Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-09
SURVIVING GENERALS.
All But Four Of tho confederaey's
Hioh Chieftains Arc Gone.

All But Four Of tho confsdsraeys
High chieftains Arc Conc.
The passing away Of General Long
street, followed so abruptly by the
death Of General Gordon, has aroused
considerable discussion as to the num-
Der Of remaining officers Of high rank
who served in the troublous days Of
the sos.
Though the number Of those who IL
lustrated southern valor on sanguin-
ary fields during this greatest Of mod
ern dramas Is gradually and irrecov-
erably dwindling and the ranks Of the
heroic survivors growing pathetically
thinner as the grizzled veterans drop
out, leaving gaps that can never be
closed in obedience to any earthly COM
mand, there still remain many who
luminously exemplified the patriotism
of those regrettable times that witness
ed such sweeping carnage and fell de-
struction.
OF the lieutenant generals Of the
Confederacy four remain-Stephen D.
Lee Of Mississippi, who is now sew
enty years Of age; Simon Boliver
Buckner Of Kentucky, now In his eigh-
tieth year; A. P. Stewart Of Chattanoo-
ga, who is eighty-two; and Joe Wheel
err who is sixty-seven. There are
number Of living major generals, rang
ing between the venerable ages OF
General Hoke, who Is sixty-six, to
General French, now in his eighty-fifth
year. The list compiled in 1900 show
ed the following to be then living who
held the rank Of major general at the
close Of the war: William B. Bate,
Tennessee; M. C. Butler, South Caro-
lima; John H. Forney, Alabama; s. q.
French, Florida; Thomas ]. Churchill,
Arkansas: Robert F. Hoke, North Car
olina; E. M. Law, Florida; q. w. Gus
tus Lee, Virginia; L. L. Lomax,. Wash
ington, D. c.; Fitzhugh Lee, Virginia;
Matt W. Ransom, North Carolina, and
F. T. Rosser Of Virginia. Since then
this list has been reduced.
The appointments Of both General
Wheeler and General Gordon to the
position Of lieutenant general were
made during the last few weeks Of the
war, General Gordon being the last
Confederate officer to receive this dis
tinction. The formal confirmation OF
these appointments by the Confederate
senate was never accomplished. Both
men, however, have since the war been
universally accorded the dignity OF the
rank to which they had been raised
and their occupancy Of this position
has always been as secure and general
| ly recognized as though they had re-
ceived the inevitable Endorsement OF
the senate, bound in red tape and
adorned with impressive sealing wax.
| So far as can be ascertained, there
are eighty-three Confederate briga-
diers still able to answer the roll call
at reunions, Generals Nancy, Jackson
and Speed having surrendered to the
grim reaper during the past four
wears. Lieutenant General Wade
Hampton, of knightly memory, Is also
among the distinguished heroes OF the
Lost Cause" who have recently gone
to the bivouac on the other side.
Though forty years Of change and
progress roll between this happy day
and the grim surrender at Appomat-
tox, and though the south has accept
ed long since that historic verdict, she
yet cherishes in fondest memory the
brave deeds Of her sons who then de-
Tended her integrity and many OF
whom have since shed dazzling luster
upon the arms Of the republic. Though
the peace has come for which Lee
prayed and Grant so earnestly desir-
ed, the south can and does, with per-
feet loyalty and noble patriotism, do
honor to the soldiers Of America who
then argued with grape shot and can
lister the proper Interpretation Of ma
tional instrument.
All honor to the surviving Confeder-
ate soldiers. The nation has no more
devoted and self-sacrif1cing defenders
than they-Atlanta Constitution.
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