The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
GEoRGIA's GENERALS.
Commanders Who StiIl
live to Honor the Dead.

In my list of confederate gehrals LOT last
Avs Morning News 1 simply named
go who, directly or indirectly, belonged
.-.o,gia. and who are now sleeping on
'r.7 graves. But friend sends me
aozral card suggestion that I omitted
me of Gen. Henry R. Jackson from
-. list. AS Gen. Jackson is yet allVe'
,,5 hardly embrace him in list of dead
-" did, however, overlook one
Ear many years was a citizen of At
w.. Cen. William McRae, superintend-
If the Western and Atlantic railroad.
sled there some dozen years ago. He
North Carolinan and colonel of the
,-'~senth Infantry of that state before he
"a. made a brigadier general.
II, order to properly supplement my list
oflast Sunday will now give brief records
NC confederate generals in which Geor-
directlv or indirectly, had or has an
Set IF her own. 1t must be borne in
ma Inv the critical reader, however, that
inqranhical information is about the most
sBcuit TO be obtained, and that even
Tsrv brief record of man 5 lie Is oIten
oaiie difficult to secure
HaTEXANDER, EDWARD PORTER, is
enn of the late honored and lamented
tdapo Alexander of Washington, Ga, a
-ioso friend of Gen. Toombs and Gov.
S+onbens He graduated from West Point
Military Academy third in rank in his
militant class, and was assigned to the
1rnginaor Corps in 1857. When the war
bogan he was assistant engineer in charge
81 dafenses of the harbor of San Fran
cisco. hut resigned and came home to serve
the confederacy. He was appointed cap
tain OF Engineer Corps, but became chief
If artillery in Longstreet's corps with
~, al xayhA ho id
noble service throughout the war. After
the surrender he engaged in railroad man
aeemant being vice president of the
Huntsville and Nashville railroad and
president OF the Central railroad of Geor-
Ola Although graduating into the engi-
neer corps from West Point few men
have come from that institution with a
greater love of belle lettres, or finer APP
nreciation Of true poetry. Gen. Alexander
has a lovely summer home on the coast
of South Carolina
ANDERSON, GEORGE T., had seen
service with Georgia troops in the Next
can war l think before he was appoint
ed from civil life to a captaincy in the
First United States cavalry on March 3,
1850 and from which he resigned on June
H. 1855 In the late war he was colonel of
the Eleventh Georgia Infantry of which
ex-Gov. Henry D. Mcdaniel was major,
and became a brigadier general in 1852.
After the war he was chief of police in
Atlanta Cor several years, but removed to
Admission. Ala. and became chief of police
of that city, where he now resides.
BOGGS. WILLIAM K, entered West
Point from Georgia and graduated, in
1853 number four in a remarkable class
headed by Gen. J. B. Mcpherson, and with
Schoield. Bowen, Tyler, Sheridan and
Hood as classmates. He was assigned to
the corps of typographical engineers, but
year later transferred to the ordnance
department, where he did important work
until February, 1851 when he resigned to
come south. AS captain of ordnance he
rendered valuable service to Gen. Beaure-
gard at Charleston, and was then trans
ferred to Fort Pickens for similar SER
wire. His latest service however. was as
hrgadier general and chief Of staff to
Lieut. Gen. z. Kirby Smith. After the
war he lived for a time in Augusta, but
his last address that l have seen is Win
sion n. c.
CUMMING, ALFRED, comes of a mill
tary family, long noted in Augusta, as Col
William Cumming, a distinguished adju-
tant general in the army of 1914, declined
the appointment of quartermaster general
in ISIS, he having resigned in 1915 and re-
turned to Augusta. Young Alfred Cum
ming graduated into the Eighth Infantry
from West Point in 1919. the class being
headed by Gen. @. A. Gilmore, so well
known on the southern coast. He served
IN the Seventh and Tenth Infantry on
frontier duty, and resigned as captain in
January, 1861, to enter the confederate
service. He was made a major of infan-
try. but soon succeeded Gen. McLaws as
colonel Of the Tenth Georgia Infantry, and
became a brigadier general in October.
49,. Although reported dead" in Gen. Gull
lum's West Point Register, this gallant
officer has been living quietly in the coun-
\ try near Rome, Ga. and, | think, Gen.
Gardner is one of his neighbors
EVANS, CLEMENT A, was a young
4 man OF some prominence in Georgia as
4 early as 1853 when he was state senator
/ Nlth such eminent colleagues as Gen.
I.a"ton, Judge Frippe, Gen. T. Butler
4 h4hg, PM Tracy and James l. Seward.
tie entered the was as ma ior of the Thir-
4 y-hrst Georgia Infantry of which he
was colonel before being made a brigadier
seheraI Since the war Gen. Evans has
Deeh distinguished minister of the
southern Methodist church, as well as an
Il honored and useful citizen. AS command
1 er OF the United Confederate Veterans of
ieorgla ne is greatly beloved by his old
comrades in arms. His home has been in
Atdnja for some years past
1OhlDON, JOHN B., is too we'll known
70 need an extended notice. Well trained
ny ms good father, Rev. Zach Gordon, he
came TO manhood with a sound mind in
d SOUND body, which is the secret of his
.1ng and busy life As captain of the
I.accoon Roughs." he went from Ala
nama INTO the confederate service. which
ne Iett at the surrender as a lieutenant
senerai and one of Gen. Lees most be-
loNeu ana trusted subordinates. Since the
"ai, as governor and United States SEN
aIoI' ne mas won fame as a wise and pa
Llolic statesman, while as supreme com
indhder of all the United Confederate Vet
iaHs o. the country. he is the foremost
nsuIg IN military circles. His home is
e. hlrk"ood, beautiful suburb of At
rARl'NER. WILLIAM NJ was class
mate "a West Point of Gems. Pickett. Max
w., ~, ntops' Jones' Palmer Maury. Stone
49, otuisis and other distinguished SOL
- OF me north and south Ii was a re-
r's' TN. IA Die class and Gen. Gardner was one
"s mos sallant members. He graduate
gu, 1850 INTO the First Infantry. but
yea later In the Seventh and Second
49, IlIN. he was wounded In the Mexican
az where his gallantry was rewarded by
iNel promotion. and desirable assign
ny, i's. lie resigned as captain I'm June.
m, ona entered the confederate army as