Show confederate veteran passes away biloxi miss general alexander P stewart one of the last two surviving lieutenant generals of the confederate army died at hla his home here tuesday in his eighty seventh year A native of tennessee general stewart lived the greater part of hla his life in that state but of late had been making his bli home in biloxi ile he was born at rogersville Rogers ville hawkins hawking county tennessee october 2 1821 he was wag appointed to the united states military academy ademy tic at west point and graduated with honors from that institution in june 1842 |