1. Also in Green-Wood is Gen. Robert Selden Garnett, the first Confederate general to fall in battle in the Civil War. 2. At that time, the two future Confederate generals were fighting in the same uniform as Grant under the same Union flag. 3. A perky young African-American tour guide, dressed in Civil War-era costume, is leading a group through the historic home of the legendary Confederate general. 4. But Greenwood, where five Confederate generals are buried, has been out of space for decades. 5. During the Civil War, he was a famed Confederate general. 6. Even Confederate generals acknowledged that such a blow would have destroyed the Southern army and probably ended the war. 7. Eventually the cook explained that his wife was the washerwoman for a Confederate general who was based on a spot visible from the Union camp. 8. From the same family came a Confederate general, an Episcopal bishop and Kansas City financier William T. Kemper. 9. He was a Confederate general. 10. His dog is called Stonewall Jackson, named for the Confederate general who earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run. |