Are they still around?

[Dale Beasley]

A few years back while in OIF 2 I treated the GGGNephew of General George McClellan.
I was wondering if there are descendants of other great Generals for example Lee, Longstreet, Forrest, Grant, Sherman , that are known today, and what do they do, where do they live. Etc.?

[Vuhginyuh]

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If you want them by name, George Pickett V lives here in Wilmington. Fitz Lee lives in Winston-Salem.

[Dale Beasley]

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Thanks Garrisons for your comments...I just find this all interesting. Have they ever written any papers or given any talks?

[Curt Schmidt]

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Hallo!

It has been a few years, but I used to visit with Jubal Early IV in New York...
But he was doing Rev War at the time.
:)

Curt

[Canebrake Rifle Guards]

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Jubal Early the 4th? Jube didn't have any kids, except Sally Hemmings style.

There are a good number of descendents out there, but they seem to operate under the radar and away from the Civil War crowd. The one that comes to mind that does associate with the Civil War world is Jeb Stuart IV who lives in Richmond.

Greg Starbuck

[Lee Ragan]

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Jeb Stuart IV spoke at one of our SCV Camp meeting several years ago in Midland, Texas. He was a very cordial and friendly gentleman and gave a very good program on his famous ancestor.
Lee Ragan
Dunn-Holt-Midkiff Camp 1441

[Johnny Lloyd]

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My maternal grandfather's mother was a Carter and her family was from Virginia.

General Lee's mother's maden name was Ann Carter (Relative of Robert "King" Carter). I'm sure we are distantly related somehow through the Carter of Virginia bloodline.

Are we really related? I suprisingly never bothered to dig deeper into it... hmmm.

-Johnny

[Vuhginyuh]

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Have they ever written any papers or given any talks?

Sadly, Pickett V shuns the public. Between the harassment he receives from Lost Causers and the troubles his mother had with Pritchard & Juno* he has little to say anymore. He is a great guy and just wants to be left out of the fray.

His sister is very talkative about the General but she does not have anything new to offer.
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*Nobody needs to turn this thread into an argument over the uniforms or Lost Causers.

[Rob]

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One of the reenactors whom I see regularly is a direct descendant of General John Reynolds. He even looks like him, all of those generations later.

[Dale Beasley]

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Garrison,
I am at a lost...Pritchard and Juno?

[Iron Scout]

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Dale,

Very interesting social history question. I live in a small, historic community that produced six CS generals. One of my best friends and school chums is Joseph Brevard Kershaw DeLoach; he's a stockbroker and lives right around the corner. His family still lives in Gen. Joe Kershaw's home. As of right now, I have John Cantey over here at my house playing with my son. John is the descendant of Gen. James Willis Cantey, AOT. This sort of history is everywhere around here. "Fightin" Dick Anderson's people are down the road along with a branch of the Ramsuers. I'm blessed to live in such a place as Camden for sure; the past isn't too far removed.

Regards,

Neill Rose
PLHA

[YoungCampaigner]

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I believe that the great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee, Anne Carter Zimmer, lives in North Carolina (correct me if I am wrong). She wrote and published The Lee Family Housekeeping Book a few years ago.

[Dignann]

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Ulysses S. Grant, V is still alive, I'm pretty sure. A few years back, he auctioned off some of his famous ancestor's belongings. He remains active in various projects related to his great-grandfather (apparently there was more than one male member, within the same generation, named for Ulysses).

Eric

[Dignann]

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Double post, my apologies.

[1stMaine]

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Dale,

Pritchard and Juno were a pair of relic dealers who appeared on "Antiques Roadshow" and staged some appraisals in order to enhance their reputation. One of their later actions was to purchase a trunkful of the general's possesions from Pickett V and within days resold them to the City of Harrisburg for 10X the eappraised value.

In civil actions, both men comitted perjury, and both faced decades of prison time and millions in fines for mail and telephone fraud, among other charges. I know that Junmo pled out to some of the charges, but I haven't heard what Pritchard did.

Both set the reputatuions of legitimate dealers back years and did a great deal of damge to both dealers and collecters.