The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
CONFEDERATE GENERALS.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO
STILL SURVIVE.


One by One They Are Joining the
Silent MajOrity-Of the Full Gener-
ais Not One Remains-Who the 9th
ers Are and Where They Are Liv-
ing.
One by one, in rapid succession. the
generals of the late confederate armies
arc passing away from earth to join the
silent majority on the other shore.
Within few months Davis, Young
Shoup Lawton, Jordan and others have
died, and now the press kilograms tell us
that gallant Gen. Joe Shelby one of the
very last to furl the flag of the Lost
Cause" is lying at the point of death in
his Missouri home.
OF the full generals not one remains
and all the chiefs of departments have
followed their great comrades to that
bourne whence no traveller returns. There
are alive to-day, of the lieutenant gen.
erals only seven-Longstreet, Gordon,
Buckner, S. d. Lee, Hampton, Stewart
and Wheeler-and two of these, Long
street and Hampton are old and feeble.
The number of major generals and brig
adler generals, who occupy active and
prominent positions in the public eye, is
rather small. Gen. George w. Gusts
Lee is retiring from active labor as presi-
dent of Washington-Lee University; Gen.
NJ c. Butler has ceased to be United
States senator from North Carolina; Gen.
5. w. Ferguson Is no longer on the Mis-
sssippi river commission; Gen. John Is.
Gordon retireS from the United states
Senate on March 4; Gen. E. Porter Alex
ander has retired from active railway
management to his rural home in South
Cardinal Gen. James Longstreet is also
living a quiet country life at Gainesville,
Ga; Gen. George b. Cosby was last heard
Although an old man Gen. e. w. Pet
It's goes into the United states Senate on
March A. where he will find Gen. John
=. Morgan OF his own state of Alabama
Gen. r. G.. Walthall of Mississippi, q IN
W. b. Bate of Tennessee and Gen. Frances
NJ. Cockrell of Missouri. Gen. A. p,
Stewart is on the Chickamauga national
park commission; Gen. stephen d. Lee is
president OF the Mississippi Agricultural
College; Gen. Allen Thomas of Florida IS
a United States consul; Gen. George =.
Harrison is a lawyer in Opelika, Ala. ;
Gen. r. l.. ROSser IS a railroad engineer
and builder; Gen. Charles NJ Shelby is
like Gen. Harrison, an eX-c0ngressman
and a lawyer at Selma, Ala. Gen. Ellison
Capers is doing good service as Protestant
Episcopal bishop of South Carolina; Gen.
Ggmnt A. Evans 5n II s5i n t Ess aegyI
cnurch, south; Gen. EVander NJ. Law has
established the Florida Military Institute
a. Barlow Fla; Gen. G.. NJ. Sorrel of the
quarters in New York; Gen. Marcus -.
Wright has given some years of service
60 the government In preparing confeder-
ate matter for the Rebellion Record"
GEN Fitz Lee is consul general in Cuna;
cen J. IL. Lane Is professor in the
Alabama Agricultural College at Auburn.
Ala: Gen. Robert Lowry Is little heard
o. since he ceased TO be governor OF Mis-
sissippi; Gen l.. $. Ross is president Of
ne Texas Agricultural College; Gen. G.
a. Battle OF Alabama was an editor when
last heard from, Gen. Wade Hampton is
United States railroad commissioners at
Washington; Gen. 5. b. Buckner Is eX-
governor of Kentucky and a capitalist;
Gcn Joe Wheeler is still in congress from
Alabama: Gen. Roger A. Pryor Is judge
ia New York; Gen. Basil Duke is a prom
incnt citizen of Louisville. Ky; Gen. n.
NJ Gam may be preaching in Texas; Gen.
William Montgomery Gardner and Gen.
Alfred Cummings are living in the retire
ment Of rural homes near Rome, Ca.
Cen Samuel G. French has recently
moved from his orange grove at Winter
Park 70 Pensacola, Fla: Gen. w. W.
Kirkland has been living in New York
Gen j.. l.. LOmax has been president Of
Maryland Agricultural College, Gen
Bradley II. Johnson OF Baltimore has
been visiting cuba as newspaper corre-