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The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gentle Stimulants. (search)
ed by the accidental explosion of his pistol; but the Suffolk Sun, extra, received last night, brings the subjoined melancholy intelligence, by which it will be seen that Captain Fisher committed suicide while laboring under mental aberration: We record with a sorrowful heart the death of Capt. Christopher F. Fisher, the commandant of the Petersburg Cavalry, who died under the most melancholy circumstances. For several days Capt. F. 's company had been stationed at Wise's store, near Pig Point, and the Captain became depressed in spirit, and seemed to apprehend that his company was in a position to be cut to pieces by the enemy. The officers and privates of his company discovering his mental condition, consented to accompany him to Suffolk, and there intended to persuade him to return home. They left their camp on Wednesday night at 10 o'clock, and in about four hours were in one mile of Suffolk, when the Captain drew his pistol and shot himself twice through the body — fell f