Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-09

Some Confederate Generals and what
They Find to Do I'm Timea Of Peace.

| From the Philadelphia Times
Over half dozen OF the ex-confederate gem
| erals who went into the war bachelors have
remained single ever since, among them General
Curtis Lee, she 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
Gen. ongstreet will next month open win
| Ter motel In Georgia, near the gulf coast.
Fitzhugh Lee is short and stout, with grayish
Great bas Sse an tb Locks 9a like
was the idol of the people Of Virginia and car
RED the political vote of the state in his pocket.
M sn% ne Us reyiied and abused from every stump
AS AS when he ibid all the swearing for stone-
wan Jackson" Gen. Jubai Early continues to
swearer in Virsinia '"n Oh being "the 'aiies'
Gen Gen; ". +: Ii. Rupyj Lee, son of the late
Fair3ax e. Lee. - now prosperous farmer In
,o Age has not made many inroads upon Gen.
coS9 f. Johnston now United state railroad
trouble from which he suffered for many
years. He is married. but has no children.
andoah valley for a long time was Gen. John
Echols, who Is now a director in the Chesa-
Peake and Ohio railroad and president of the
~, aitnougn In the convention that met before
the war Gen. w. c. Wick ham, now vice presi.
aent Oh the chesapeake and Ohio railroad, voted
against secession, he galloped to the first troop
OF horse into Capitol square and rendered his
sword to the state and confederacy. He COM
thaa6 b,s brigade through the war, and al,
not cross its threshold but twice and was each
Tune carried in wounded. When he surrendered
tfDxy l,1< I,
Iederate leaders and returning home built the
nrst school house for cOlored children in the
south. He became the leader of the republican
party In Virginia and did much to make it re-
spectacle. He was driven out of the party by
Mahone and is now supporting Fitz Hugh Lee
Mahone's bitter enemy, Gen. Bradley r.
Johnson, is now practicing law in Baltimore,
and is one of the counsel OF the Baltimore and
handsome looking man of about fifty.
Dark as an Indian and straight as an arrow,
standing d, over six leet four inches, Gen r. Lind
sey walker has not changed much. He has
recently gone to Texas as superintendent of con-
struction OF the state house at Austin.
Gen. 1al1aferro, who commanded the Vir-
glnia mi liiia at the time of the John Brown
trouble is still an active man, over six feet
nlgh, and attends to his large estates, near
bay.
One of Mahone's fast friends is Gen. v. D. Gro
position OF president of the National Compress
company.
physically Malone weighs less than ninety
pounds. He was an engineer when the war
broke out and rapidly rose TO position He had
command of the defense OF Petersburg, and
distinguished himself i'll the battle OF the Crater
Lee sing ed hin out of all the generals to accom-
pany and stand by him at the time of the sur
render.
zen. Beauregard continues to act as counsel
anu promoter Of the Louisiana lottery
III IS curious that Gen Gusts Lee though a
grandson OF Mrs. Gusts, bears a most marked
Washington
Cen Hooker, who lost an arm at Vicksburg,
Is now practicing law in Mississippi, and Is the
closest personal friend OF Jefferson Davis Dur
ing the past summer he was at the Virginia
warm Springs.
Gen; aiker, who commanded the Stonewall
brigade after Jackson's death. is now ovcrsixtv
years oi age. lie is a practicing lawyer in Vir-
slnla, and has been lieutenant -governor of the
state.
EX-Lieut. Gov. and Gen. Robert E. Withers.
OF virginia, Is six feet and stout and gray and
Is an active lawyer with a large practice.