“ The son was educated by private tutors, and between 1858 and 1861 was editor of the Washington States and of the Democratic Review. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate army as aide-de-camp to General Nathan B. Forrest and to General Leonidas Polk in 1861-1862; he was editor of the Chattanooga Rebel in 1862-1863, and was chief of scouts in General Joseph E. Johnston's army in 1864. In 1865-1867 he was an editor of the Republican Banner, at Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1867-1868 was editor of the Journal at Louisville, Kentucky. ”