“ He settled in Georgia and served as a surgeon in the War of the Revolution. Her father. Gen. E. P. Alexander, was educated at West Point, and, after completing the course of study there, entered the engineer corps of the United States army. On the BESSIE ALEXANDER FICKLEN. breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate army and served with distinction as Longstreet's chief of artillery. Miss Alexander was graduated from the Columbia Female Institute, Columbia, Tenn. ”