Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-15
Relica OF the Lost Cause.

The Washington Sunday Herald has
an interesting article showing what
has become Of the confederate gener.
ais. 1t says many have died, and o
few have disappeared. But those OF
higher rank who survive are getting on
fairly we'll. OF the five field generals
of the confederate army, j. E. John
ston and Beauregsrd SURVIVE. Gan.
johnson Is the general agent of q
prominent New York insurance com.
pany, and Gen. b ssuregard Is the ad.
jutant.general of the state of Loulsi-
ana where he has created the finest
body OF militia for It's num-
bsrs In America. He Is
also one of the commissioners
for the liquidation of n of tho old
Louisiana state banks, outside Of
which be has other Important buciness
connections. There were twenty-one
lieutenant generals In the Confederate
army from frat IN 'sst, and Of thsee
all were from the U i-sd S.sten army
but four, viz : Richard Taylor, N.
b. Forrest, Wade Hampton and John
B. Gordon. OF them the following
are living: D. 81. Hill, who Is in
North Carolina; Stephen Lee, Early,
Buckner, Wheeler, and A. P. Stew.
art, besides the two not from the old
United States army mentioned above.
Gustavus w. Smith Is the rank
Ing major general living, and
Ia state commissioner Of in.
surance in Kentucky. w. T.
Martin lives at Natchez, and Is a rail-
road president. G. w. Field and l..
L Lomax are In Flerida, and are both
in the employ of the United States
corps of engineers. Marmaduke
johnson is 10 st. Louis, and Ia
wealthy. William Preston lives in
Kentucky, and has a fortune he inner.
tied. Humes lives In Memphis,
Tenn. Writ Adams Is IN 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 sonth.
west. Churchill was governor of Ar
kansas, and lives at Little Rock. Col,
quit was governor of Georgia, and Il
United States senstor.elect from tina,
state. Colston has returned from
Egypt, and Is living somewhere ir
Virginia, D.brell 10 q member Of
congress from Tennessee. Lyon, who
commanded one OF Forests divis,
ions awhile, lives at Eadyville, Ky
l don't know what Mackall, who wa
a brigsdier-general and chief of Gen
BragR's staff, is doing, but I believe
he lives In Georgia. MCGOWAN Is q
member of the supreme court of South
Carolina. w. R. Miles, Ia a cotton,
planting msgnate on the Yazoo rive,
In Mississippi. r A, Pryor Is a pros.
porous lawyer In New York, and, mir
able dictu, I hear he Is an enthusias
tic advocate of Gov. B. F. Batter TO,
the presidency. Ripley, "Old Rip,
90 he was called, Is In London, tbs
agent Of an American rife com
pany, and Roddy Is there Will
him, John G.. Walker Is In Mexico
and is getting rich In silver mining
and Holmes is his partner. William
O. Wickham Is a prominent railroat
man and republican In Virginia. o
the three Lees who were generals
Gusts, who was Mr.. DAvis's chief O
atsff-is the president of the Wash.
ington and Lee college In Virginia
William Henry Fltzhugh Lse, general
ly called "Runey," Is a planter and
prosperous on a&W estate. Fiizhrg
, Lee, a cousin OF the others, and
famous cavalry officer, owns tn
"Ravens wood" eetate on the Potc
mac, about fifty miles below Wash
ington, where he is living like a fin
Virginia planter of the olden time
: Robert Lee, tho generals younges
| son, who served In tho ranks a create
part Of the war, lives on the jaime
river and owns a handsome ostst
there. Longstreet lives at GsineI
Vile, Ga, and Ia United States mar
shsl. Gen. EARLY practices law 6
Lynohburg. Lieut.. Gen. A. p. Stew
art Is president of the university {
1 Mississippi, az Oxford, and Lieut.. Ger
: s. D. Lee Ia president of anothe
Mississippi institution Ct learning. F
a H.. and Patterson Anderson are deat
Gen. B. Frank Cheatham Is the aupel
q intending commissioner of the Tennel
9 see p~enitentiary, and w. H., c
). Red" Jackson, n of Forests d.
= Vision commanders, 10 living nee
Q Nashville on a magnificent plantation
s Gen. Wheeler, who commanded all {
}, Gen. Johnson's cavalry, Is q plante
/. In north Alabama, Gen. Lawton, tn
Q acknowledgement Of the oonfes
eracy, is q leading member of the 81
vannah ga, } bar, and Gen. Gorpa'
8 the confederate chief of ordinance
d died In Alabama the other day. Cool
Q rell, the ranking confederate gel
s eral from Missouri, Is q United Stat'
q senator.
l. The abin IL of that dalicate nature mn