New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
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urbtls the nation is paving tribute during
-. aiming week to the memory OF the
great leaders Of the civil War VINO nave
,ors - answer the last rollcsll, it Is good
- ren,embe~ that many Of the women VINO
bear their names are still alive They were
r,ada ~ enduring metal thos. women OF
war times. and tire summons which did
M, come 10 the venerable Julia WARD
Howe until she was ninety years young
has moi been heard az all by many OF her
,,or,gsr sisters What tire ftty years since
the war have brought 10 them ana where
,hsv now are. has been the study OF the
writer for some time past ASSISTED oE gov
srn-nent bureau and surviving war heroes
who have lively memories for PERSONA
"reminiscences. The widows OF civil war
leaders are scattered all over the and
North and South. and their fortunes ~
80 bova been as widely contrasted as
,beir fortunes IN war. Some have rehld' :
-,.5 and a few have been utterly Ios' u
Tho sight Of government offlciaIS'
Ms Philip Sheridan is now travelling IN
Eu-one. and time wears well Win her' io'
longevity is part Of her heritage. Her ia'n-
81 General Daniel II. Rucker. was nearihs
MS ninetv-eighth birthday when ne oieu
lest vsa- after having been an orncer III
- amy, ro- seventy-two years. However
a.. crar;den is one OF the younger WIG
- ., our heroes. as she did not marry
,ns great general until fourteen years
o.,ar tho close OF the Civil War, when ne
IGN LII
80 phi. was then only lieutenant gen
e-al. but he became general IN Cnlei iou-
80 later and for the few remaining years
Of her married life Mrs. sheridan Was VIC
soc,a, queen IN army circles Her carry
u;dovhood was devoted 10 the eoucauo''
~ her children. one OF whom. Fhihp H.
sheridan. If. was appointed 10 West POINT
nv President Mckinley, and is now heu-
,enan, Of cavalry. Her two daughters re-
ri, unmarried. In sight OF her home on
Sbs-,dan Circle. Washington. is the impress
-. h-o,za statue OF her late husband. de-
.,o,aa =, the act o. making his historic
/ ride 10 Winchester.
/ 4, her old home in Charlotte. y g.
Mrs Stopewall Jackson still enjoys ola age
among her books and flowers. And 10 her'
a,so. longevity has come as heritage
from, q nouasenarian father, the late Rev
IN ~ Morrison a prominent Presoy-
,e-,so divine and college president OF her
-e,iva state Before she became the noted
| confederate generals second wife. Mrs.
ractso,-,hen Miss Mary Ann Morrison
snsnt q whole social season in Washington
as the guest OF her uncle. William 4. era
ham. Secretary Of tine Navy. mat was
Sttv-eisht years ago. during the adninis-
ration Of Willard Fillmore. and she en-
,cved all Of the sclat due 10 Caoine'
lady" Fitty-seven years later she ~
turned 20 the capital with nsT erahu-
daughter. Mrs Preston, as the guest OF
Ms Levi T. Letter. and many brilliant en-
,a,.olruents were given in her honor
These included state dinner az the "h''e
House. and previously she had entsrtaihe1
President Taft az her home in charlotte
! Mrs Jackson edited her husbands pa
nsrs and wrote his biography
Her one child. Julia bora IN the second
year If the war. married ". f. Christian
Richmond journalist ard had TWO chill
fren. Thomas J. Jackson Christian. whom
President Roosevelt appointed 20 Wes'
Point. where he became champion wrest-
IL, and football star and Julia Christian.
now Mrs Preston Of Charlotte
That Mrs Jackson was no inferior 70
her husband in courage VAS proved some
months ago when. revolver in hand, she
nut 10 fight burglar who had entered
m. house late one night while she was
alone.
Time has touched lightly, too. on Mrs
John A. Logan. who. with her keen mem
ory. supplied many of the facts for TINS
article. For the secret OF her perennial
youth the historian was referred 20 the