The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1883-06-28
Present Occupation OF COnfeder-
ate Leaders.
,ricon Keoister. New York

at the close Of hostilities there were
about two hundred Confederate gen
eral officers, including those OF tue
general staff, OF the first OF March,
1865. Many have died. and a few
have disappeared. But those OF high
or rank who survive are getting on
fairly well. OF the five field gener-
ais of the Confederate army, j. f.
Johnston and Beauregard survive.
Gen. Johnston is the general agent
of a prominent New York insurance
company, and Gen. Beauregard is
the Adjutant General of the State OF
Louisiana, where he has created the
finest body of militia for its numbers
in America. He is also one of the
commissioners for the liquidation OF
the old Louisian State banks, besides
which he has other important bust
ness connections. There were TWEEN
ty-one lieutenant generals in the
Confederate army from first to last,
and of these all were from the Unit
ed States army but four, viz: Rich.
ard Taylor, N. B. Forrest, Wade
Hampton and John b. Gordon. or
them the following are living: ID. IL.
Hill, who is in North Carolina; Ste
phen d. Lee, Early, Buckner, Wheel
err and A. p. Stewart, besides the two
not from the old United States army,
mentioned above. Gustavus w.
Smith is the ranking major general
living, and is the State Commission
er of Insurance in Kentucky. w. L.
Martin lives at Natchez, and rail-
road president. c. w. Field and l..
L. Lomax are in Florida, and both
are in the employ of the United
States Corps OF Engineers. Marina
duke Johnson is in St. Louis, and is
wealthy. VIM. Preston is in Ken
lucky, and has fortune he inherit
ed. Frank Armstrong lives here and
In ST. LOUIS, and is connected with
the Gould system of railroads in the
Southwest, Churchill was governor
of Arkansas, and lives at Little
Rock. Colquitt was governor OF
Georgia, and is United States senat-
or-elect from that State. Colston
has reformed from Egypt, and is liv-
ing somewhere in Virginia. Dibrell
is member of congress from Ten
nessee. Lyon, who commanded one
OF Forests divisions awhile, lives at
Eddyyille. Ky. | do not know what
Mackall, who was brigadier general
and chief OF Gen. Bragg's staff, is
doing, but / believe he lives in Geor-
gia. MCGOWAN is member of the
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
w. r. Miles is cotton planting mag
nate on the Yazoo river, in Mississip-
pi. Roger A. Pryor is prosperous
lawyer in New York, and, "mlrahile
5 dictu,' an enthusiastic advocate of
Governor b. f. Butler for the Presi-
dency. Ripley, sold Rip" as he was
called. is in Lonuon, the agent of an
American rife company, and Roddy
is there with him. John q, Walker
is IN Mexico, and is getting rich
in silver mining, and Holmes, who
commanded in Arkansas, is his part
ner. VIM. C. Wickbam is a promi-
nent railroad man and Republican,
politician in Virginia. OF the three
Lees who were generals, Custis-who
was Mr.. Davis chief OF staff--is the
president of Washington and Lee
College, in Virginia. William Hen.
nv Fitzhugh Lee, generally called
"Runy," is a planter, and is prosper
Gus on a fine estate. Fitzhugh Lee,
cousin Of the others, and famous
cavalry officer, owns the Ravens
wood" estate, on the Potomac, about
fifty miles miles below Washing ION
where he is living like a fine Virgin
in 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 hana some estate there. He
Is more like his greau father in APP
pearanee and manner than any of
the Lees. ] have heard-thoaeh ]
do not know how true it is--that it
is in contemplation by the Lees to
remove the dust of their grandfather,
Light Horse Harry Lee,n as Gen.
Washington always called him, from
Cumberland Island. Georgia, where
. it lies, and bury 1t bv the side Of
Gen. Robert +. Lee. IT, had to Sc
lect. the man who should represent
mentally and physically the highest
type of the younger Southern gen
tlemen, should choose GUSTS Lee.
He is a man of strikin2ly handsome
and we'll bred appearance and of per,
feet manners, and is the only one OF
the Lees who is unmarried Gen.
Longstreet, the ranking lieutenan,
general of the Confederacy, lives at
Gainesville, Ga, ana is United
States marshal for his state. Loufi
direct had the confidence of Gen. Lee
TO greater degree than any OF his
officers, for, barring Gettysburg.
about which there is wide diversity
of opinion, Longstrcet never made
mistake. Didn't he at Knox
vilie?) Gen. Early. another OF Lee :
corps commanders, lives nc Lynch
burg, and is in the practice OF law.
Everybody knows what Gen. Hamp.
ton, who commanded all the ctyal
ny OF the Army of Northern Virginia.
is doing. Turning TO the officers OF
Cen Johnston's Army of the Tan