The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-01
CONFEDERATE GENERALS.
The Story of Their Experiences and
Reverses in Civil Life.

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
it is a melancholy fact that almost
every confederate general who sdccumbed
to disease or fell in battle died in poverty
brought on by his devotion to the cause
he espoused. Raphael and Paul Semmes
both died poor themselve but daughter
of the former married a prosperous law
yer Gen. Zollicoffer. She left nothing TO
a family Of five daughters, four Of whom,
however. married well. The NTH may
have done likewise, although accurate
trace of her has been lost. Gen. Pillow
left his family SO poorly provided for that
they were compelled 10 sell his library
and his house also though friends re-
bought it by subscription. Gen. /. {.
Hindman died pennlless, so did Gen. DICK
Taylor, and his daughters made Their
home with an aunt. He published
book, but it did not prove TO be none
tary success and left him in worse cir
CumstanCes than before. StOuewall Jack
son left his wife and daughter without
means. but they were seasOnably 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 sue
coed as a planter, but at his death left
only meager inheritance to his family.
Mrs Gen. Ewell, who died three days
after her husband, owned a very con-
siderable property IN St. Louis and main
tanned a very comfortable 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. II. Cooper
was absolutely poor. Mai. Gen. Whiting,
of b ort Fisher fame, who died in prisonin
lS64 left nothing, and Gen. l.. NJ Walker,
killed by Marmaduke in a duel, left but
little to his wife.
SOME TRIED WALL STREET.
Gen Buckner had a varied experience.
His wife owned large tracts of unim-
proved real estate in Chicago, which was
COutscated, but afterward recovered. 1t
was then mOrtgaged, built up and. in a
panic, sacrificed for the mortgage money
leaving him poor. Gen Jack Deas of
Alabama. whose fame may not have been
equal to that of others, was a shrewd
tinancier He went into Wall street after
the war and became rich. Gen. Il. d.
ROddy, dashlng Cavalryman, also made
the plunge into Wall street, but his fate
was different. He lost everything he had.
and then went to London and earned a
moderate income as financial agent of
some banking house. Gen. j. W. Frazer,
who surrendered Cumberland Gap set
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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 became connected with
mining company of New Mexico, where he
made money fast, and became wealthy.
Another who went to Egypt was Gen. A.
w. Reynolds. He served awhile, dropped
out OF service and then settled down in
the country of his abolition.
The careers of Early and Beauregard
are well known. They lived and pros
pered in New Orleans, where they super
intended the drawings of the Louisiana
Lottery Company, Gen. Early's death
occurred in Virginia only a few months
ago. He was one of the last of the great
southern generals.
The latter days of Gen. r. f. Lees life
were passed in the quiet of Lexington, in
his native state, where he became an in
structOr of young men. The duties of a
college president were faithfully fulfilled
by him, though it is probable that the
last years of his life were filled
with an infinite sadness Whatever ply
sicians may say, IL is not far from the
truth TO declare that he died of a broken
heart
OF the remaining brilliant leaders of
the lost cause, some dropped from sight
and memory, others had quiet and pros
porous old age, but few Jared worse than
Gen. Thomas Benton Smith. He passed
his later years in an insane asylu m inTen-
nessee.