The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-18
Occupations and Careers of the Sur
yiying Southern Generals.
SEVEN LIEUTENANT GENERALS
Beauregard Was the Last Fun "eh-
eraI-Some Interesting Details OF
the Ex.Leader's Life Since the
Close OF the Civil War.

Wy sVle . 80, 70 The surviving Confed-
crate commanders, OF i'ie rssoanf
whom little has been htArd ~ So
years, says 4. X, Nliao" III '"0
Ag Jis ,iL-s 'es'li9 VINO died several years
AGO. was the last full general, Dul 9t e''o
Toufonaut generals, seven sur FiFc .iiy ~
H. Tueluor Wade Hampton, otcpA.u ~
1 cc ToeeDh wheeler. Alexander J.. stew
ann lanes $. IongsIeel ana Jvnh -.
Gordon. OF these ali but Hampton ~.
and Gordon are graduates OF W. o''i, t
prckuer and Grant were CLASSMATES az
fh.f INSTITUTION and IN this connection
an interesting and littlc-knoWn STORY -
fold few weeks before the ulal pts
flc OF Bull Run, several 'onlteeltle ..'i
Gers were dining together lh f,lchliio.it-
frho talk ~ table turned upon inc Altiil'
nj the men who then held hiSn coiu-
mand In the Union army ana u was we
opinion Of the majority tnlI tne 49," 49,
soldiers OF the cld army mao teel 1-Di.
fortunes with the South buchner Mas
fhe only one present who failed TO agree
with this belief ., No. ,
man I'M nv class at West Point whom
,ou must not omit from your cohclu-
eions tie left the army years ago, anu
1 don't know whether he IS sim awe or
not but If he is and turns up ON llo
Northern side. De will cause u.s. trouble.
perhaps some OF you remember NM
Ills namo 10 Grant. ...,.
Buckner proved a true prophet. Dur
ing the following four years lhIee Oh
the men az the Richmond dinner tahle-
Lee Pembert0n, and Bucknef hmsell
surrendered their armies 20 Grant, VINO
I'm 1881 had fallen so completely out OF
sight that his old clsssmate did not know
whether he was dead OF alive. General
Puckner. who Is a veteran OF TWO wars
was elected Governor Of hentucAy IN
1851. Since his retirement from tnal OF
flee he has lived A quiet ire, Win rs
family and servants about nlIn- Ills
home IL i'm the mountains or KENTUCKY
and is only % be reached py water on
his private steamer. and, although Only
"a hundred miles from Louisville, II re-
0uircs am entire day - make the lIlp.
lie keeps a large retinu9 OF ante-Delluih
dependents. and probably Is as nearly
feudai lord as can be Iouha III Ailo'
Than Wade Hampton no Drawer man
served IN the Confederate armies. Alnoue
the earliest in the ncld no i.o the
Hampton Legion at the nrst Bull l.un
i'm which battle he was wounded, p1t
as soon as possible resumed service pa
the army, and WAS wounded LOT the
second time iu the battle or seven th .a.
where he commanded the cavalry OF the
Army of Northern Virginia Later As
commanded the cavalry opelalu5 I'D VIZ
ginia. was wounded me tiIiN tiil' .t
Gettysburg, and was leader of the rear
guard which fell back before the VIC
tori0us advance OF General sherman
When the army 600 which General IiPNu-
ton was serving surrendered 10 tho Ju-
ION forces his military eAp,flen.ee were
ended. Ills public career since tHth ID
Gen. S. ID. Lee. another civilian gem
oraI conspicuous Tor skill ald bravery
is uOr farmer and ufe. lNtli pl lHt
state Agricultural College OF Mississippi.
Gen. a. II. Stewart is member ol inc
ChItkamauga state commissions 'rhtl'.
Joseph Wheeler. before Che opening OK
the present war. was for several years
"a member OF Congress from Alabama
and General James 5. Longstreet has
lately been appointed tdlllotd COM
mi isioner by President Mg Nlil,,y' peii-
cral IOu1strcct. or "old Peter as lle
was called ly his men. is counted bs
many careful students Ot tne civil war
the ablcet of ail the Confederate cap
ta.ns. Cauticua clear-neau,o' r..''
master Oi military science. POO f'"i.
fits him so well as the "IA0mds OF inc
Lost Cause
MURAT OF THE CONFEDERAcY.
John r. Gordon was its Mnfat. lre
SON OF a Baptist minister General Cor
dom when Tie war broke out, was try
ing 90 develop a coal mine IN northwest
Georgia. Down tnero u the moihtdih5
ho raised regiment oft natives sNn
reached Virginia in time 90 tanc part
in The opening az the war. ln che trst
Cucagema1t oi bus hardy myCulMnfels
tw0-thirds of them We're Killed DO "ound-
cd Every officer except Gordon vas
slain and lls escape was n ulidtte, HIS
clothing being Iladled with bullets.
The mark Of "a mimic bail h Geuerai
G0rdOn- cheek De- reminder or ,na
bloody and wra 'htrl Gay wn Do tAs lt,-
he of Seven pines Eas Fought ihe
Sixth Alabama. commanded hy Gordon,
was no the front Of the night. HuInci-
ly. there came an order, from whom was
never discovered. directing the resum,h-
10 charge across an open field ana tdp-
lure batfcrv that was stationed in q
thicket. and pouring terrible IRE lltO
the Confederate ranks. 10 was Ike inc
charge of tue Six Hundred. some one
had Numbered. But az the mead VI thAl
yelling ana racing thousand OF lnra ana
I'm the face of that murQerOus IRE. Cor
don snraug % obey the fatal command.
When the shattered remnants or ,ne -e-
giment we've hurled back across inat
dcath-strewn field. its colonel. bleeding
and wounded ln five places, was cditteu
t0 Che mo plial tent. where Tor w. eha
his life Was despalred or. NcNeftuelta7,
De recovered and within two years rose.
by hard lighting ana merit as a. COM
manler 90 the rank OF lieutenant gem
craL As commander OF the touIcueIate
Second Army Corps. be was tho uisl lo
attack at Gettysburg. and me neld me
Iast line at Petersburg. fighting with
stubborn valOr FOX every inch OF space.
". General Gordon had not n1d ptr-
ticle of military training, and Wnen
the war closed was only thirty wears
of age. Since then he has been twice
Governor Of his State. and twice men,
Der OF the Federal Senate.
Among the surviving Confederate vete-
rams who held the rank of major gem
erM are John II Forney, who is living
in retirement az Jenifer. Ala; samuel q.
French. now a planter In floridai WIZ
liam J.. Cabcu, q merchant IN Dallas,
To2.. James y. Chalmers Of Fort Pillow
memory. at present a leading member
of the Nashville bar. G.. w. G. Lee, until
lately president Of Washington and Lee
University. at Lexington, Va, a post MS
father Robert f. Lee. held before him;
Matt Ransom long a United states SEN
land: Matthew &. Butler who lost leg
al Brandy Station. and who. AFTER three
terms in the Federal Senate, IS ending
his public career as n major general or
volunteers; and William p. Bate, Ihom-
as l.. ROsser, and F1tZhugh Lee.
General Bate went into the army as
private. and rose by stout fighting and
successive promotions 20 the command OF
a division being three times dangerously
wounded In battle After the war he was
elected Governor Of Tennessee, and since
1851 has sat in the Senate at Washing
ton. General ROsser was one OK the mOst
daring OF the Confederate cavalry Lead
crs. ia a great degree he rescmbled Gus
ter whose cassmate ne was az West
Point. once at auckland Mills in Nir-
GINA as he was driven out. he LETT
message with some ladies at farm
house Tor the gallant leader who died
on the Big Horn. IL read: You have
disturbed me AT my breakfast. I owe
yoa one. and Ill get even with you.
he was as gCOC as his word. He al
lowed Custer 10 cross the creek. thcn
swoOpcd down upon him while mis- COM
mdud was brewing cOffes. - took Gus
ter twenty-fOur hours 10 gather his men
man, ana II Is interesting 20 record thac
urug his old chffnn Custer vhn lelupi