Husband of Josie L Cooper, married September 24, 1868 Thomas, Georgia
Thomas L. Wragg, born Georgia, 1843; previously served as Private, Company B, 8th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, May 21, 1861; appointed Midshipman in Confederate States Navy, 1863, and Acting Master, May 27, 1863 (Register1864 shows appointment as acting master's mate); served aboard CSS Georgia, and CSS Atlanta, on which he was captured at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; sent to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, July 4, 1863; exchanged October 1, 1864; later served on the CSS Fredericksburg, Battery Semmes and CSS Richmond; wife, Josie Cooper Wragg; resided as a physician, in 1880, with his wife, Josie, and three children (eldest child born Georgia, 1870) at Precinct 3, Gadsden County, Florida; shot in a murder attack, April 10, 1889, and died the next day; buried at the Eastern Cemetery, Quincy, Florida. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 1, 12, 187 and Georgia Rosters 1, 933; Register1864
A folder of 23 images of documents pertaining to the Civil War service of Thomas L. Wragg is freely available online from the National Archives (NARA) at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/94386216
Husband of Josie L Cooper, married September 24, 1868 Thomas, Georgia
Thomas L. Wragg, born Georgia, 1843; previously served as Private, Company B, 8th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, May 21, 1861; appointed Midshipman in Confederate States Navy, 1863, and Acting Master, May 27, 1863 (Register1864 shows appointment as acting master's mate); served aboard CSS Georgia, and CSS Atlanta, on which he was captured at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; sent to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, July 4, 1863; exchanged October 1, 1864; later served on the CSS Fredericksburg, Battery Semmes and CSS Richmond; wife, Josie Cooper Wragg; resided as a physician, in 1880, with his wife, Josie, and three children (eldest child born Georgia, 1870) at Precinct 3, Gadsden County, Florida; shot in a murder attack, April 10, 1889, and died the next day; buried at the Eastern Cemetery, Quincy, Florida. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 1, 12, 187 and Georgia Rosters 1, 933; Register1864
A folder of 23 images of documents pertaining to the Civil War service of Thomas L. Wragg is freely available online from the National Archives (NARA) at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/94386216
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