ranking Major
General living, and is Safe Commissioner
Of Insurance in Kentucky. ". I.
Martin lives at Natchcz, and is rail.
road president. q. 4. Field and L. l..
Lomax are in FlOrIda, aud both
and in the employ OF the United
States Corps oil Engineers. MSrmaduke
Johnson is in St Louis, and is wealthy.
William Preston lives in Kentucky, and
has fortune he inherited. Humes lives
IN Memphis, TenA. Writ Adams is an
agent for Mississippi, and lives at jackson.
Frank Armstrong lives here and in ct.
Louis, and is connected with the Gould
system Of railroads in The Southwest.
Churchill was Governor Ct Arkansas, aud
lives at Little Rock. CoIqIllt was Cover
nor oil Georgia, and il United States Sena.
tUr.elect from that State. Colston has re-.
turned from Egypt, and is living some.
where in Virginia. Dibrcll is a member
Of Congress from Tennessee. Lyon, who
commanded one OF Forests divisions u
while, lives at EIdyville, Ky.
lido not know what MaCk2ll, who was
Brigadier General and Chief Of General
Bragg's staff, il doing, but | believe he
lives in Georgia, MCGOWAN Isa member
Of the sapTeme Court u South Carolina.
Miles, W. K, is cotton planting magnate
Pryor is prosperous lawyer in New York, |
WHuVNE ulGAu' uthI u6 10 al Guluub'
iastic advocate Of Governor B. F. Bntler for
the Presidency. Ripley, "Old Rip" as ne
was called, Is in London, the agent Of an
American riffs company, and Roddy is |
there with him. JohnG. Walker il in Mex |
leo and is getting rich in silver mining,
and Holmes is his partner. WIN. g. Wick.
ham ia prominent railroad man and |
Republican in Virginia. VI the three Lees
who were Generals, Curtis-who was Mr.. |
Davis Chief OF StAI-is the President OF
the Washington ansi Lee College in Viz.
ginia; William Henry FnzLugh Lee, gen.
orally called "Ruuey," is planter and is
prosperous on Il tue estate. FhZhugh Lee, |
a cousin OF the others and famous cavalry
officer, ownB the "RavenswoUd' estate, oil |
the Potomac, about tity miles belOwlWAsh.
ington, where he IL living like fine VIZ.
GINA planter OF the oIdcn tine.
Robert Lee, the Generals youngest son.
who served in the ranks Il greater part OF
the war, lives on the James river and
owns a handsome estate there. LOng4tTeet
lives at Gainesville, Ga, and il United
States Marshal. General EIry practices
law at Lynchburg. Lieutenant General
A. P. Stewart is President OF the Universe.
~ Of Mississippi, at Oxford, and Lieuten.
ant General S. D. Lee is President oil an.
other Mississippi institution OF learning
K. II. and Patterson Anderson are dead
General b Frank Cheatham is the Superin
tending Commissioner o! the Tennessee
Penitentiary. General Bate is Governor
in Tennessee, and ". II, or "Red." Jack.
son, one OF Forests division commanders,
is living lear Nashville on magnificent
plantation. General Wheeler, who com.
manded all OF General JOhnsOn's cavalry,
ID a planter in North Alabama. General
Lawt0n, the IllarIermasier General VI the
Coniederacy, Id leading member OF the
Savannah, Ga, bar, aud General Gorgss,
the Confederate Chief Of Ordinance, died |
in Alabama the other day. CoCkrell, the
ranking Confederate General from Mis-.
snnri l. q ItniItl Sluln.s Snnmtnr