The Russellville Democrat., 1885-10-22
WHERE THEY NOW AXE.


Times OF fcace.
Over half dozen OF the ex Con
federate generals who went into the
war bachelors have remained single
ever since, among them General Cur
tis Lee, the handsome and popular
son OF the Confederate chieftain, and
General JubaI Early, who Is now
seventy odd.
Wherever be appears to speak IN
the Virginia campaign Fitz Hugh
Lee is received with enthusiasm and
bodies OF sess::s..ssd men ride out
!. SO. every town to meet him and
escort him to the hotel.
Most OF the ex-Confederate gener-
ais who are not in politics are inter
ested in some way with railroads.
Gen. Longstreet will next month
open ws:.aser hotel in Georgia, near
the Gulf coast.
Fitz Hugh Lee is short and stout,
with grayish chin whiskers, and
looks like 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
he is reviled and abused from every
stump and crossroad.
As when he ibid all the swearing
for Stonewall Jackson" General Ju
bal Early continues to enjoy the dis
tinction OF being "the taliest swearer
in Virginia"
General w. II. Fl. (Runy) Lee, a
son of the late Robert +. Lee. is now
prosperous farmer in Fairfax coun
ty, Va.
Age has not made many inroads
upon General Joseph E. Johnston,
now United States Railroad Com
missioner. He has gotten over the
nervous trouble from which he SUI
fered for many years. He is mar
red, but has no children.
The commandment of the troops in
the Shenandoah Valley for long
time was General John Echols, who
is now director in the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad and president of
the Lexington and Big Sandy Road.
Although in the convention that
met before the war General w. G.
Wickham, now vice president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, voted
against secession, he galloped to the
first troop of horse into Capital
Square and rendered his sword to
the State and Confederacy. He com
manded brigade through the war
and although his home was within
the lines he did not cross it's thres-
hold but twice and was each time
carried in wounded. When he sur
rendered with Lee at Appomattox he
disowned the Confederate leaders
and returning home built the first
school house for colored children in
the South. He became the leader of
the Republican party in Virginia and
did much to make it respectable. lie
was driven out of the party by Ma
hone and is now supporting Fitz
Hugh Lee for Governor.
| Mahone's bitter enemy, General
Bradley L. johnson, is now practic-
ing law in Baltimore and is one Of
the counsel Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. He is a
brilliant and handsome looking man
of about fifty.
Dark as an Indian and straight as
an arrow, standing over six feet four
inches, General Il. Lindsey Walker
has not changed much. He has re-
Gently gone to Texas as superintend-
ent OF construction of the State House
at Austin.
General Tallaferro, who command
ed the Virginia militia at the time
of the John Brown trouble, is still
an active man, over six feet high,
and attends to his large estates, near
Gloucester Point, Va, bordering on
Chesapeake Bay.
One of Mahone's fast friends Is
General V. d. Groner, now living at
Norfolk and occupying the position
of president of the National Com.
press Company.
Physically Malone weighs less
than ninety pounds. He was an en-
gineer when the war broke out and
rapidly rose TO position. He had
command of the defense Of Peters
burg and distinguished himself in
the battle OF the Crater. Lee sim
gled him out of all the generals to
accompany and stand by him at the
time of the surrender.
General Beauregard continues to
act as counsel and promoter of the
Louisiana Lottery.
| 1t is curious that General GUSTS
Lee, though a grandson Of Mrs. Gus
it's, bears most marked and strik
ing resemblance to the pictures of
Washington.
General Hooker, who lost an arm
at Vicksburg, is now practicing law
in Mississippi and is the closest per.
sonal friend OF jefferson Davis. Dur
ing the past summer he was at the
Virginia Warm Springs.
General Walker, who commanded
the Stoncwall Brigade after Jack
sons death, is nov over sixty. years
OF age. He is practicing lawyer in
| Virginia and has been Lieutenant
Governor OF the State.
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