Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-19
SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Wherea bouts and Occu 2atiOns OF Lead
ing Generals in the Late War.

ing Generals in the Late War.
The recent meeting of ex Confederate Gen
erals at Montgomery, Ala, leads a Washing
ton correspondent of the Louisville Post to
look up the present Whereabouts and occupa-
tions of some OF the principal Survivors among
the leaders of the ConfederacY. OF the six
full Generals appointed by the Confederate
Congress only Two survive-Joseph h. john
stOn, now United states Commissioner OF
Railroads, and G. I. Beauregard, Adjutant
General of Louisiana, and manager OF the
Louisiana lottery drawings.
OF the twenty Lieutenant Generals ap-
pointed TO the provisional army several are
living. f. Kirby Smith Is professor Of math-
ematcs in the University of the South, In
Tennessee. James Longstreet is keeping
hotel down IN Georgia. ID. II. Hill, Of North
Carolina was TIL recently President or the
Agricultural School of the State of Arkansas,
and now earns living chiefly as magazine
writer. Richard Taylor, son OF President
Taylor, is engaged in building a canal near
New Orleans. stephen b. Lee is a farmer,
and President Of the State Agricultural
College of Mississippi Juhal A. Early prac-
tices law at Lynchburg. although his chief
support Is derived from his connection with
a lottery company.
Of the Major Generals, A. p. Stewart is
now President of the University of Mississippi
at oxford. Joseph Wheeler Is in Congress, IS
very wealthy and one of the largest planters
In Alabama. John b. Gordon is a millionaire
railroad man. Gen. Loring, of Florida, was
when he came TO New York to work at the
same profession. B, F. Cheatham was recent
~ appointed Postmaster at Nashville, Tenn.
Sam Jones. of Virginia, is in the Judge AdvO-
cate Generals Office. Lafayette McLaws
was, until recently. Postmaster at Sa-
van"ah. Ga. S. b. Buckner lives in
Louisville. Ky, where he owns
great deal of real estate. S. b. French earns
scanty subsistence by engineering in Geor-
gia. G. l.. stevenson is in Fredericksburg,
Va. John II. FOrney, brother of Congress
man FOrney, Is in an insane asylum at Selma,
Ala. bney ii. Mauray Is Washington agent
of New FORK life insurance company. John
q. Walker is also in the insurance
business. Isaac r. TrImble is in
retirementin Baltimore on a fortune. Gen.
Heah is employed by the government on some
Southern rivers; Cadmus Wilcox is writing
history of the Mexican war; Fitzhugh Lee is
Governor of Virginia; Extra Bill" Smith
practices law at Warrenton. Va; Charles W.
Field once Doorkeeper Of the House. is SUI
perntendent of the Hot Springs Reservation;
william b. Bate IS Governor of Tennessee;
w. ii. +. Lee is a Fairfax county farmer; G.
j. Polgnac, Who came over from France to
espouse he Conf derate cause, is back IN
Paris busted with railroad operations; VIM.
Malone is in the Senate, as is <. G. Walthall,
of Msslssippi; John 5. Marmaduke is Gov
eTnor OF Missouri; Pierce NJ. B. Young is
United States Consul General at st. Peters
burg; M. G. Butler is a Senator of the United
STATES; g. w. Custis Lee IS President of
Washington and Lee University at LeXing-
ton, Va.
Only few of the several hundred Brigadier
Generals can be mentioned. West Adams is
Postmaster at jackson. Miss. Frank Arm
strong is now waiting the Senate's con1rma-
ton to be Indian Agent. John G. Brown was
twice Governor of Tennessee. built the Texas
Pacific railroad for Jay Gould. and is the lat
ter's itOrney for ali of his roads west of the
Mississippi as well as receiver for the Texas
Pacific, wi h headquarters at Dallas. j. X.
Chalmers represented the ''shoe string'' dis
srct in Mississippi, in Congress, until he
was left last fall by party splits. John
B. Clark. of Missouri. is Clerk of the United
States House Of Representatives. f. NJ. Cock
rell and A H. Colqutt are United States
Senator'S r. E. ColstOn Is IN the Surgeon
General office. W. r. Cox. of North Caro-
lima is in the House. X, B deBray is Com
missioner of the Land Office of Texas. Basil
Duke edits the Southern BivOuac at Louis
vile, KY. j. II. Morgan, of Alabama and S .
b. MaXey, of Texas, are United States Sena-
tors. A. NJ. Scales is Governor of North Car
olina G, NJ. Shelev is Third Auditor of the
Treasury. e. L. Thomas is in the Land
Office of the Interior Department. r. NJ .
Vance is Assistant ommissioner of Patents.
A hundred more Brlgadiers are scattered
over the country, most OF them engaged in
civil engineering.