The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-22
CoNPEpEnATE GENERALS.

49, ~. Gallant Commanders
.vmo led the southern soldiers IN nat
,,.-A sketch That Wilt>Bc oil inter !
40, 10 the Gallant Men Who Foitowe" /
,he Destinics of the Lost Cause In
rna Times this morning puoi'shes r
an article written by Lpuuger on tne c
venue. which appeared in the Her-
.la Washington, d. G., lew uasa {
a"o The sketch will be OF great w.
,erest to every soldier of the Coaieo-
or.cv. Most OF the generals alier Ivy
inp aside their arncr engaged IN pu
s.,;.s that nave added io,tnne t. thels
we'll earned fame:
What has become of the Cohie"e.aU
.aner.,s? is question very ".en
.sk cd. hut not SO easily answered. an"
IL ia the Lounger's purpose 10 try "
renJv to this question in the PsesspnS
cn,ninv column. Only these VINO hase
unr1ertaken such task can aPprec,a'e
;ts imnensity aud trouble, ous II ~
serves lis purpose shall be coh'.n.
tn hevin with those OF the n's"es'
rank Of the five full generals ~ ,ne
Confedera,e> army, Johpsto", .. -
and Beauregard survive. Gen. 'o"i,
atom ia United States Commissioners VI
railroads. and Gen. Beautesat" nnes
| in Louisiana, where he has createo '"e
Ifinest body of militia for it, h"noeis
=, rerica. He is also one OK tue
co,n ,nmjssioners for the hqulna'!oo VI
one of the old Louisiana state oanNs'
hpsides which no has other iapo''""'
business connections.
= There were tWeniy'one l'eu'enau'
,.ra,s in the Confederate army from
first to last, and of these all we're 'ro.h
tne United States army but four, VIZ
H;chard Taylor, N. Is. Forest, Wade
Hamnton and John B. Gordon. ~
t.hem. the following are living: ID. II
Hill who is in North Caro'ina
S,enhen Lee. Early, Buckner, Whee'el
and A. p. Stewart, besides the 'w'
not from the old United Safes army
mentioned above. Gustavus w. Sm'l
ia the ranking major-.eneral l'v1pg
and makes his home in New hor'
C;ty W. II. Martin lives at NatcheI
ami IA a railroad president. y. w
Field lives at Hot Springs, Ark, Il. l
T.omax is superintendent OF prosper
: ons school in Virginia.. Frank AIn
strong is the best United States lndia
,nanector under the government, 'e
j ho WAS born in the Choc!aw natio'
Hnmse lives in Memphis, Ieh'
rhnrchbill was Governor OF Arkaus
and lives at Little Rock. Colqultt w
,vas Governor of Georgia and IS Univ
, States Senator elect from that S'a'
~, stone has returned from Esy
and is living here in Washington al
ia chief of \ division in the surgeo
~ oenerals office. Dibreli is menu
ef (,onyress from Tennessee. Lye
who commanded one of FORESTS
,;s;ons awhile, Lives at L idyville, ~
Mackoll, who was brigadier-Sene
and chief of Gen. Bragg's statf, II
- over in Fairfax county, Va, not
from Washington. lie IS III "le'e'
,,its health. MCGOWAN is memDer Oh
Sunreme Court of South Caroiina.
r. Miles is cotton planting mag'
IN the Yazoo river, in Missis7'
TED. Roger A. Pryor is prosperous
cor Of New York. John q. wa
!, down in Central America as secre
of legation under D.bncy Mau
,,,bo is chr minister there. LORD,
u tho world changes. Holmes -
NIsx;co mining, and l hear, ma!
money.
Of the ,hrcc Lees who were gene
c,.,;s-wto was Mr.. Davis chie
staf-is the president of the WasI
y ton and Lee College in Wig
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, 9
ai,v called .ssunny' is Piahte.
member of Congress from the ~
Virginia district. Ft'zhugh -
cousin of the others, and Ia
cavalry officer, owns the Iva
=. wood; estate on the Potomac,
-. niles below Washington, and Is
ernor of Virginia. Robert Il. hs
generals youuges, son, who set'
,1,c> the ranks greater part OF th'
Y Id, lives on the James river, ana
handsome estate there. lie is
like his great father in appeara''
news, manner than any of the Lees.
heard, though ] do not kno"
true it is, that it is In con'em
bv the Lees tp remove the dus'
---.H Grandfather C"Light'horse
hW ee.D as Gen. Washington
y called him), from Cumberland
x. Ga. and bury il by the side o
Robcrt f. Lee. If had TO sci
man who should represent I'D
n mn and physically the highest type
HT\ vouuper Southern gentleman l
u / ", choose Custis Lee. lie Is
s,rikingly handsome ard weii-o
nearance, and Of perfect mann'
0;lc il the only one Of the Lees w"o
married.