Luther A. Thrasher was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, June 26, 1835, and died in Lynchburg, Virginia, November 15, 1903. At the age of ten years he moved with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio. He received his early education in the Academy at Barnsville, Ohio.
He removed to Champaign County, Illinois, in 1853, where he engaged in farming and teaching. He taught in Sidney, Illinois, until March 1859, when he came to Allen County, Kansas.
He was among the first to teach a subscription school in Iola and was also principal of the Iola School in 1869 and 1870.
He married Amanda L. McClure near Carlyle, Kansas, on November 10, 1870. He had two children, Luther E. and Sara Emily. The mother and daughter survive him.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted on the 28th day of August 1861, as private in the 10th Regiment of Kansas volunteers in a company commanded by the late Captain W. C. Jones.
When the policy of utilizing colored men as troops on the Union side was approved he recruited a company and was made Captain of Company EW, in a regiment known as the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, under the command of Colonel J. M. Williams, which afterward became distinguished as the 79th U.S. Colored Troops. On account of his executive ability he was soon assigned to duty as quartermaster of the 2nd Brigade of the frontier division, 7th Army Corps, which position he filled faithfully until the close of the war.
On the 13th of March 1865, the rank of Major by brevet was conferred upon him "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." He was not discharged from the service until October 1, 1865.
During the Indian troubles in Kansas and northwest in 1868-69, the governor of Kansas, S. J. Crawford, appointed and commissioned him first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the 19th Regiment of Kansas volunteer cavalry.
He was in government employ almost ever since the close of the Civil War, carrying through two important government surveys in peril from Indians to himself and party.
He surveyed and plotted towns on the Santa Fe Railroad and much of his best energy was bestowed upon the building of Florence and Larned.
He had been in government employ as revenue agent for twenty years, being on duty in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the time of his death.
In 1882 he became a member of George H. Thomas Post Number Two, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), of San Francisco, California, but was a member of McCook Post Number Fifty-One at the time of his death.
The funeral services were conducted at the chapel of the crematory in Washington, by G.A.R. Chaplain Stevens, and attended by a number of old friends from Kansas, sojourning in Washington, besides a representation of friends from the war and revenue departments.
The casket was draped with a tattered flag kindly contributed by his old commander, General J. M. Williams. This battle flag was presented to the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers by the citizens of Massachusetts and borne in triumph by this regiment through the war of rebellion.
His inurned ashes were placed in a tomb at Arlington National Cemetery, a suitable honor which our country pays her noble dead. He was given a soldier burial, a detail of soldiers from Fort Myer firing the parting volley over his grave, a bugler sounded "lights out," leaving an honored name.
for more information:http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/thrasher.htm
Name: Luther A Thrasher
Service Info.: CAPT BVT MJR US INF
Death Date: 15 Nov 1903
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
Buried At: Site 1400
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Luther A Thrasher
He removed to Champaign County, Illinois, in 1853, where he engaged in farming and teaching. He taught in Sidney, Illinois, until March 1859, when he came to Allen County, Kansas.
He was among the first to teach a subscription school in Iola and was also principal of the Iola School in 1869 and 1870.
He married Amanda L. McClure near Carlyle, Kansas, on November 10, 1870. He had two children, Luther E. and Sara Emily. The mother and daughter survive him.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted on the 28th day of August 1861, as private in the 10th Regiment of Kansas volunteers in a company commanded by the late Captain W. C. Jones.
When the policy of utilizing colored men as troops on the Union side was approved he recruited a company and was made Captain of Company EW, in a regiment known as the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, under the command of Colonel J. M. Williams, which afterward became distinguished as the 79th U.S. Colored Troops. On account of his executive ability he was soon assigned to duty as quartermaster of the 2nd Brigade of the frontier division, 7th Army Corps, which position he filled faithfully until the close of the war.
On the 13th of March 1865, the rank of Major by brevet was conferred upon him "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." He was not discharged from the service until October 1, 1865.
During the Indian troubles in Kansas and northwest in 1868-69, the governor of Kansas, S. J. Crawford, appointed and commissioned him first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the 19th Regiment of Kansas volunteer cavalry.
He was in government employ almost ever since the close of the Civil War, carrying through two important government surveys in peril from Indians to himself and party.
He surveyed and plotted towns on the Santa Fe Railroad and much of his best energy was bestowed upon the building of Florence and Larned.
He had been in government employ as revenue agent for twenty years, being on duty in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the time of his death.
In 1882 he became a member of George H. Thomas Post Number Two, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), of San Francisco, California, but was a member of McCook Post Number Fifty-One at the time of his death.
The funeral services were conducted at the chapel of the crematory in Washington, by G.A.R. Chaplain Stevens, and attended by a number of old friends from Kansas, sojourning in Washington, besides a representation of friends from the war and revenue departments.
The casket was draped with a tattered flag kindly contributed by his old commander, General J. M. Williams. This battle flag was presented to the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers by the citizens of Massachusetts and borne in triumph by this regiment through the war of rebellion.
His inurned ashes were placed in a tomb at Arlington National Cemetery, a suitable honor which our country pays her noble dead. He was given a soldier burial, a detail of soldiers from Fort Myer firing the parting volley over his grave, a bugler sounded "lights out," leaving an honored name.
for more information:http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/thrasher.htm
Name: Luther A Thrasher
Service Info.: CAPT BVT MJR US INF
Death Date: 15 Nov 1903
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
Buried At: Site 1400
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Luther A Thrasher
Luther A. Thrasher was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, June 26, 1835, and died in Lynchburg, Virginia, November 15, 1903. At the age of ten years he moved with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio. He received his early education in the Academy at Barnsville, Ohio.
He removed to Champaign County, Illinois, in 1853, where he engaged in farming and teaching. He taught in Sidney, Illinois, until March 1859, when he came to Allen County, Kansas.
He was among the first to teach a subscription school in Iola and was also principal of the Iola School in 1869 and 1870.
He married Amanda L. McClure near Carlyle, Kansas, on November 10, 1870. He had two children, Luther E. and Sara Emily. The mother and daughter survive him.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted on the 28th day of August 1861, as private in the 10th Regiment of Kansas volunteers in a company commanded by the late Captain W. C. Jones.
When the policy of utilizing colored men as troops on the Union side was approved he recruited a company and was made Captain of Company EW, in a regiment known as the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, under the command of Colonel J. M. Williams, which afterward became distinguished as the 79th U.S. Colored Troops. On account of his executive ability he was soon assigned to duty as quartermaster of the 2nd Brigade of the frontier division, 7th Army Corps, which position he filled faithfully until the close of the war.
On the 13th of March 1865, the rank of Major by brevet was conferred upon him "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." He was not discharged from the service until October 1, 1865.
During the Indian troubles in Kansas and northwest in 1868-69, the governor of Kansas, S. J. Crawford, appointed and commissioned him first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the 19th Regiment of Kansas volunteer cavalry.
He was in government employ almost ever since the close of the Civil War, carrying through two important government surveys in peril from Indians to himself and party.
He surveyed and plotted towns on the Santa Fe Railroad and much of his best energy was bestowed upon the building of Florence and Larned.
He had been in government employ as revenue agent for twenty years, being on duty in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the time of his death.
In 1882 he became a member of George H. Thomas Post Number Two, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), of San Francisco, California, but was a member of McCook Post Number Fifty-One at the time of his death.
The funeral services were conducted at the chapel of the crematory in Washington, by G.A.R. Chaplain Stevens, and attended by a number of old friends from Kansas, sojourning in Washington, besides a representation of friends from the war and revenue departments.
The casket was draped with a tattered flag kindly contributed by his old commander, General J. M. Williams. This battle flag was presented to the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers by the citizens of Massachusetts and borne in triumph by this regiment through the war of rebellion.
His inurned ashes were placed in a tomb at Arlington National Cemetery, a suitable honor which our country pays her noble dead. He was given a soldier burial, a detail of soldiers from Fort Myer firing the parting volley over his grave, a bugler sounded "lights out," leaving an honored name.
for more information:http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/thrasher.htm
Name: Luther A Thrasher
Service Info.: CAPT BVT MJR US INF
Death Date: 15 Nov 1903
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
Buried At: Site 1400
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Luther A Thrasher
He removed to Champaign County, Illinois, in 1853, where he engaged in farming and teaching. He taught in Sidney, Illinois, until March 1859, when he came to Allen County, Kansas.
He was among the first to teach a subscription school in Iola and was also principal of the Iola School in 1869 and 1870.
He married Amanda L. McClure near Carlyle, Kansas, on November 10, 1870. He had two children, Luther E. and Sara Emily. The mother and daughter survive him.
At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted on the 28th day of August 1861, as private in the 10th Regiment of Kansas volunteers in a company commanded by the late Captain W. C. Jones.
When the policy of utilizing colored men as troops on the Union side was approved he recruited a company and was made Captain of Company EW, in a regiment known as the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, under the command of Colonel J. M. Williams, which afterward became distinguished as the 79th U.S. Colored Troops. On account of his executive ability he was soon assigned to duty as quartermaster of the 2nd Brigade of the frontier division, 7th Army Corps, which position he filled faithfully until the close of the war.
On the 13th of March 1865, the rank of Major by brevet was conferred upon him "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." He was not discharged from the service until October 1, 1865.
During the Indian troubles in Kansas and northwest in 1868-69, the governor of Kansas, S. J. Crawford, appointed and commissioned him first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the 19th Regiment of Kansas volunteer cavalry.
He was in government employ almost ever since the close of the Civil War, carrying through two important government surveys in peril from Indians to himself and party.
He surveyed and plotted towns on the Santa Fe Railroad and much of his best energy was bestowed upon the building of Florence and Larned.
He had been in government employ as revenue agent for twenty years, being on duty in Lynchburg, Virginia, at the time of his death.
In 1882 he became a member of George H. Thomas Post Number Two, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), of San Francisco, California, but was a member of McCook Post Number Fifty-One at the time of his death.
The funeral services were conducted at the chapel of the crematory in Washington, by G.A.R. Chaplain Stevens, and attended by a number of old friends from Kansas, sojourning in Washington, besides a representation of friends from the war and revenue departments.
The casket was draped with a tattered flag kindly contributed by his old commander, General J. M. Williams. This battle flag was presented to the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers by the citizens of Massachusetts and borne in triumph by this regiment through the war of rebellion.
His inurned ashes were placed in a tomb at Arlington National Cemetery, a suitable honor which our country pays her noble dead. He was given a soldier burial, a detail of soldiers from Fort Myer firing the parting volley over his grave, a bugler sounded "lights out," leaving an honored name.
for more information:http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/thrasher.htm
Name: Luther A Thrasher
Service Info.: CAPT BVT MJR US INF
Death Date: 15 Nov 1903
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
Buried At: Site 1400
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Luther A Thrasher
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