The Washington herald., 1907-05-26

made fame as railroad men since the war
Alexander as president of the Georgia
Central and Rosser as chief engineer OF
the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacihc
railroads. Rosser was brigadier gener-
al. L. S. v. in the Spanish war. lie re-
tired TO his estate. near CharlottesVile'
Va. after 1t was over. Alexander lives IN
Augusta. Ca, but has a big rice planta-
ton in South Carolina. He was a college
professor from 1866 TO 1870. HOke' VINO
was a major general, lives AZ Raieigh, n.
c., is seventy-one, surrendered with Johh-
ston on April 26 1850. and is best known
as president OF the Seaboard Air Line sys-
TEN.
Mai Gen. Matthew c. Butler, who lost
a leg at Brandy Station, was Senator
from South Carolina in lSG-16S9. He Is
lawyer. and at seventy-one Is living al
Washington. He was made a major gen
eral United States Volunteers, In the
Spanish war.
"The Brains of John II. Morgan as
Brig Gen Basil W. Duke was often
termed. who took part in Morgan's IA
nous thousand-mile raid and has pub
lshed much Confederate literat ire has
spent most OF his later life in Louisville
where he is still living and practicing
law.
The Youngest Confederate general Off
Ger. George z. Harrison. prominent in
law. business, and politics In his state
ever since the civil war, IS now living at
Opelika. Ala. He became a soldier al
twenty. and Is now siUty-six. Brig. Gen.
Eppa HuntOn. who was a Representative
In Congress from 1873 TO 1881. and United
States Senator from 1892 to 1898, Is prac-
ticing law al Richmond. Va, at eighty
five. Ten years younger, Brig. Cen
George d. Johnston, a United States Civil
Service Commissioner in 1852, is a lawyer
at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans OF At
lanta. who surrendered with Lee. and
Mai Gen. Evander NJ. Law. OF Barlow
Fla, who has written much on the war,
are lawyers. Eighty years old, a West
Point graduate Of 1850. engaged in build
ing forts In the Comanche and Kiowa In
dian country in 1851. Brig. Gen William
/ L. Cabell is now practicing law at Dallas,
( Tex. He has been mayor Of the city four
times.
The Hero of Fort Fisher.
"The Hero Of Fort Fisher" Brig Gen.
I n NJ. Curtis. who led the attack on that
/ Confederate stronghold, near Wilmington,
IN. G., January 1915, 1865, where Bob
! Evans did great fighting and Pennypack-
\ er. the youngest general" won his COM
mission, has made Ogdensburg, \. Y, his
/ home since the war. but spends much time
/ I'm New York. and is often in Washington
/ He is feet G inches. hale and hearty at
! seventy-one. and was postmaster at Dc
/ Peyster. y. Y. his birthplace. when the
/ civil war broke out He was made cap
/ tain in the Sixteenth New York Infantry
/ and rose steadily. being a brigadier gen.
! eral IN 1855. Three times be was wounded
and once was supposed 70 be dead. Since
/ the war he has been prominent I'm public
/ life. serving awhile in Congress. and has
+ done some writing. mostly on civil wal
1 topics
AT seventv-four. Gen Thomas II. Rugsr
who suppressed the New York draft riots
f. ln 1853. is a resident OF Stamford, Conn
lie went 90 West Point from Wisconsin
. though born IN New York State, and wa!
I graduated in 1854. but in 1851 was prac
ticing law at GAINESVILLE He raised a regi
mani went 20 the front as lieutenant
colonel. and won rank after rank by brav
ery at F-1aklin. Tenn; Gettysburg. an,
on various other battlefelds. After th'
war he Joined the regulars. was militar!
/ governor Of Georgia, held other importan
posts. and was retired a major general
g. s A. in 1881
Names Most Active Citizen.
Brig. Gen Joshua L. Chamberlain. onl,
a year less than eighty, has been aCJiv
In more ways since the war. perhaps
than any other Of Names citizens H
lives al Brunswick, is a BOwdOin gradu
i. ate and didn't go 20 war until 1852, whe
he was commissioned a lieutenant COlOne
He made up for lost time by fighting wit
the zeal Of half dozen. He was wound
. ed repeatedly. once near 10 death. an
{ was conspicuous az Petersburg, and IN
3 surrender Of Lee Since 1865 De has bee
, governor. major general OF militia, a pro
fessor at Bowdoin College. author @
many important books, and actively inter
ested in public affairs generally.
. Brig. Gen Cyrus Bussey. now a lawyer
but chief Of cavalry at Vicksburg. not
! West Pointer, Is living at Washington
aged seventy-four. Ohioan by birtl
Iowan by adoption, Democrat in polite!
he was a member Of the Baltimore cor
vention that nominated Douglas. II
raised the Third Iowa volunteer cavalr
Z regiment and became It's colonel He d.
feated Stonewail Jackson at Canton O
D July IS. iSs3. and the last year Of the wa
commanded the third division Of the SeN
enth Army Corps. In 1883 he was mad
, / Assistant Secretary Of the Interior an
b. served four years through Harrison
o. administration.
e Elected United States Senator from Mi
sissippi IN 1870. and governor of the stat
IN 1873 from which Office he resigned
r 1876. Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames IS now li'
ing at Lowell. Mass. at seventy-tw0. n
was West Point graduate in 1861. az
. vanced rapidly 10 the brigadieT's rank
Z the war, and remained in the army as lie'
8 tenant colonel. serving in Mississippi Il
o 1858. when he was appointed provision
n governor. He Teioined the army in Is
10 serve in the Spanish war.
These are the surviving civil war gel
, erals who were best known in the cOnte
u and have been most prominent since. bl
n there are others. not 10 mention tho!
+, who were generals by brevet when Il
d surrendered. but did not receive commi
I sions as general officers until after u
y contest was over. such as Gen. Hora,
/ Porter Gen. Joseph w. Keifer. Gen Ale,
ander G. Pennington, and a score or mo-
e besides. braver. truer. more soldier
o lot Of men is not TO he found IN any lar
j. to-day.
- Copyright. 1877. by Dexter Marshall)