Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30
GENERALS0F TO-DAY
List Of the Confederate Chisftains Still
This Side the River.
BRILLIANT ARRAY OF CIVILIANS
Make ms Fine Records ms Citizens az
They Did as soIdicrs-Many have
Passed Away, and the Ranks GROW
Thinner.

Tho annual coming together OF 'i'e
vo,arons OF the Confederacy mas
,oau,v and IT'S Joys, its sorrows ana It's
retrospective views. II Is IN ni""'
snects like a lovely sunset on a su'i'N0.
A., There Is in it music and mirth ana
,hora "a also connected with inc
nIar,orr Of a dying day and dying
.,oro,,on Each sunset brings all OIL
mankind nearer to eternity Eaeh 49,
when the battle-scarred men VINO ious''
for southern principles ana sou."e' !"
homes assemble to perpetuate their oeeus
I'm hattie. there is the awiui spe0.i
,hat tho ranks have thinned since the
rreceding reunion, that many nave en-
tered into their final rest, not AGAIN !"
be aroused by the spirited TON Vi
reveille or the grand strains Oh par@ue
music. When the bugles blow on 1he
Great Morn there will be vast ana
mighty array before the supreme I'm.
mander. Those who have ranked a.
generals and have ridden at the hedu oI
the grandest armies the world mas ever
seen viii be in the line with the tattered
and torn private, whose resting place Is
only indicated by little unkept mouho'
and whose epitaph consists Of a Few
patches Of old field daisies.
RANKS GROW THINNER.
Each year the ranks Of the followers
of the immortal Robert Edward Lee grow
smaller. The old soldiers drop out one
by one: some unnoticed, others escorted
to their graves upon nower-pedeCkeu
caissons. They 20 in response 10 the
command which knows no refusal to obey.
Those whom Lee left here when he passed
away in 1870 are fast going 10 JOIN MIN
beyond the river. Pryates and sergeants,
captains and majors, colonies and gene
rails, have alike received orders ana an
swered the great roll-call. WITHIN the
past few years many who were high IN
the Confederate service have crossed over
the stream ana Joined the forces or their
illustrious leaders-Lee and Jackson and
Stuart and the rest. Not one OF the 1uil
generals of the Confederacy remains,
while those in the other prominent field
positions are far fewer than they were at
the close of the struggle in 1850.
CAREERS SINCE THE WAR.
The officers Of the Confederacy, and
the priyates as well, went back TO their
homes after Lee surrendered TO Grant at
| Appomattox The war was over with
| them then. Since then they have been
faithful and devoted servants OF one
| hag-Old Glory. Many of them have
| achieved positions which were the highest
within the gift Of their people.
After the war General James Long
street was for many years resident
| OF New Orleans He was once Minister
| TO Turkey. where he reflected great credit
upon himself and his country. For many
years past he has been a resident OF
| Gainesville Ga, and until few days ago
1t was thought that he would be with
his old comrades in Richmond upon this
| occasion.
General Stephen ID. Lee, the orator OF
| the day upon the occasion of the laying
! of the cornerstone Of the Jefferson Davis
monument on Thursday. has lived since
| the war at Columbus, Miss, where he is
very prominent For some years he rep
resented his district in the State Senate.
and has since then been the president OF
! the Mississippi Normal and Agricultural
1 College and has made one OF the most
useful and capable officers Of this charac-
| ter I'm the country.
General Ambrose z. Stewart was Tor
many years after the war the able presi-
| dent OF the University Of Mississippi.
The civil career of General Wade
| Hampton has been scarcely surpassed by
his brilliant military career. His people
! elected him Governor of the gallant Pal
metto State and threw off the yoke OF
| the "carpet-bag" and negro rule, and after
| wards elected and reelected him United
! States Senator. He has been for some
| years past Commissioner OF Railroads.
There Is no more distinguished and
brilliant southerner to-day than General
| John B. Gordon, Of Georgia. He has been
the idol of his people ever since he carried