Married Martha Stone on 13 August 1862 in Wabash County, Indiana.
Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant on 6 August 1862 Commissioned in Company A, 89th Infantry Regiment Indiana at Wabash, Indiana. Died of exhaustion and disease while on guard duty at Fort Pickering, Tennessee on 25 Jul 1863.
[From Wabash County History, pub. 1884 - pg. 211-A]
Thomas J. Matlock was First Lieutenant of Company A, Eighty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was commissioned August 6, 1862; mustered in on the 28th, and, after being in service less than one year, he died of disease July 25, 1863.
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An interesting story. Thomas Jefferson Matlock was working on his farm at LaFontaine in 1862 when some friends came by and urged him to join the army with them. He decided on the spot to go, and tossed his plough blade over his shoulder. It landed and the blade struck a young sapling. It remained there for more than 60 years when it was discovered stuck in the trunk of a full grown tree. The tree trunk with the blade still in it is now on display at the Wabash County Historical Museum. Matlock never got to see it. He joined the 89th Regiment and died from typhoid in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 25, 1863. He was 20 years old. -- by Jennifer McSpadden, "Wabash County's Civil War Roll of Honor," pub. 2010.
Married Martha Stone on 13 August 1862 in Wabash County, Indiana.
Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant on 6 August 1862 Commissioned in Company A, 89th Infantry Regiment Indiana at Wabash, Indiana. Died of exhaustion and disease while on guard duty at Fort Pickering, Tennessee on 25 Jul 1863.
[From Wabash County History, pub. 1884 - pg. 211-A]
Thomas J. Matlock was First Lieutenant of Company A, Eighty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was commissioned August 6, 1862; mustered in on the 28th, and, after being in service less than one year, he died of disease July 25, 1863.
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An interesting story. Thomas Jefferson Matlock was working on his farm at LaFontaine in 1862 when some friends came by and urged him to join the army with them. He decided on the spot to go, and tossed his plough blade over his shoulder. It landed and the blade struck a young sapling. It remained there for more than 60 years when it was discovered stuck in the trunk of a full grown tree. The tree trunk with the blade still in it is now on display at the Wabash County Historical Museum. Matlock never got to see it. He joined the 89th Regiment and died from typhoid in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 25, 1863. He was 20 years old. -- by Jennifer McSpadden, "Wabash County's Civil War Roll of Honor," pub. 2010.
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