The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20

famous II propose TO move immediately
mon vo5lr works The man 70 whom they
,ypr, nj dressed was a the time IN command
Of Fort Doueison. His two superiors obi
GERS, Floyd and lill y, and made Their eS-
cape, when they found the position no
louser tenabia. butt Buelner declared that
be would stay with the luen and share their
fate. Ale remained, and attor the
cabitulatiln was seut as Il prisoner OF war
ID B0slou. Mass, where he VAS kept until
exchanged SIN months later. On his return
to the field he commtnded pnder Bragg OF
reuueSspe L4c fought at AtUrfreesboro and
talckanIa ua and was one OF Lue generals
who surrendered with d. klrby smith at
Baton Rouge in May, 1868 buciller was
another Of the West Point graduates and
had also. lie so many Of his comrades and
foes, done gallant service IN the Mexican
war ale is now siXt}-aiue years Old.
General Joseph Wheeler Is another IA
NOUS veteran with a brilliant record. lie
has served -Teral terms in congress since
the war and is one Of She regents of The
Smithsonian institute He is one of the
youngest Of the Old guard, being now
only Hlty-sX years OLD. lie was but
Young man, U&5 graduated from West Point,
when the war broke ont, but he had already
made colonel N an infantry regiment which
did good service at Shiloh Ii was per
eeiyeo. however, that a man Of Wheelers
temperament would be in hlS proper place
only at the. head Of a cavalry
regiment He was accordingly trans
ferrad to that arm Of the service in the
summer of 1862. Dashing Joe Wheeler
soon showed his metti9 in tilat campaign.
lie laided western Tennessee, did brilliant
service ut Grand Hiver and Perry vile and
mad charge OF the cavalry ut Murfreshoro
A. the early age Of tWenty-seVen Ia" spiell-
did services had won him the rank of ma
ion general. After Chicamaug a where, IS
usual. Lis dash and ralor were conspicuous
H. fell Oh itusccTaHS inc OF c0nnntnilca-
tiGIs and severed it. destroyed l,iD wagons
and damaged the national property 70 the
value of S3UOU.UGB. His career OF brlt-
liant mischief. however. received cheek
and he was driven back into ilorjhcrn ma
hama. It WAS largely due t. tiS irresistible
charges that at knoxville, Miss lonaiy liid%e
and Loo6ont t1Ioun&)n tia confederate
army was able to retreat IN COED ordel al
most nnmoirsted His most famous work,
however. WAS done in his effort to ON -
Shcrman's advance to Atlanta Hcarcely
a d.1v missed without q skirmiS n thai was
almost "A battle and he union troop never
Eunw ut what hour or place doe Nhetier
With his furious onsaughts of cavalry mi&hu
be expected. In one OF his attacks Oh Gen
StoDo1ran's forces he succeeded Ill captut-
fa1ous officers At the time Of liiS sufreIi-
der in april 1860 he was senior ca 'HiEy ON
cor m ,hn confederate army though "hiy
tWentyuinc years Old.
The coufedcracY had no hopict Se' so 80.
.,o,. ,.isor counsellor, in the years OF us
f f5ah i5s eaIant Gentleman Who is now at
the aye of seyeoty-four years. living n re-. re-
t;rcmcnt after enjoying the honoIs OF the
,r.vcrnorship Of the state and representing
il in the United States senate. Wade
Hampton is the son and the grandson of
soldiers His grandfather fought in the
war of independence and in the second war
with ENGLAND. lie was one of the most
wealthy men in South Carolina. and, at the
time Of his death in 1888, owned three thou
sand slaves. When the war Of the rebellion
broke ont, tba present Wade Hampton, hay
ing no military training, enlisted as a pri-
vate He soon perceived that the war was
TO he a life and death struggle. and that he
could render more valuable service with his
enormous wealth than in the ranks. He
raised and equipped at his own expense a
force Of cavalry and infantry which became
known as Hampton's legion IT did distin-
guished service at Bull Run, in the PENN.