New Britain herald., 1926-11-03
Though These Two Old Generals Strength Is Ebbing, Their Memories Remain Keen-Interest- ing "Reminiscences of War Days.

of age have weakened the flesh but not the mind of the last two surviv- ing generals who held commissions in the Confederate army.
 Sixty-one years ago a battle-worn officer rode up to the headquarters of General Fitzpatrick. Union com mander at Macon, Ga., A group of young Union army officers observed with some astonishment the figure in gray.
 Robertson's Last Stand
 "It's Felix" exclaimed one. There was rush toward the Confederate, with much handshaking and warm greetings. He was General Felix Huston Robertson.
 It was the end Of the Civil war. The general. having disbanded his command. had come formally to sur render, and had fallen into the hands of his former West Point classmates. The comrades of school days made up a fund of s1S0 In gold for the enemy officer. who possessed nothing but a saddlebag f-..! of worthless Confederate money, and with this gift sent him on his way.
 McCausland, Didn't Surrender.
 Shortly before this n ident in a Virginia camp Fitzhugh Lee dashed by shouting Uncle Bobby has sur rendered" A confederate leader turned to General Mulford, whose command was next to his.
 Lets get out of here" he said and they did, making their way to Lynchburg, Va, where they disband- ed their forces.
 The general who evaded surrend- CT was John McCausland.
 Now. the two generals are spend ing the closing years of their lives in the retirement of their homes, with memories of the historic past to beguile their days. General Rob- ertson, at the age of SC, lives at Waco. Texas. and General McCaus- land, 90 years old. on farm near Charleston, W. Va.
 Still Undaunted by Blue
 A few days ago in Dallas Gen eral Robertson was hobbling across the street when he was stopped by a traffic policeman, who told him he would have to turn back as the signal was against him.
 Young fellow.' said the old one, T never surrendered to a blue uniform but once, and I've never turned backed in the middle of the battle"
 familiar face, saw the Confederate veterans button, and let him pass.
 Occasionally General Robertson dips into the modern whirl when he visits his son, Judge Felix D. Robertson in Dallas. He has two daughters, Mrs. Julia Cleveland of San Antonio and Mrs. John E. Smith of North Manchester, h. diana.
 Born the son of soldier, March g, 1S4o, at Washington. the old capital of Texas, Robertson was appointed to West Point by Gen Sam Houston in 1857 He was a classmate of General Custer. He would have graduated In June, 1861, but the incident at Fort Sumter in April. 1861. intervened Young Robertson. who was a friend of Jefferson Davis, resigned at once, went to Richmond. was appointed lieutenant of artillery. and as- signed to General Beauregards army.
 Was Obstacle to Sherman
 The battle Of Shiloh found him a captain under Gen. Albert Sid ney Johnston and from then on he was in every great battle fought by the Army of Tennessee. He rose until he became brigadier general in Wheeler's cavalry.
 When Sherman marched to the sea he found stubborn obstacle at every foot of the way. It was General Robertson and his men who contended every inch of the ground. At the battle of Peach Tree creek. General Robertson perform cd what then seemed miracle. He stopped an infantry advance with artillery.
 He was wounded In the left arm at Bucllhead church, Georgia. just before the end of the war. A few weeks previous, he was appointed q major general but the commis- sion was captured by federal troops. He was the youngest gen eral in either arnfy. When the end came, he disbanded his men. and rode two days in order to surren- der to General Fitzpatrick.
 McCausland Lives On Farm.
 General McCausland's home for many years has been the stone man. sion, fortress-like in it's soIidity which he built in the midst of the broad Kanawha Valley acres. about 40 miles from Charleston. and which he developed into productive farm land. A daughter keeps his home. and his three sons live nearby on their portions of the farm property.
 By twist of fortune, the me1n- ories of General McCausland center mainly around two cities one of which hailed him as its saviour; tho other charging him as it's destroyer.
 Career \ Tale of Two Cities.
 Chief among his treasures is a sword engraved The citizens of Lynchburg, to General John Me Causland, June IS, 1864"
 The date is that on which, exactly month after he was commissioned a brigadier general to command the Jenkins cavalry whose leader fell in battle, McCausland stopped the ad- vance of General Hunters Virginia raid and gave his superior. General Jubal Early, time to occupy Lynch burg and turn Hunter back.
 Of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. the general is less inclined to talk.