Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-29

Some Confederate Generals and
What They Find to Do in Times
of Peace.


Over half dozen Of the ex-Confeder-
ate generals who went into the war
bachelors have remained single ever
since. among them General Curtis Lee,
the handsome and popular son Of the
Confederate chieftain, and General
Jubal Early, who Is now seventy odd.
Wherever he appears to speak IN the
Virginia campaign Fitz Hugh Lee Is
received with enthusiasm and bodies Of
mounted men ride out from every town
to meet him and escort him TO the
hotel.
Most of the ex-Confederate generals
who are not In politics are interested In
some way with railroads.
General Longstreet will next month
open winter hotel In Georgia, near
the Gulf coast.
Fitz Hugh Lee Is short and stout,
with grayish chin whiskers, and looks
like a farmer.
Great has been the fall of Malone.
Once he was the idol of the people Of
Virginia and carried the political vote
OF the State in his pocket. Now ne is
reviled and abused from every stump
and crossroad.
AS when he l'did all the swearing for
Stonewall Jackson" General Jubal
Early continues to enjoy the distinction
of being 1.-THE tallest swearer in Vir-
ginia."
General w. III. III. (Runy) Lee, son
OF the late Robert f. Lee, is now a pros
porous farmer in Fairfax county, Va.
Age has not made many inroads up
on General Joseph +. Johnston, now
United States Railroad Commissioner.
He has gotten over the nervous trouble
from which he suffered for many years.
He is married, hut has no children.
The commandant of the troops in the
Shenandoah Valley for long time was
General John Echols, who is now a
director in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad and president of the Lexing-
ton and Big Sandy Road.
Although in the convention that met
before the war General w. G.. Wick
ham, now vice president of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad, voted against
secession, he galloped to the first troop
of horse into Capitol Square and ten
dered his sword to the State and Con-
federacy. He commanded brigade
through the war and although his home
was within the lines he did not cross its
threshold but twice and was each time
carried in wounded. When he surren-
dered with Lee at Appomattox he dis
owned the Confederate leaders and re
turning home built the first school
house for colored children in the South.
He became the leader of the Republi-
can party in Virginia and did much to
make it respectable. He was driven
out of the party by Malone and is now
supporting Fitz Hugh Lee for Cover
nor.
Mahone's bitter enemy, General
Bradley T. Johnson, is now practicing
law in Baltimore and is one of the
counsel of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. He is q brilliant and
handsome looking man of about fifty.
Dark as an Indian and straight as an
arrow, standing over six feet four in
ches, General r.. Lindsey Walker has
not changed much. He has recently
gone to Texas as superintendent of con-
struction of the State House at Austin.
General Taliaferro, who commanded
the Virginia militia at the time of the
John Brown trouble, is still an active
liaIi oVer siA leec nisI, anu attenus "
ms large estates, near Gioucester Point,
Va, bordering on Chesapeake Bay.
One of Mahone's fast frsends is Gen
eral v. d. Groner, now living at Nor
folk and occupying the position of
president OF the National Compress
Company.
.Pilyslcaily Nlahone weighs less than
ninety pounds. lie was an engineer
when the war broke out and rapidly