The Washington herald., 1907-05-26

write his Life OF Grant" has Just pub
Ished a Life Of Dana and has written
several important books besides.
Surrendered Fort Donelson.
Younger than Pettus. but Older than
Morgan. Gen Simon 4. Buchner is living
in peace at eighty-four, at Rio. Hart
County. XIV. where he was born.
He left the Military Academy in 1874. at
twentv-one and entered the Mexican war
a. Lieutenant. He was wounded at Cheru-
busco. and won his captains rank al No
limo del Rey. He resigned from the army
In 1855. and organized the Kentucky state
Guards. President Lincoln tried to get
him 10 Join with the North. but he would
not. although Kentucky did not secede
lie performed great services for the Con-
tederate cause
He was one Of the three gsnerals-Fl2yd
and Pillow being the Others-in charge at
Fort DoneIson in February. lsf2. when il
was invested by Grant, FLOYD and Pillow.
with part Of the command, withdrew.
leaving Buekner. against his Judgment, 10
defend the fortifcaton. on the 18th, when
Grant demanded unconditional surren-
der" Buckner yielded. rather than sacrl-
fee his men uselessly. This was so oh
yiousIy the right thing that II added
much % his fame. Taken prisoner Of
war. he was exchanged ln 1853. after that
be showed exceptional qualities at stone
Htn. Murfrogsboro. and ChiCkamauga. and
was made a lieutenant general
After the war Buckaer was "a newspaper
editor first In New Orleans. and then in
Louisville. then he went into business.
II called on Gen. Grant when the latter
lay dying az Mount McGregor. and this
caused the latter 20 declare thar he was
AT last convinced of reconciliation be-
tween the North and the South.
Gen. BuCkner was governor Of his State
, IN lS1-lS9l. and ran for Vice President
on the Gold Democrat ticket in l&f. His
hobby is road making
Francis Marion C0ckreu. better known
90 the present generation AS United States
Senator from Missouri for thirty years
than as a soldier. and now a member o..
the Interstate Commerce Commission. was
one Of the hest-known fighters on tho
. Confederate side. He is a native Of Mis-
souri, seyenty-three years Old and enter
I e5 the Confederate army In 1851, serving
/ tl the end when he was hrlgadiei
/ general He was retired as Senator by
I the Republican tidal wave Of 1904
At seventy-fve. George w. @. Lee. sor
/ of Gen. Robert Z. Lee, and West Pointer
Of 1854. who served as aid-de-Camp on
/ jefferson Davis staff, and rose to be
/ major general, IS now living in retire
ment NJ Burke. Va. He succeeded hi.
| famous father as president OF Washing
/ ton and Lee University in 1871, servinl
till 1897.
The only living civil war general wh'
/ holds high ecclesiastical place to-day il
/ Ellison Capers. Episcopal bishop Of TN,
/ diocese of South Carolina now seventy
He was twice wounded-at ChiCkamaug,
/ in 1853. and al Franklin. Tenn. in 1854
and came out brigadier. He did not en-
/ ter the ministry until he was thirty. HI
/ lives at Columbia.
Big Confederates I'm Civil life.
! Gen. Francis T. Nichols. West Polnte
/ Of 1855. native Louisianian. now seventy
three. who lost an arm az Winchester
where he was captured and a foot "A
/ Charlottesville, has been one OF hi
States most prominent citizens ever sine
the civil war. He saw active service il
the Seminole war before the great strug
! gle but when it broke out was practicin
law. After the war he took up law agai
at Assumption, and went into politics. L
1876 he was declared elected governor
but the Hayes returning board declare
otherwise. However. he took his sea
and served out his term. He was ais
/ governor in 1SSS. and vetoed a bill renew
ing the charter Of the Louisiana Stat
Lottery. thus dealing the death blow {
/ that institution He was made chief jus