Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-21

%. Bragg died several years ago at his
home in North Carolina. Magruder died 10
wears ago. Forrest, the murderer of the
negro prisoners at Fort Pillow, lived only a
little while after the surrender. So IL was
with EweH. Lees bravcst lieutenant. who
rode strapped to his saddle In every cam
palgn after the first Bull Run, where he lost
leg, lie was breveted for bravery at
Cherebusco. There was Hardec. lie was
lieutenant colonel of dragons at 80, but he
went South whit he rest. After the war he
s,ar r e., thc urst orange plantation in Florida,
u ~, ulcu there three or four years ago.
Price is dead. SO is Dick Tayior.
Taylor was jefferson Davis's brothcr-in.
law ana made acknowledgement on that ac-
count. Pemberton lived out the remnant
OF his days at Philadelphia. lie never re-
covered from his surrender to Grant at
Vicksburg. OF the few Northern men who
joined the rebels he was one, but his wife
was southern and carried him over. An
other case was Roswell Ripley of Ohio. lie
was west Point graduate, and did well in
MeAico: Ills wife was South Carolina wo-
man. That was the secret of his choice.
Floyd, Buchanans Secretary of War new.
or came to the surface after his desertion of
Fort Donclson. Pillow, his comrade in
That trip, lived on his. plantation in Tennes-
see Il lew years after hostilitics ceased. lie
had been a major-gcneral in the Mexican
war, and did credtable service there. | be- |
lleve he was President Folks law partner.
ana got the appointment that way. The
plucklest man in the war was George Pick ,
eu' lie was young second lieutenant Just
rom inc academy in 1916, and was assigned
lr department in Washington Territory,
Oh Wnicn ola General Harvey was in COM
mand. We were quarellng then over the
boundary. Harvey put Pickett on San Juan
Island, "hich commands Puget Sound. He
held 1t against an English squadron, and it |
has never been lost. Pickett commanded
aiVlslpn at Gettysburg under Longstrcet. |
LIS assault of the third day was the greatest
charge of that fight. His men fought with |
mine about our guns. We drove them back,
hut Ilcketl came nearer winning that fight
'han II Is pleasant TO think of. Yes, he is |
dead.
OF those who are alive, Beaurcgard and
Jubal Early arc managers of the Louisiana
lottery. They get $4,000 each, and so great
is the feeling still existing in the South over |
their generals, that one OF the lottery mana.
gers told me the other dry that their names |
were worth TO the company more
than their salaries. Both of them were |
West Pointers and artillery officers, but
Beauregard never was Il soldier. lie is a dap
per Creole gentleman, and the Louisanians
swear by him. Early fought well. Long
street comes to Washington occasionally. lie
Is United States marshal in Georgia, but his
magnificent phys que is showing the effect
OF us wounds. In Mexico he and Grant
were lieutcnants in the same regiment. After
the war, Grant induced him to join the Re-
publican party. lie has been under a ban
IN Tue South ever since, but never without
the consolation of a good Office only re-
member one other prominent rebel who is a
Republican. McLaws was reconstructed.
and is postmaster at Savannah. Lee used to
say of McLaws's division that it was always
ready for fight.
good many of them have driftcd into
politics on the other side. Joseph Wheeler,
weight lO' pounds, and the best cavalry Of
hcer next to Stuart in rebeldNn, is n mem
her Of Congress from Alabama; M, G. But
Ter aud Wade Hampton represent South
Carolina in the Senate. Butler lost his right
leg a. Brandy station in 1868, when Wade
son was killed. Hampton was
one OF the richest men in the State. He
raised, armed aud equipped, at his own cx-
pense, tic Hampton Legion, and regiment
OF cavalry and artillery Malone came to the
front IN the last campaign about Richmond.
ana is a senator; Johnston has been in Con-
5reis; Senator Morgan Of Alabama rose from
nc RANKS to be brig tGier general; in fact of
'''S ~ cOiSl cSelIlcn from lnit state nine
were in the rebel army: 50 with all but one
81 ING Arkansas delegation; Senators Cock.
rell, Maxey and Ransom wtre maior-geper-
lls One of the door-kccpers Of the Senate
IS Cadmus Wilcox, one of the best major
generals OF Lees second corps
Gen. Lees son, William II succeeded his
father as president of the Washington and
Lee University in Virginia. Ills nephew,
fl'Hnush; lives on one OF the family estates
At West Point, which Mcclellan made his
base depot, before the famous change of
base to llarrison's Landing. Both of them
are Iich, for the family estates are among
The best in Virginia. For Arlington Last
winter Congress voted them $50, 600, al.
hough 1t was coniiscated while Lee was in ,
rms against the flag, Another son, G. w.
Jus'is Lee, lives IN Virginia. All these +
ioung men were cavalry officers IN the army
y Virginia. ID. II. Hill lives somewhere in t
lrglnla, h1t no one seems to know where. a
5uctner, Who WI: man enough to STAY in !
fort iloHo's.n, an surrender with hi. men
s IN h'n'ucky Last year he came near
ZEN. Nominated for governor over Proctor
Anott. lis vile Inherited large estate ia
chicago. Al Yves, Point he and Rosecrans
we're close friends DIrlng the whole war
he latter mln,s.i his friends property, and
etlrned It 10 Inn ait"rwGrl,."