Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-12
ONLY THIRTY GENERALS (
OF CONFEDERACY LEFT
These Include One Lieutenant
General, Four Majors Gen.
eral, rs Brig. Generals

Only so generals Of the Confederate
forces, one lieutenant general, four mato
generals and Is brigadier generals nov
survive, according to statement by Gen
! Marcus ]. Wright, who has been al
agent for the war department in the col
lection Of military records since 1878
Among the brigadier generals is Gen
, Clement A. Evans, of the prison com
mission Of Georgia.
The list of surviving generals prepared
by General Wright follows:
Lieutenant general, Simon BolivaI
Buckner.
Major generals, Robert F. Hoke. G. w
Custic Lee. Lunsford L. Lomax and Ca
millus ]. Polignac.
Brigadier generals, William L. Cabell
Francis NJ. Cockrell, William r. Cox
Julius A. DeLagnel declined appoint
menD. Henry B. Davidson, Basil w
Duke, Clement A. Evans, Samuel w. Fer
guson, Daniel c.. Goven, James NJ. Cog
gin, william w. kirkland. Evander NJ
Law, Thomas NJ. Logan. William Miller
John McCausland. cambridge McRae
William McComb, John C.. Moore, Patricl
T. Moore, Francis T. Nichols, Roger A
Pryor, Beverly II. Robertson, James P
Simms Richard Waterhouse and Macus
j. Wright.
Generals Buckner, Lee, Lomax. Ca
bell. Davidson, Fergusons, John G
Moore, Nichols and Robertson are grad
yates Of West Point. General Buckner
is a member of the class of 1914, and Is
tn only surviving member Of the class
He is a veteran of the Mexican war
and resigned from the army in 1855
while a captain in the subsistence de-
partment. He was governor of Ken
lucky from 1887 until 1891, and was the
laA1 g. .vf,~ Of IA 2
ed States on the gold Democratic ticket
in 1895. General Lee was the star
graduate of the class of 1854. There
are three memers OF General Lees class
who are on the retired list ofsthe United
States army, those being Brig. Gen. Henry
L. Abbot. who was graduated second to
General Lee; Brig. Gen. Henry w. Clos
son, and Brig. Gen. Charles G. Sawtelle
General Lomax is the son of the late
Maj Mann P. Lomax, of the ORDINANCES
corps of the United States army, and
was graduated from the military acade-
my in 1855 There are two members OF
General Lomax's class on the retired
list, Brig. Gen. Richard Lodor and Lieut.
Col. Herbert NJ. Enos. General Cabell
is a member Of the class Of 1850, General
Ferguson of the class Of 1857, General
Mich oils of the class Of 1855, and Cen
John c. Moore and Gen. Beverly H. Rob-
ertson Of the class Of 1S4s. There is
one member of General Cabelrs class on
the retired list Of the army, Brig. Gen.
Eugene A. Carr. Brig. Gen. John c.
Chandler, retired, is a member of Gen.
eral Davidson's Glass; Brig. Gen. Henry
NJ. Robert, retired, is member or Gen.
eral Ferguson's class, and Brig. Gems
Samuel Brock and Henry H. Lazelle, re-
tired, are members of General Nichols
class General Cabell has served four
terms as mayor>of Dallas, Tex. General
CockreIl served as United States senator
from Missouri from 1875 until 1908
General Cox served as secretary of the
United States senate from 1898 until
1899. General Logan was commissioned
a brigadier general when he was only u
wears old, and he was the youngest Off
Ger of that rank in the Confederate serv-
ice. General Nichols was twice COVER
nor of Louisiana, and has been associate
Justice of that state since 1904. General
Pryor was appointed brigadier general
on April 16, 1852, but resigned the COM
mission and re-entered the service as q
private. He served as justice of the SUI
preme court Of New York from 1894 to
1899.