The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-06-05
SOME Ex.CONFEDERATEs.


The recent meeting Of ex-Confed-
crate generals, a. Montgomery, Ala,
leads a Washington correspondent
of the Louisville Post to look up the
present whereabouts and occupations
of some of the principal survivors
among the leaders of the Confeder-
acy. OF the six full generals APP
pointed by the Confederate Congress,
only two survive--Joseph f.. John
ston, now United States commission
or of railroads. and G. L. Beaurc-
gard, Adjutant General of Louisiana
and manager of the Louisiana lottery
drawings.
or the twenty lieutenant generals
appointed to the provisional army
several are living. 4. Kirby Smith
10 professor of mathematics in the
University of the South, in Tennes-
see. James Longstrcet is keeping a
hotel down in Georgia. ID. II. Hill,
Of North Carolina, was, till recently,
President of the Agricultural School
of the State Of Arkansas, and now
earns living chiefly as a magazine
writer Richard Taylor, son of Pres
ident Taylor, is engaged in building
canal near New Orleans. Stephen
b. Lee is n farmer, and President of
the State Agricultural College of
Mississippi. Jubal A. Early prac-
tices law at Lynchburg, although
his chief support is derived from
his connection with lottery com
pany.
OF the major generals, A. Z. Stew
art is now President of the Univer-
sity of Mississippi, at Oxford. Jos.
Wheeler is in Congress, is very
wealthy, and one Of the largest plant.
crs in Alabama. John b. Gordan is
a millionaire railroad man. Gen.
Loring, Of Florida, was engineering
in Egypt until few years ago, when
he came to New York to work at the
same profession. b. +. Cheatham
was recently appointed postmaster
Of Nashville, Tenn. Sam Jones, OF
Virginia. is in the judge advocate
generalsofficc. Lafayette McLaws is
postmaster at Savannah, Ga. $. b.
Buckner lives in Louisville, KY,
where he owns great deal of real
estate. S. b. French earns scanty
subsistence by engineering in Gcor-
gia. c. f. Stevenson is in Freder-
icksburg, Va. John II. Forney,
brother OF Congressman Forney, is
in an insane asylum at Selma, Ala.
Abney II. Mauray is Washington
agent Of New York life insurance
company. John G. Walker is also
in the insurance business. Isaac II.
Trimble is in retirement in Balti-
more on fortune. Gen Heath is
employed by the Government on
some southern rivers; Cadmus Will
cox is writing history of the Mexi-
can war; Fitzhugh Lee is governor
of Virginia; Extra Bill" Smith
practices law at Warrenton, Va;
Chas. w. Field, once doorkeeper of
the House, is superintendent of the
Hot Springs reservation; William b.
Bate is governor of Tennessee; w.
H. +. Lee is Fairfax county farm
er; c. J. Polignac, who came over
from France to espouse the Confed-
crate cause, is back in Paris busted
with railroad operations; VIM. Ma
hone is in the Senate, as is +. G.
Walthal, of Mississippi; John S.
Marmaduke is governor of Missouri;
Pierce NJ. h. Young is United States
Consul General at St. Petersburg;
M. c. Butler Is a Senator of the Uni
ted States; G. w. Gusts Lee is Pres
ident Of Washington and Lee Uni
versity at Lexington, Va.
Only few of the several hundred
brigadier generals can be mentioned.
West Adams is postmaster at Jack
son, Miss: Frank Armstrong is now
waiting the Senate's confirmation to
be Indian agent. John c. Brown
was twice governor Of Tennessee,
built the Texas Pacific railroad for
Jay Gould, and is the latter's attor-
ney for all Of his roads west Of the
as well as receiver for
the Texas Pacific, with headquarters
at Dallas. J. r. Chalmers repre-
sented the "Shoe- string district in
Mississippi in Congress until he was
left last fall by party splits. John
B. Clark, of Missouri, is clerk Of the
U. S. House Of Representatives. r.
M. Cockrell and A. H. Colquitt are
United States Senators. r. E. Col
ston is in the surgeon generals Of |
fee. w. r. Cox, of North Carolina,
is in the House. X. B. de Bray is
of the land office Of
Texas. Basil Duke edits the South
srn Bivoxoc, At Louisville, Ky. J. T. I
Morgan, of Alabama, and S. B. .
Maxey, of Texas, are United States !
Senators. A. NJ. Scales 10 governor
Of North Carolina. C. NJ. Shelley is
Third Auditor Of the Treasury. +.
L. Thomas is in the land Office of
the Interior Department. r. NJ. {
Vance is assistant commissioner Of
patents.
A hundred more brigadiers are
over the country, most {
Of them engaged in civil engineering i
where are the Ninerss {