John W. Frazer

John Wesley Frazer ( born January 6, 1827 Hardin County, Tennessee, † March 31, 1906 in New York City, New York) was an officer of the U.S. Army and Brigadier General of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Life

Frazer visited by his education, the military academy at West Point, New York, which he successfully completed in 1849 as 34th in his class. He then served as a lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment at Fort Columbus, Kings County, on the island of Governors Iceland, New York. On March 8, 1855, he was promoted to first lieutenant in the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment and served at Camp Far West, Monroe, Virginia, and in a recruiting office until 1857. Promoted to captain on 1 May 1857, he served at Fort Simcoe and Fort Colville, Washington.

On March 15, 1861 about a month before the outbreak of the civil war, Frazer quit the service in the U.S. Army and decided to join the Confederate army. Forney was taken over as captain. As the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment was erected, was appointed deputy commander Frazer, at the same time he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. A few months later, he was appointed commander of the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment, with whom he fought in the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862. He then accepted under General Braxton Bragg part in the Kentucky campaign. On May 19, 1863 Frazer was promoted to brigadier general and stationed in Tennessee, where he took over the command of several regiments.

After the fall of the Confederate line from Knoxville to Chattanooga and the hopelessness of his situation, Frazer surrendered on September 9, 1863 William Wallace Burns, a Brigadier General of the Union troops. For this act he was first censured by Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, however, relieved again after becoming aware of all the circumstances.

After the war, Frazer merchant and planter in Memphis, Tennessee.