The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-10-28
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
Aaron Burr in Mississippi A
Pastor Resigns.
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Col. M. d. l.. Stephens writes
as follows to the editor of this de-
partment:
II see in your listof MISSISSIPPI
pi generals in the Civil War, that
you omit the name of General
John G Flzer, who was made al
brigadier- general in the war. He
was lieutenant-colonel ofthe Sew
enteenth Mississippi under Colo
mel Holder. He lost an arm at
Knoxville,
u am SO much pleased and in
terested in your notes of the war,
ana It's actors. insist that you
shall write history of the part
taken by Our state in the conflict.
| have in mind the doings Of the
Seventeenth Mississippi the first
year, and the Thirty First Mis-
sissippi for the three last years.
We should prepare and preserve
as far as possible history of our
state in the great struggle. All
the actors VIII soon be gone, and
many records and incidents will
be forever lost.
The list of Field Officers of
the Confederate States Army
compiled by the War Records Of
flee at Washington, places ~. G..
Fiser" as lieutenant colonel of
Seventeenth Mississippi. We
have no doubt Col. Stephens is
correct as to his promotion. A
good many promotions were made
in the last few months Of the war,
and officers had verbal notice
thereof, but did not receive their
commissions, and il their COM
missions were recorded at Rich
mond, the record may not have
been among the captured ar
chives.
We hope Col. Stephens will
write up sketches Of the 18th and
3lst regiments; and we suggest
that all survivors of Mississippi
commands write up their recol-
lections, giving such incidents of
Confederate army life as will set
forth the valor and the hardships
Of the Confederate soldier. This
would be appropriate work for the
Confederate camps. Every coun.
ty should have some organization
for the collection Of this data.
Adams county has published
pamphlet giving the name Of ev-
cry soldier that enlisted from that
county. At Liberty, Amits coun-
ty, there is a monument on which
is engraved the name of every
soldier from Amite who was kill
ed in battle, and in the chancery
clerks office there is complete
roll OF every company. We have
in our possession the rolls of for
ty companies of the three Missis-
sippi brigades in Virginia, giving
military history Of every man from
1861 to March 1 I, 1865; so that
sufficient data has already been
collected and preserved to en-
courage an earnest and persistent
effort to accomplish what Col.
Stephens suggests We will say
this in response to his suggestion,
that We will gladly be the custo-
dian of all records and sketches
that may be prepared, and later
on will puu them in shape for
preservation in the archives Of the
state, or for publication
Some months ago we clipped to
copy from the HazIeburst Courier
the following, which Editor Har-
per found in copy of the Star,
published in Jackson in 1851. 1t
is from an article debating events
in the early history Of the terrific
ry Of Mississippi, = in which the
arrest and persecution OF Aaron
is quite fully set forth:
There were two political par
ties in the territory, the Federal
ist and the Republican. When it
came to the selection Of a grand
jury the sheriff, who was oppos-
ed to the administration of Pres
ident Thomas jefferson, summon
ed seventy-six Federalists, from
which the jury was formed. This
grand jury retired, and in the
course OF the day returned to
court with sundry presentments.
1t paid a high compliment to Col
onel Burr for his patriotism and
virtue, commended as worthy of
all praise the spirit OF liberty that
animated him to organize a force
for the redemption from despotic
rule OF the oppressed Mexicans,