Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-08-22
CONFEDERATE GENERALS.
Most of Them Passed the Closing Years
of Their Liyes In Poverty.

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of Their LIVES in Poverty.
1t is melancholy fact that almost
every Confederate general who sue
cumbed to disease or fell in battle died
in poverty brought on by his devotion
to the cause ho ospoused, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. Raphael and Paul
Semmes both died poor themselves, but
daughter of the former married a
prosperous lawyer, General Zollicoffer.
She left nothing to family of five
daughters, four of whom, however,
married well. The fifth may have done
likewise, although accurate traces of
her has been lost. Gen. Pillow left his
family so poorly provided for that they
were compelled to sell his library and
his house also, though friends rebought
1t by subscription. Gen. T. C. Hind
man died penniless, so did Gen. Dick
Taylor, and his two daughters made
their home with an aunt. He published
book, but it did not prove to be a
monetary success and left him in worse
circumstances than before. Stonewall
jackson left bis wife and daughter
without means, but they were season.
ably helped by legacies. Gen. Polk left
nothing to his family, but his son, DR..
Polk, located in New York and built
up a very large and profitable practice.
Gen. Forrest, who became a farmer,
labored hard to succeed as planter,
but at his death left only meager in
heritance to his family. Mrs. Gen. .Ewell,
who died three days after her husband,
owned very considerable property in
st. Louis and maintained very COM
Portable establishment. Gen. Bragg
left no property and his widow went to
live with her sister in New Orleans.
Gen. Hood was far from being wealthy,
and Gen. D. H. Cooper was absolutely
poor. Maj. Gen. Whiting, of Fort
Fisher fame, who died in prison in 1854,
left nothing, and Gen. L. NJ. Walker,
killed by Marmaduke in duel, left
but little to his wife.
Gen. Buckner had varied exper-
ience. His wife owned large tracts of
unimproved real estate in Chicago,
which was confiscated, but afterward
recovered. 1t was then mortgaged,
built up and, in panic, sacrificed for
the mortgage money, leaving him poor
Gen. Zack Deas, of Alabama, whose
fame may not have been equal to that
of others, was shrewd financier. He
went into Wall street after the war and
became rich. Gen. P. d. Roddy, a
dashing cavalryman, also made a
plunge into Wall street, but his fate
was different. He lost everything he
had, and then went to London and
earned Moderate income as financial
agent of some banking house. Gen. j.
W. Frazer, who surrendered Cumber.
land Gap, settled down in New York
and prospered as a broker. Gen. Thomas
Jordan became editor of the Mining
Record, and was, for years, a familiar
figure on Broadway. Maj. Gen. Lorin
served for four years in the Egyptian
army, then returned to America and
become connected with mining COM
pany of New Mexico, where he made
money fast and became wealthy. An.
other who went to Egypt was Gen. A.
W. Reynolds. He served awhile, drop
ped out of service, and then settled
down in the country of his adoption.
The careers of Early and Beauregard
are well known. The lived and pros.
pered in New Orleans, where they su-
perintended the drawings of the Louis
lana Lottery Company. Gen. Early's
death occurred in Virginia only few
months ago. He was one of the last
of the great Southern generals.
The latter days of Gen. R. E. Lees
life were passed in the quiet of Leving
ton, in his native State, where he be-
came an instructor Of young men. The
duties of college president were faith
fully filled by him, though tits probable
that the last years of his life were filled
with an infinite sadness. Whatever
physician may say, it is not far from
the truth to declare that he died of
broken heart.
OF the remaining brilliant leaders of
the lost cause, some dropped from sight
and memory, others had a quiet and
prosperous old age, but few Jared worse
than Gen. Thomas Benton Smith. He
passed his latter years in an insane asy-
lum in Tennessee.