St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-15

was inevitable, he raised and commanded
the 9th Virginia. and from that time on he
became q prominent figure in all the cam
paigns of northern Virginia. In "a he was
made maior-general, and in repelling Burn
sides assault after the Mine, he was styled
the .Hero of the Crater He surrendered
with Lee, at once took up his old calling
OF engineering, and was soon made the presi-
dent Of the Norfolk and Tennessee railroad.
General Malone has shown great independ-
ence in politics. He was leader of the read
juster party in Virginia, and was elected to
the United States senate in 1880. He was
defeated for reelection in 'S7, since which
time he has allied himself with the Republic
can party, so making himself unpopular with
his old state-rght associates. General Ma
hone is a man of strong character and orig
inal personality. He makes warm friends
and bitter enemies; to the former he is de-
voted, and for the latter he does not care.
Among the more prominent of the younger
confederate generals must be ranked Thomas
Lafayette Rosser, now living at Charlottes-
vile, Virginia. General Rosser, Yirginian
by birth, was born October %, sc. In Sc he
entered the military academy az Vest Point
and resigned from the graduating class in 81
to enter the confederate service. He held all
ranks from that of captain in 81 to tlIat Of
major-general in "a. He is man of hand
some presence and was dasaing, ideal cav
alryman. Owing TO the superior force of mis-
opponents, rather than to any want of abii-
ity, he was severely handled by General Sher-
idan at Shenandoah. After the war General
Rosser became civil engineer, and was for
tnd xu;fs, fta Nor
Pacific railroad Since 'sS he has been living
in Virginia, and actively interested in rail-
road and mining enterprises. He is a man
of great personal magnetism, and has many
qualities of leadership. Of late he has
caused some surprise among his friends by
joining the Populist party.
There is no surviving general on either
side who occupied so prominent a position
during the civil war as General Longstreet
now a resident of Gainesville, Georgia. Gen
eral Longstreet was born in South Carolina,
January 8, 1921. He was graduated at West
Point in "a, and especially distinguished
himself in the Mexican war, during which he
rose from the position Of first lieutenant to
that of major. When secession came,
Longstreet sided with the south, and was at
on it is unnecessary to recite his
military career. The history of his exploits
is that of the Army of the Potomac. In all
the great battles, from Bull Run to the close,
Longstreet was most prominent and dis
tinguished figure. There are those who
believe that as fighting general, no man on
either side was Longstreet's peer. After the
war he accepted defeat in manly way. He
was strong personal friend of General
Grant and this, no doubt Influenced him in
his decision to join the Republican party, a
movement which made him very unpopular
with the people Of the South, whose predju-
dices very naturally survived the war. Gen
eral Grant made Longstreet surveyor of the
port of New Orleans, and President Hayes
subsequently sent him as minister to Turkey.
Honored and revered by all who know him,
and particularly dear to the survivors Of his
old army, whom he so gallantly led in the
sanguinary times of the past, General Long
street leads quiet life at Gainesville, fire.
quently running down for visit to Atlanta,
where he is made social lion so long as he
remains in the city.
There is no more picturesque figure in the
country than that of General Thomas I.anier
Clingman, whose home at this time is at
Asheville, North Carolina. He was born not
far from his present abode July ~, 1912 and
was educated at the university of his native
state. He studied law and served in the
state legislature and senate for four years.
In 1913 he was elected to congress, where he
at once became a conspicuous character, and
he boosted that he never missed a day in the
house. He was in the United States senate
when the war broke out, and was expelled
for the treason of his statements. He served
in the confederate army as a brigadier, and
although his courage was undoubted, ne was
never in position that would test his mill
tary capacity. He has surveyed many of the
mountains of his native state, one of which
Clingman's Peak, was named after him. At
the age of eighty-two, General Clingman is
still hale and hearty, a fact which he attri-
butes to his constant and iudicious use Of
tobacco; indeed, he believes that tobacco
properly administered is a panacea for all
human ills.
General Edward Cary Walthall, at present,
United States senator from Mississippi, is a
man who must not be overlooked in naming
the surviving confederate leaders. He was
born in Richmond, Virginia, April 4, 1881
His family moved while he was yet a child,
to Mississippi, where he was educated for
the bar. At the breaking out of the war, he en-
tered the confederate army as lieutenant
and gradually worked his way up till in 1864
he became major-general. He was gallant
soldier, distinguishing himself at Mission
Ridge. and commanded the rear guard Of