New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
TIE tUomen Left Behind
What the Widows of the Great Generals OF the
Blue and Gray Armies Are Doing.

theory or the rule OF mlnd oNtI hr''0''
All her life she has had her mind occupied
with stirring things. II commenced hscH
in her -irlhood. when she acted as the soc
rotary OF her father while he was register
OF tn. Illinois Land Office. under Presiaeht
Pierce And after her marriage 10 her
soldier-lover-who had fought under her
father in the Mexican War-she industT'-
ously served him in the same capacity dur
ing the DAYS that he was District Attorney
a. Benton. III. When he responded TO the
second call 20 arms. she followed him 10
the front. enduring the privations OF camp
life IN order 10 be near him. and incustri-
ouslv nursing those who had fallen under
his banner While he was in the House OF
Ren-esentstives and in the Senate she ex-
ercised the same energy. socially. and D.
her hosptalities helped win the 'ur'he'
popularity that made him the Nice-Presi-
dental nominee IN 1854
After the generals death although well
fortified against want, she stiH spuTned
idleness and devoted her energies TO ecit-
ing a magazine, giving lectures Tor CHAR
table purposes and writing indust1olsly
for the magazines and newspapers. At
the same time she served nearly a decade
as president % the board that built the
great hospital dedicated 10 President Gar
field and later was one OF the commits
sioners who insured the success or the
Columbian exposition in Chicago. The &C
companvtng picture % her is her latest, and
shows a. her throat cameo carved with
the features Of her dead husband.
To the sorrows OF Mrs. Logan's widow
hood was added in 1879 the death. in the
Philippines. Of her son.
4 similar sorrow has come 20 the widow
Of the Confederate General Pickett whose
son and only child died only this month on
his way home from term of service in
the Philippines.
Mrs Pickett's life has been strangely
troubled one. and began with romance
compared with which the creations Of the
rovensts pale into insiGnihcance
When a beautiful Virginia girl of only
Ntteen she was betrothed 20 her soldier
lover. already major general Of the Con-
federacv. and in order 10 marry him
short time after his famous charge az Get
tysburg she had her rousseau smuggled
through the Union lines IN bales OF hay.
Then. taking her fate in her own hands.
the girl disguised herself as IN old woman
who sold vegetables 20 the Union soldiers.
and IN this role smuggled he own person
through the lines. General PICKETT eagerly
awaited his bride-to-be on the Confederate
side and "a soon as she reached him they
were welded.
From the dsy of this picturesque v1d-
ding she shared with him the nardships
OF the camp and march. and afte- the wal
when the general awaited. IN Canada, the
privileges @, the Grsnt-Lee cartel. she
supported him and their infant son by
| teaching ir a college. After their return
70 America the general obtained posi-
ton with an insurance company in Nor
| folk But the peace that nov dawned
a, las, upon this young life was 10 last only
! ten years. when the grim reaper left her a
widow and her child an orphan.
Her courage came again 70 her rescue
Refusing financial aid proffersd by her
husbands comrades She obtained gov
eminent clerkship in Washington, which
she still holds
| No widow OF a Civil War general has Sc
cured more popular sympathy or suffered
decor grief than Mrs. Garfield. who now
divides her time between Cleveland and
Pasadena. Cal. Ii has now been over fity
|
President. who had been her fellow student
al Hiram College. and this summer will
| bring the thirtieth anniversary % the sad
| July day when. overweight by her arst
social season in the White House. she re-
ceived in her siclroou az Long Branch the
news that her husband. while setting out
10 Join her. had been fened hy the assas
sins bullet. But since that terrible sum-
mer she has had the comfort ~ seeing her
sons grow up 10 be distinguished men-the
one gaining a place IN the Cabinet and the
other the presidency o, we'll known col
| lage She devotes much 81 her time 20
philan,hropic work. and mas given large
sum 10 the Kansas University which bears
her husbands name.
Like Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Pickett. Mrs
Custer accompanied her husband 10 the
seat Of war. and after the close OF that
conflict shared with him the discomforts
and peris OF the frontier fighters life dur
ing his Indian campaigns Since hts death
at the hands ~ the red men she has writ
ten books and delivered lectures She ives
in New York City.
Mrs George b. Mcclellan lives in Norris
town. y. J. Like Mrs Sheridan and Mrs
Logan she is the daughter as well as the
widow OF army officer Her father
Brigadier Genera! Randolph r Marcy. vas
q West Pointer. veteran ~ the Black
Hawk. Mexican and Civil Wars. famous
sportsman. big game hunter ana explorer