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Descendants of Civil War Heroes Enter War of 1917

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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 27, 1917-PART 4. Descendants S of Civil War H Heroes Enter War of 1917 IFTY years ago the wounds of the war between the states had not begun to heal. The bitterness between Yankeeland and Dixie was no softer than it had been two years before, when Lee laid down his arms Appomattox. Fat In 1867 the armies were practically Intact, their leaders alive and, perhaps, the last idea occurring to the opponents was that either would ever be, in another generation, fighting together all waves Old Glory its side by side under one flag. Nate?Y sheltering folds the Blue and Gray will carry its victories across the ocean in another triumph for liberty. And this Memorial day may well mean more in patriotic mentiment and fervor than has any before. In the streets of the National Capital today there is a new and bustling scene. The city is the nucleus of the war preparations. Officers in snugly fitting uniforms are seen every moment hurrying about the departments. The blue and gray have been superseded by the khaki tine, which worn by spry, snappy men whose fathers and grandfathers faced each other across battle smoke more than fifty years ago. Of all the names which stand out conspicuously in the annals of the civil war, those of Grant and Lee are the most prominent. And today two grandsons of Gen. Grant and a nephew of Gen Lee are officers in the service. Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, engineers, is now stationed in Washington and in active duty in the War Department. His father. the late Gen. Frederick Dent Grant. was the son of Gen. U. S. Grant, and for a long time was in command at Governors Island. Maj. Grant is a West Pointer. He is married and has three of Europe. His father was a great cavalry leader and the son no doubt inherits the traditional Virginia love for horses and riding. Gen. Robert E. Lee has no grandsons in the army, one of them, Robert E. Lee, jr., being a lawyer, and Bolling, the second grandson, is a physician in New York. These two young men are sons of Gen. W. H. F. Lee, one of the great Confederate leader's children. Every schoolboy is familiar with "Sheridan's Ride," and will be interested to know that young Philip H. Sheridan, son of "Little Phil," is a captain under Uncle Sam now. Capt. Sheridan has been stationed for some CAPT. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, Son of Gen. P. H. Sheridan. (Copyright by Harris & Ewing.) CAPT. FITZHUGH LEE, of the Confederate general, "Fits" Lee. (Copyright by Harris & Ewing.) little girls, the youngest a baby just toddling. A great-grandson of Gen. Grant recently joined the army in New York. This young man, Ulysses S. Grant, 4 4th, had been employed in the office of J. P. Morgan, but resigned to join the colors at the breaking out of war a few weeks ago. He is a cousin to Maj. U. S. Grant. Gen. Robert E. Lee's nephew, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, has a son a captain of cavalry at Fort Bliss. Tex. Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, who is a West Pointer, was at one time stationed at the White House as presidential aid, but is now seeing active service and will probably have some experience in the battle lines time at Fort Myer, but is now stationed at the War Department. * Capt. Sheridan graduated at West Point. His mother was a daughter of the late Gen. Rucker, 80 he inherited from both sides the taste for millary life. His boyhood was passed in Washington the old family home which formerly stood at the corner of Rhode Island avenue and 17th street. As a lad he built snow forts and played about the neighborhood; later attended military school, then was in the army, rising to a captaincy. * Gen. Joseph Wheeler was noted in the civil war, and also he took troops over to Cuba and fought well in that conflict. If ever there a "game" warrior, it was little Wheeler. He went along with his men, put on no frills and was not above climbing trees, even in his old age. if by 80 doing he could get a line on the enemy. Lieut. Joseph Wheeler, his son, is a member of the coast artillery and stationed at far-off Hawaii. Gen. Nelson A. Miles is one of the few officers of the civil war still active. He was a very young man at the time the surrender, and was given charge of Jefferson Davis, the captive Presi- the Confederacy, who was imprisoned at Fort Monroe. Gen. US JAMES LONGSTREET WHELCHEL, Grandson of Gen. James Longstreet, now a cadet at West Point. ginia Jackson, married a Mr. Christian and the son of the marriage is Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian, who graduated from West Point a few years ago and began at once to serve in the army of his country. a Gen. Jackson's her widow in died Charlotte, about two N. years ago at home C. Young Christian is a first lieutenant of cavalry, and is stationed now at Fort Collins in Colorado, where he is detailed for training the students at the State Agricultural College. Gen. John A. Logan has a grandson, a major In the 29th Ohio. Logan's son, John A. Logan, 2d, was an officer in the Philippine war and was killed in battle there about seventeen years ago. MAJ. ULYSSES S. GRANT, 3D, Grandson of Gen. U. S. Grant. Young John A. Logan, 3d, enlisted a few years ago in state troops, last summer was sent to the Mexican border. and is now ready to start out on any campaign. In his regiment Is a son of one of the "Fighting McCooks." Mrs. Logan, widow of the general, lives in Washington with her daughter, Mrs. Tucker. This John A. Logan, 3d, is the only one to bear the entire name to succeeding generations. MAJ. JOHN A. LOGAN, 3D, Grandson of Gen. John A. Logan. The fame of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg is known the world over. Two grandsons of Gen. George E. Pickett are now in the United States Army. The older is Geroge E. Pickett, 3d, who is an officer in the Marine Corps, while the younger lad. Christiancy, is in the artillery. George was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. Both are sons of Capt. George E. Pickett, 2d, who died when on service in the Philippines. Gen. Hooker, who was in command of the Union army at the battle of Chancellorsville, has a grandson in the Marine Corps. The Confederate general, James Long• street, has a son, James Longstreet, 2d, a captain in the army, and another sow. MaJ. Lee Longstreet, who served in the as a volunteer. He has grandsons at our grep* military schools- James Longstreet Whelchel, a student now at West Point, and John Esten Whelchel, who entered Annapolis last summer. J. E. B. Stua-t, 3d, a grandson of the great Confederate cavalry leader, who is a student at the University of Virginia, is also taking military training with a view to entering some branch of the service, as is also Beverly Mosby Coleman, a grandson of Col. John S. Mosby. Gen. Marcus A. Wright of Tennessee has a son. John, who is a captain in the army, and serving nOW in the southwest.
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