The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-11
A True Man Gone.

We announce, with unfeigned regret, the
sudden death of Lieutenant S. ]. Burger,
which took place at Cartersvllle, Georgia,
on yesterday morning. For some time he
had been in failing health, and on Wednes-
day last he left Charleston, with the inten-
ton of remaining short time in Georgia.
The change of air would, it was hoped, res
tore his strength, and enable him to resume
his business duties with undiminished vigor.
Unhappily, however, the spot which was to
give him new life, was the scene of his la
mented death.
The whole career OF Lieutenant Burger,
his principle and his practice, is expressed
in these few words-Fydelity to trust, and
deootson to duty. These were the guiding
stars of forty-three years OF usefulness and
worth,
Lieutenant Burger was born in Charles
ton in 1927, and began business in the house
Of Mordecai & Co., in 1s45. Subsequently
he opened clothing store, on his own ac-.
count, in King street, and at the breakin9g
out of the war, he was bookkeeper f9t
Messrs. Durham & Taft. On May 13, 1Sf5;
he became q member OF the Washington
Light Infantry, and went into camp on Sui
livan's Island with that gallant company be-
fore the capture of Fort Sumter. When the
battalion was regularly mustered into SER
vice, Mr. Burger went with it as Lieutenant
of Company B. At the battle Of Secession
vile, he was wounded in the arm and at
the battle of Drury's Bluff, in 1864, he was
again wounded-this time in the foot. Be-
ing unfit for further active service he was
placed on. the retired list. Would any one
know what manner of soldier he was, his
old comrades, who fought and ble1 by
his side, stand ready to answer for his cour-
age, his endurance and his skill. Deeply
will they regret that he who looked forward
with 80 eager an interest to the raising of a
monument to his fallen comrades, who Ia:
bored so diligently to accomplish the diff
cult work, should now, on the threshold OF
the dedication day, himself be numbered
with the dead.
After the close of the war Lieutenant
Burger became the bookkeeper of TIE
NEWS, which post he held at the time OF his
death. 1t need hardly be said that he was q
model of answering fidelity and untiring
diligence. All his life, his every wish and
desire, appeared to be bound up in the con-
scientious discharge of his whole duty.
There was no niggardliness in his devotion
to the interests of his employers. In every
sense of the word, be was true, an honest
man. The proprietors of The NEWS feel that
in him they have lost one whose place it will
be difficult, indeed, entirely to fill. And
they desire to place on the record here, full
acknowledgment Of their high appreciation
of his earnestness, integrity and unsullied
truth.
The funeral OF Lieutenant Burger will
take place ut St. Johns Church at 5 o'clock
this afternoon, and hefriends and acquaint-
ances of the deceased, as well as the men,
bers of the Washington Light Infantry Char
liable Association, and the German Friendly
Society, of which he was member, are in
vited to be present. So may they pay the
last mark of respect to one who counted all
Charleston among his friends, and had not a
single foe.