Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-02-07
RELICS OF THE LOST CAUSE.
Whereabouts of fhe Fighting Leaders oi
the Rebellion.

the Rebellion.
The Washington Sunday Herald
not long ago printed an interesting
article showing what has become OF the
Confederate Generals. Is SAYS many
have died and 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. Johnston and Beauregard sur
viye Gen. Johnston is the general
agent of prominent New York insur.
anee company, and Gen. Beauregard is
the Adjutant General of the State of
Louisiana, where he has created tho
finest body of militia for its number in
America lie is also one of the Com
missioners for the liquidation of one of
the old Louisiana State banks, besides
which he has other importans business
connections. There were twenty-one
Lieutenant Generals in the Confederate
army from first TO last, and of these all
were from She United States army hut
four, viz. Richard Taylor, n. b.
Forrest, Wade Hampton and john b.
Gordon. OF them the following are
living: ID. II. 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. /. Martin lives at Natchez, and
is railroad President. c. 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. HumcS
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 Nir-
ginia. Dibrell is a member of Con-
gress from Tennessee. Lyon, who
commanded one of Forests divisions
awhile, lives at Eddyville, Ky. | do
not know what Mackall, who WIS a
Brigadier General and chief of Gen.
Bragg's staff, is doing, but believe he
lives in Georgia. McGowan is MEM
Der of the Supreme Court OF South
Carolina. Miles, W. T., is a cotton
planting ma%nate ON the Nazoo river,
in Mississippi r. A. Pryor is pros
porous lawyer i'll 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 a prominent railroad man and Re
publican in Virginia. OF the three Lees
who were Generals Gusts who
was Mr.. Davis chef of staff,-is the
President OF the Washington and Leo
college in Virginia; William Henry
Fitzhugh Lee, generally called "Runey'
is planter and is prosperous on fine
estate. Fitzhugh Lee, cousin of tho
others, and famous cavalry officer,
owns tie "Rayea swood" estate, on the
Potomac about fifty miles below Wash
ington, where lie is living like fine
Virginia planter of the olden time,
Robert Lee, the Generals Youngest
son, who served in the ranks a greater
part of the war, lives on the James
river, and owns Il handsome estate there.
Longstreet lives at Gainesville, Ga,
and is United States Marshal. Gen.
Early practices law at Lynchbnrg
Lieutenat General A. p. Stewart is
President Of the University OF NJ ssis-
sippi. at Oxford and Lieutenant Gen
eral $. ~. Lee Is President Of another
Mississippi institution of learning. II.
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 Tenness e, and w. H., or
Red" jackson, one of Forests dlyis
ion commanders, is living near Nash
Vile on a magnificent plantation Gen.
Wheeler. WHO commanded all of Gen.
Johnstoa's cavn s. is planter in
North Alabama Gen. Lawton, tho
Quartermaster General OF the Confed
eracy, is leading member of tie Sa-
vannah ga bar, and Gen Gorgae, the
Confederate Chief of Ordnance. died in
Alabama recently. Cockrell, the rank
ing Confederate General from Missouri,
is a United States Senator