Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-31
uvinu Civil War Veterans.

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Notwithstanding the tact that forty
two years have elapsed since tine
Civil War. there are stin number
Of survivors Of the e6s Zen on both
sides upon whom fell the military re-
sponsibilities Of the asld In the course
of the war, the major generals and
those superior In rank. The number
Of the grand old men" of that great
conflict IL now twenty.one. Only one
Of them II under seventy years OF
age, the average age being more than
seventy seven. says the New York
Tribune.
There are nine surviving Union ma
jor generals. three Confederate lieu
tenant generals aud nine Confederate
major generals. Those who fought In
the Union armies are GrenVills NJ.
Dodge. q Council 1luAs, Iowa. and
New York, sevepty-seven years old,
who commanded corps In Sherman's
march to the sea: BENJAMIN II. Grier.
SOP. Of Jacksonville. ILL.,, eightytwo
years old. . cavalry leader; Otis 0:
Howard, OF Burlington. W.. who will
be seventy-eisht years old on Novsm'
Der 8. and who played a conspicuous
part In the tattles Of Chancellorsville
and Gettysburg; Wealey Merritt. sew
enty-two, years old. . cavalry leader
Of great dash and bravery. who was
one OF the three commissioners ap-
pointed to arrange with the Confad.
crate commanders for the surrender
OF the Army Of Northern Virginia;
Nelson A. Niles, Of Washington. who
will be sixty.nine years old on August
8; Peter J. Osterhaus. Of Mannheim.
Germany, eishty-ave years old. VINO
aided In the capture OF Lookout noun
tain and after the capture Of Atlanta
commanded one OF the two corps d
Sherman's army; Daniel T. Sickles'
of New York. who viii be eightythree
years old In October. the commander
of the Third Army Corps at ChancsE
lorsville and Gettysburg. TO whom
credit has been given for turning Get
tyaburg into Union victory: Julius
H. Stahel, Of New York, who will At
tain tho same age on November o,
. division commander under Sigei'
and James Harrison Wilson. OF VIII
mington, DEL. who will be seventy.
one years old on September 2. cav
airy leader. OF these. General Mtles
was retired from the regular army 10
1908 % lieutenant general. and the
proposition to give General Howard
q similar rank on the retired list mas
been favorably acted upon by the
United States Senate.
Of the Confederate leaders. the
two stfll surviving who rose to the
rank OF lieutenant general are Simon
b. Bucknsr. of Munfordvills. KY, who
was eighty-nye years old on April J
and Who prepared the defsnces Of
MoAgse. ana Alexander p. Stewart,
OF CAaAtASeoGa, Tenn. who will cels-
brats his eighty-seventh birthday On
October Z, ana who also served N .
corps commander under Johnston.
The Confederate major generals are
@. w. C. Lee, Of Burke, Va, who Is
almoat seventy.six years old. dtvi'
sion commander In the Northern Az
my Of virginia and an aide-decsmp
OF President Davis; Robert +. Hoks.
Of Na3eigh, N. c.. who will celebrate
his Bevenfy-hTst birthday next Tues
day. q division commander under
Johnston and In the Army Of North
ern YirHinia; Matthew c. Butler. Of
Warrington. VINO was seVehtytwo
years old on March 3 q major genera
Of cavalry; l. L. Lomax. Of GetVs,
burg Penn, VINO Is IN MS seventy.
third year. 2 cavalry ieaoer IN be
Army q Northern virginia Inomas
l. aOseef. Of Cnario'ssv'iie. Va. VINO
10 almost e1acty one year younger
than .QeoerA Lomax and served -
m nftlfIpfY Ana cavalry Omcor, ret08'