Andrew J. Thorn (B. 1846) was captured by the yankees while AWOL from the Confederate Army at home in Gordon County. Due to his young age, he was taken to Louisville, Kentucky and released north of the Ohio River with the promise not to return south until after the war. He joined the US (Union) Army because he could find no other work and was on his way back south with his unit from Indiana when the war ended. His wife Martha drew his civil war pension until her death in 1931. She would go to the post office faithfully once a month to collect the $8.75 check!
∼Jackson's full name was Andrew Jackson Thorn. Jackson enlisted along with his brother, Edward, in Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry. He may have been captured, or deserted, and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, as he was an substitute recruit in Company D, 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, September 29, 1864. Jackson became an employee of the United States Volunteer Quartermasters Department. He filed for his Civil War pension in Georgia, July 29, 1890. His widow filed for hers, January 7, 1901.
Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry also had two other men named Thorn in the ranks, A. J. Thorn and George W. R. Thorn. Their relationship to Jackson is unknown.
Father: Robert Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1803.
Mother: Sally Thorn, born in South Carolina, abt., 1804.
Siblings:
Edward Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1845.
David Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1849.
Wife: Martha E. Thorn. Born in Georgia abt., 1848.
Children:
Laura A. Thorn, born in Tennessee abt., 1869.
Robert E. J. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1872.
James T. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1884.
∼Jackson's full name was Andrew Jackson Thorn. Jackson enlisted along with his brother, Edward, in Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry. He may have been captured, or deserted, and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, as he was an substitute recruit in Company D, 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, September 29, 1864. Jackson became an employee of the United States Volunteer Quartermasters Department. He filed for his Civil War pension in Georgia, July 29, 1890. His widow filed for hers, January 7, 1901.
Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry also had two other men named Thorn in the ranks, A. J. Thorn and George W. R. Thorn. Their relationship to Jackson is unknown.
Father: Robert Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1803.
Mother: Sally Thorn, born in South Carolina, abt., 1804.
Siblings:
Edward Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1845.
David Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1849.
Wife: Martha E. Thorn. Born in Georgia abt., 1848.
Children:
Laura A. Thorn, born in Tennessee abt., 1869.
Robert E. J. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1872.
James T. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1884.
Andrew J. Thorn (B. 1846) was captured by the yankees while AWOL from the Confederate Army at home in Gordon County. Due to his young age, he was taken to Louisville, Kentucky and released north of the Ohio River with the promise not to return south until after the war. He joined the US (Union) Army because he could find no other work and was on his way back south with his unit from Indiana when the war ended. His wife Martha drew his civil war pension until her death in 1931. She would go to the post office faithfully once a month to collect the $8.75 check!
∼Jackson's full name was Andrew Jackson Thorn. Jackson enlisted along with his brother, Edward, in Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry. He may have been captured, or deserted, and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, as he was an substitute recruit in Company D, 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, September 29, 1864. Jackson became an employee of the United States Volunteer Quartermasters Department. He filed for his Civil War pension in Georgia, July 29, 1890. His widow filed for hers, January 7, 1901.
Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry also had two other men named Thorn in the ranks, A. J. Thorn and George W. R. Thorn. Their relationship to Jackson is unknown.
Father: Robert Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1803.
Mother: Sally Thorn, born in South Carolina, abt., 1804.
Siblings:
Edward Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1845.
David Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1849.
Wife: Martha E. Thorn. Born in Georgia abt., 1848.
Children:
Laura A. Thorn, born in Tennessee abt., 1869.
Robert E. J. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1872.
James T. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1884.
∼Jackson's full name was Andrew Jackson Thorn. Jackson enlisted along with his brother, Edward, in Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry. He may have been captured, or deserted, and taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, as he was an substitute recruit in Company D, 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, September 29, 1864. Jackson became an employee of the United States Volunteer Quartermasters Department. He filed for his Civil War pension in Georgia, July 29, 1890. His widow filed for hers, January 7, 1901.
Company B, 8th Battalion, Georgia Confederate Infantry also had two other men named Thorn in the ranks, A. J. Thorn and George W. R. Thorn. Their relationship to Jackson is unknown.
Father: Robert Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1803.
Mother: Sally Thorn, born in South Carolina, abt., 1804.
Siblings:
Edward Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1845.
David Thorn, born in South Carolina abt., 1849.
Wife: Martha E. Thorn. Born in Georgia abt., 1848.
Children:
Laura A. Thorn, born in Tennessee abt., 1869.
Robert E. J. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1872.
James T. Thorn, born in Georgia abt., 1884.
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