The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-25

/ crate navy and later in the Seventeenth
| Virginia infantry.
Gen. II. 7. Douglass, who Is now a
prominent New Yorker, was colonel of
engineers and chief engineer tnans-
Mississippi department, C. S. A. lie
! served also as a brigadier general in
the Spanish American war.
Rev. w. w. Page, an eloquent and
popular divine, served from 1861 to
1865 with company of cavalry scouts
attached to Gen. r. e. Lees headquar-
ters, part of the time as its captain
John S. Wise, a leading lawyer,
served with the Virginia Military in
stitute corps of cadets at the battle of
! Newmarket. He carried dispatches
from Gen. Robert T.. Lee to President
Davis, shortly before the surrender a.
Appomattox, passin gthrough the fed
eral lines.
J. B. Wilkinson. q prominent figure
at the New York bar, was adJutant of
the First Tennessee artillery and later
with the Twenty first Louisiana infan-
try
President C. C. Wilson of the United
Wireless Telegraph company served
through the war in the Tenth Texas
infantry, the latter part of his service
in command of the regiment. lie was
desperately wounded at the battle OF
Franklin, Tenn.
TIL ese are of course only few of
the men who wore the grey who are
now among New York's most valued
citizens. The list might be extended
| indefinitely
OF the former Confederates who died
here after having made New York their
home much might be said.
Among the best known of them to
New Workers were John K. Fellows,
Thomas ?. Ochiltree and Charles
Broadway Rouse.
John I. Follows of the First Arkan-
sas infantry, was assistant district at
torney Of New York about 1885, ana
conducted the first trial of the no.
torious anarchist, John Most, who was
convicted and sent to the penitentiary
for one year for his incendiary utter
ances. Colonel Fellows later was elect
ed district attorney, serving with
credit.
Thomas p ochiltree of the First
Texas infantry and General Long
streets staff was noted for his COM
ments on men and events It'd was
much quoted man.
Charles Broadway Rouss of the
Twelfth Virginia infantry began mer-
camille life in New York city with only
his enterprise and his honesty as cap
ftal: built up mammoth notion bus
mess" still thriving, and erected one
of the first great stone and iron struc-
lures on Broadway. His middle name,
Broadway" was adopted after he be-
came resident of New York.
Others were Hugh l.. Cole, formerly
of General Bragg's staff; Felix Fon-
tame, Jenkins South Carolina brigade
w. r. Florance Washington artillery
Of New Orleans; Prentiss Ingraham,
Abbey's Mississippi artillery; Gen.
Thomas Jordan, adjutant on the staff
of General Beauregard r. C. NJ Page,
chief of artillery, Southwest Virginia;
Prof. TIL omas r, Price, engineer corps
II. c. Price, Twelfth Alabama infantry,
and nitre and mining bureau; Richard
P. Salter, Washington artillery of New
Orleans; Gen. Gustavus Smith, Thomas
l. Snead. staff of Gen. Stirling Price;
Gov. Hugh S. Thompson, South Caro- |
lima battalion of state cadets: A. G. |
Dickinson, staff of General Magruder: |
S. B. Paul, staff of General Beauregard, |
and a. r. Chisholm, staff of General |
Beauregard.
These are just few of the gall
liant men who fought for the south and
later helped to build up New York. |
whose names now recall themselves |
to me.