The Last Roll: Richard Burger

Confederate Veteran
Vol. 13, No. 4, Pg. 176
April 1905

For twenty five years Comrade Dick Burger has attended and enjoyed reunions
of the Texas Rangers, but among them his face will be seen no more, and when
the remnant of this gallant band shall again take each other by the hand
they will speak softly and tenderly of the comrade who is gone. Death came
to him on January 9, 1905, at Bastrop, Tex., in his sixty second year. He
was born in Dresden, Germany, and became a citizen of Bastrop, Tex., in
1855, enlisting in Company D, Eighth Texas Cavalry, Terry's Rangers, on
August 31, 1861. By a singular coincidence he reached his home on exactly
the same date four years later. He was twice wounded, at Eagleville and
Mossy Creek, Tenn., in the year of 1863. All who knew this comrade were his
friends. He was a true and brave soldier, exemplary citizen, and Christian
gentleman.