Mustered in as Sergeant, and was appointed 3rd Lieutenant on August 29, 1862.
Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA. July 2-3, 1863. Died in a hospital at Chester, PA. July 30, 1863 of "pyaemia."
Buried Philadelphia National Cemetery - Confederate Section. Number and locality of grave: P.N.C.C.S. as "Thom, T. J. Lieut. Co. D 16th Regiment NC.
"There are no individual graves at the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Philadelphia National Cemetery. These POW soldiers and "citizens" are buried in a mass grave at the monument. There are 187, not 184, buried there (only 184 are listed on the monument).
There are an additional 8 individual Confederate POW graves in section D from the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864.
The 187 POWs at the mass grave came from several Philadelphia area cemeteries, including the Chester Rural Cemetery in Chester County, PA. The majority of the Confederate POW remains came from Chester Rural in 1891, where they had been buried in individual graves. They were consolidated into a mass grave."
Info thanks to:
Samuel A. Ricks
Sons of Confederate Veterans
J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1506
Pennsylvania Division Graves Registrar
Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA. July 2-3, 1863. Died in a hospital at Chester, PA. July 30, 1863 of "pyaemia."
Buried Philadelphia National Cemetery - Confederate Section. Number and locality of grave: P.N.C.C.S. as "Thom, T. J. Lieut. Co. D 16th Regiment NC.
"There are no individual graves at the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Philadelphia National Cemetery. These POW soldiers and "citizens" are buried in a mass grave at the monument. There are 187, not 184, buried there (only 184 are listed on the monument).
There are an additional 8 individual Confederate POW graves in section D from the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864.
The 187 POWs at the mass grave came from several Philadelphia area cemeteries, including the Chester Rural Cemetery in Chester County, PA. The majority of the Confederate POW remains came from Chester Rural in 1891, where they had been buried in individual graves. They were consolidated into a mass grave."
Info thanks to:
Samuel A. Ricks
Sons of Confederate Veterans
J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1506
Pennsylvania Division Graves Registrar
Mustered in as Sergeant, and was appointed 3rd Lieutenant on August 29, 1862.
Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA. July 2-3, 1863. Died in a hospital at Chester, PA. July 30, 1863 of "pyaemia."
Buried Philadelphia National Cemetery - Confederate Section. Number and locality of grave: P.N.C.C.S. as "Thom, T. J. Lieut. Co. D 16th Regiment NC.
"There are no individual graves at the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Philadelphia National Cemetery. These POW soldiers and "citizens" are buried in a mass grave at the monument. There are 187, not 184, buried there (only 184 are listed on the monument).
There are an additional 8 individual Confederate POW graves in section D from the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864.
The 187 POWs at the mass grave came from several Philadelphia area cemeteries, including the Chester Rural Cemetery in Chester County, PA. The majority of the Confederate POW remains came from Chester Rural in 1891, where they had been buried in individual graves. They were consolidated into a mass grave."
Info thanks to:
Samuel A. Ricks
Sons of Confederate Veterans
J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1506
Pennsylvania Division Graves Registrar
Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA. July 2-3, 1863. Died in a hospital at Chester, PA. July 30, 1863 of "pyaemia."
Buried Philadelphia National Cemetery - Confederate Section. Number and locality of grave: P.N.C.C.S. as "Thom, T. J. Lieut. Co. D 16th Regiment NC.
"There are no individual graves at the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument at Philadelphia National Cemetery. These POW soldiers and "citizens" are buried in a mass grave at the monument. There are 187, not 184, buried there (only 184 are listed on the monument).
There are an additional 8 individual Confederate POW graves in section D from the Battle of the Weldon Railroad in August 1864.
The 187 POWs at the mass grave came from several Philadelphia area cemeteries, including the Chester Rural Cemetery in Chester County, PA. The majority of the Confederate POW remains came from Chester Rural in 1891, where they had been buried in individual graves. They were consolidated into a mass grave."
Info thanks to:
Samuel A. Ricks
Sons of Confederate Veterans
J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1506
Pennsylvania Division Graves Registrar
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Name found in a list on the civilwarhomedotcom site for P.N.C.
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