The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-21
Deal. Of General .soE,n q. Fixer.
nm the Mcnphis Appeal. ]

From tie Memphis Appeal
Tr, morning we are called upon to
c.-,7 Gle the death of Gen. John c. Fizer.
.s-.4 firm Of Fjzer, Estes q Co. General
r.r.rvs- a delegate to the recent Demo
c,lac State Convention, and was in robust
IsrrH until a few days since, when be was
seized with violent attack Of t!ux, which
ragJf.d in hi. death Yesterday evening.
Cpu the last moment he was rational, and
discussed with his relations and friends
about his worldly affairs with q coolness and
r5urs.r Indicative Of the man. He was a
thorough gentleman, full of chiyalry, cour-
4.ir.l generosity. and his death is uniyer-
,7Ilyaepored throughout the city Cen
sr.I F.IsrWas about thirty seven years of
age. wis raised in Mississippi, but when
oqy seventeen years Of age he removed to
Memphis and connected himself with the
house 81 Barnett Graham. Young as he
qG.. D.. was fast making 4 reputation as a
business man when the war broke out. He
wa. ore of the first to espouse the Confed-
crate ,aise. and fought his way up from a
pHvgt. - the position ola brigadier-general.
There was not truer or Drawer man in the
CouiaIaratearsv than John G. Eizer. He
Has in many engagements during the war,
and d dauGtIe-s courage was universally
known At the commencement Of the war
he wei out is irst-licutenant Of the Pamela
Guards. 2 company raised in Pamela county.
Mississippi, bg Captain Foote. When in
Virginia he was appointed adiutant Of the
Seventeenth Mississippi regiment Of lnian-
try. AID on tAe re-OrganizatiOn of the Army
Of tile Potomac he was elected lieutenant
co.oaa Of the Seventeenth Mississippi, w.
5 Holder being elected colonel, and our
present city recorder, VIVA. l.. Duff, being
elected major. Colonel Holder wac would
ed and retired, and was elected q member
Of the Confederate Congress from Missis-
sjpPi. Colonel Fizer was promoted to be
colonel, and Major Duff became lieutenant
coiQne. Of the regiment. At the battle of
Gettysburg Colonel Fizer was desperately
wounded, and was also wounded at Knox
VILE, Tennessee, where he lost his right arm,
his command belonged to General Long
street, corps, which came from the
army Of Virginia To reinforce the army of
tennessee, and which afterward engaged i'll
The bloody struggle ut Chickamauga When
Colonel fjzar recovered from his desperate
wound fac took charge Of a brigade in South
Carolina under Division Commander Me
Laws, where be remained until the close Of
the war President Davis sent his commits
t't.At>-- lat'l az A)tAN IL tACF u AS-+~AiSN4
hlm, the war terminating in the mean time,
and al communication being cut off between
me seat of gogefpment and the North Caro-
lima command. among The gallant sons Of
our noble State who rallied around that
never 10 be forgotten banuer-the red, white
9ol b.ne-thc name and fame Of General
Fer will 20 down to history in imperisha-
DIE honor and feuown. He was a prosper
Gus merchant, engaged in a large and extern
'.5e business. He was punctilious in the
observance Of every prerequisite for making
good citizen. lie was a fearless, earnest
nan Ills friends and his foes knew precise
]! what he was and what he meant. He
was sincere truthful, Just, and an honest
man, and his death Is deeply mourned by
neNlb'e community. General Fizer leaves
wife and several interesting children to
ll,Hrn his loss. and who have the sympa-
il!e' IF the public