The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-08
The Ex-COnfe derate Generals.
lCincinnatti Enquircr.l

icalion oI Tie rebellion records under
the auspices Of the war department,
gives the following as to the where.
abouts and occupations of the more
prominent Generals Of the Confederate
army. Of the six full Generals appoint
ed by the Confederate Congress only
two survive-Joseph E. johnson, now
United States commissioner OF railroads
and e. I. Beauregard, Acknowledgement
of Louisiana and manager of the Louisi-
ana Lottery drawings. OF the twenty
lieutenant generals appointed to the
provisional army several are living. T..
Kirby Smith is professor Of mathematics
in the University Of the South, Tennes-
see, which IS an Episcopal institution.
James Longstreet is keeping hotel
down in Georgia, after serving term
there as United States marshal under
President Hayes. D. H. Hill OF North
Carolina. was till recently president Of
the Agricultural School Of the State of
Arkansas and now earns living chiefly
by magazine writing. Richard Taylor.
son of President Taylor, is engaged in
building canal near New Orleans.
Stephen ID. Lee is farmer and prcsi-
dent Of the State Agricultural. College
of Mississippi. Jubal A. Farley prac-
tices law at Lynchbnrg, although his
chief support is derived from his con-
nection with the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany.
/ Of the major generals, A. P. Stewart
is now president of the University of
Mississippi at Oxford, where Secretary
Lamar was professor at the time ofhis
ELECTION to to the United States Senate.
Wade Hlaaa9eton is in the Senate. Joseph
Wheeler is in Congress. He is very
wealthy and one of the largest pIantersin
Alabama. Jno B. Gordon is mi mii,Ilonaire
railroad man and figured conspicuously>
at the Montgomery celebration. Gen.
Loring, Of Florida, was engineering in
Egypt until few years ago, when he
came to New York to work at the. same
profession. d. F.. Chcatham was recent
ly appointed postmaster at Nashville,
Tenn, by President Cleveland. Sam
Jones, of Virginia, is in the judge ad.
vocate generals Office. Lafayette Nc
Laws is postmaster ut Savannah, Ga. !.
l.. B. Buckner lives in Louisville, Ky.,
where he owns great deal of real es-
tate, the revenue of which supports him.
L. b. French earns scanty subsistence
by engineering in Georgia. c. L. Steph-.
enson is in fredericksburg, va. John
H. Furney, brother Of Congressman
man Forncy, is in an insane asylum at,
Selma, Ala. Abney H. Maury is in
Washington, agent for New York life
insurance company. John G. Walkeris
also in in the insurance business here.
Isaac p. Trimblc lives in retirement iu
Baltimore on fortune derived from the
-rimble whiskey. Gen. Heth is en-
ployed by the Government to do engin-
eering on some Southern rivers. Cad
mus Wilcox was formerly employed
about the Senate Chamber, hut is now
in retirement, writing history of the
Mexican war, FiGhagh Lee is Cover
nor OF Virginia. Extra Billy Smith
practices law at Warrenton Va. Charles
w. Field, once doorkceeper or the
House is superintendent of the Hot
Springs Reservation. VIM. B. Bate is
Governor of Tennessee. w. 81. f. Lee il
a Fairfax County farmer. G. j. Polignaa
who came over from France to espouse
the Confederate cause. is back in Paris,
busted with immense railroad operations.
8. F. Pagan was marshal Of Arkansas
under Grant. He is now 1t Littio Rock
William Malone is in the Senate a is
E. G. WalthalLof Mississippi, John s..
Marmaduke is Governor Of Missouri and
an aspirant for Senator Cockrelrs seat.
Pierce M. B. Young has gone to Russia
as United States consul general At st.
Petersburg. M. C. Butler is Senator
of the United States. Thomas L. Rus
sell, after making fortune as attorney
for the Northern Pacific Railroad, has
settled down at his old home, Char
lottesyille, Va. 9, w. Cults Lee il
president Of Washington and Lee Un-s
versity at Lexington, Va. +
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