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Private
Company I
4th Tennessee Infantry
which later became
Company M
1st Tennessee Cavalry
United States
Civil War
Franklin Gardner Thomas
1834
May 23, 1863
died of measles while on duty
at Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee |
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Cemetery
marker
Nashville National Cemetery
Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee
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Military
Record
from Military papers for Franklin G. Thomas
including Muster Rolls, Widow's Application for Pension,
Commissioned Officer's Certificate of Soldier's Death
15 Nov 1861 |
Enlisted at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee for a period of 3 years |
Sept-Oct 1862 |
Listed as "not stated" on Present or Absent on Company
Muster Roll for Company I, 4th Regiment Tennessee Infantry |
6 Dec 1862 |
Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll for 4th Regiment Tennessee Infantry,
muster-out to date, Dec 6 1862, "pay due from enlistment", age listed
as 35 |
6 Dec 1862 |
Appears on Company Muster-in Roll for 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, age
listed as 35 |
Jan-Feb 1863 |
Listed as present on Company Muster Roll for 1st Regiment Tennessee
Cavalry |
May-June 1863 |
Listed as "not stated" on Present or Absent on Company
Muster Roll for Company I, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry |
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7 Aug 1865 |
Widow's Claim for Pension states Gardner Thomas was a privage in Company M
command by Captain Joseph Collins in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, command by
Col. Robert Johnson in the war of 1861, and he died at Triune, in the State of Tennessee
on the 23rd day of May 1863 of "Fever Contracted" |
23 Dec 1865 |
Letter from Adjutant General's Office stating "on the Muster Roll of
Co. M of that Regiment for the months of September & October, 1863, there is the
following evidence of service. He is reported, "Died of Measles at Triune
Tenn May 23d, 1863." |
20 Aug 1866 |
Commissioned Officer's Certificate of Soldier's Death states Gardner
Thomas, Company M of the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, that while in the service of
the United States, and in the line of his duty "the said soldier was taken sick
at Triune Tennessee about the 15 day of May 1863 and died on or about 23 day of May 1863
from ... disease contracted while in the service of the United States" |
29 Oct 1866 |
Surgeon General's Office doument signed by J.J. Woodward, Brevet Major and
Assistant Surgeon states Private Thomas, Gardner, Co. M, 1st Regiment, East Tenn Cav, is
reported to Office as having died May 23d, 1863 of "Acute Diarrhea" |
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2 Jan 1868 |
Treasury Department, Second Auditor's Office document states "Gardner
Thomas was enrolled on the 2nd day of April, 1863, and mustered into service on the 2nd
day of April, 1863, a private in the Co. M, 1st Regiment Tenn. Cav. Volunteers. On
the muster roll of said Company, for the months of May & June, 1863, he is reported
"Died May 23, 1863" |
13 Jan 1868 |
Certificate shows beginning May 24, 1863, Malinda Thomas (Franklin's
widow) received $8 per month, and additional amount of $2 per month for each of three
children beginning July 25, 1866 until they reach the age of 16 |
source: Civil War Soldiers And
Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
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Gardner Thomas
Regiment Name: 1st Tennessee Cavalry
Side: Union
Company: M
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private |
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Commanders
Company I
4th Tennessee Infantry
source: Tennesseans In The Civil War,
A Military History of Confederate and Union Units
with Available Rosters of Personnel
In Two Parts
Part II
Organized at Camp Garber, near Flat Lick, Kentucky
during November 1861
Colonels - Robert Johnson, James P. Brownlow
Lieutenant Colonels - James P. Brownlow, Calvin M. Dyer
Majors - James O. Berry, Morgan T. Burkhart,
Abram Hammond, William R. Tracy,
Russell Thronburgh, Henry G. Flagg, Birton Smith
Company M
1st Tennessee Cavalry
source: Tennesseans In The Civil War,
A Military History of Confederate and Union Units
with Available Rosters of Personnel
In Two Parts
Part II
Organized at Greeneville in November, 1862
Marched to Murfreesboro, where mustered in on January 2, 1863
Colonels - Robert Johnson, James P. Brownlow
Lieutenant Colonels - James P. Brownlow, Calvin M. Dyer
Majors - James O. Berry, Morgan T. Burkhart,
Abram Hammond, William R. Tracy,
Russell Thronburgh, Henry G. Flagg, Birton Smith
Captain Joseph A. Collins
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4th Tennessee
Infantry
1st Tennessee Cavalry
source: Tennesseans In The Civil
War,
A Military History of Confederate and Union Units
with Available Rosters of Personnel
In Two Parts
Part II
Apr 1862 |
4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment organized at Camp Garber, Flat Lick,
Kentucky |
12 Aug 1862 |
Company I organized at Cumberland Gap with men from Bradley and Greene
County, Tennessee |
| 17 Sep 1862 |
Left Cumberland Gap with General Morgan and his withdrawl to the Ohio
River, then to western Virginia |
| 1 Nov 1862 |
Designation changed from 4th Tennessee Infantry to 1st Tennessee Cavalry |
| 28 Dec 1862 |
Ordered to Louisville, Kentucky |
| 5 Jan 1863 |
Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee to join Major General Rosecrans |
| 28 Jan 1863 |
Arrived Nashville, Tennessee and immediately engaged in skirmishes with
Confederate cavalry around Franklin and Truine, Tennessee |
| 23 Jun 1863 |
Repored engagements at Rover, Middleton, Guy's Gap, Shelbyville, and Cowan
Station; moved down into Alabama, across Sand Mountain into Georgia where skirmished near
Rome and LaFayette |
| Sep 1863 |
Moved up to Chickamauga, Georgia but not actively engaged in battle |
| 22 Sep 1863 |
Helped form a line of battle across Chattanooga Valley then retired into
Chattanooga |
| 25 Sep 1863 |
Moved to Bridgeport, Alabama |
| 1 Oct 1863 |
Began pursuit of Major General Joseph Wheeler; marched 350 miles in 14
days, fought with Brigadier General Roddey's Division in Alabama |
| 15 Oct 1863 |
Arrived at Winchester, Tennessee where detachments sent around McMinnville
and Sparta, Tennessee |
| 25 Nov 1863 |
Engaged with Confederate forces under Colonel John M. Hughes, 25th
Tennessee Infantry |
| 27 Nov 1863 |
Ordered to Kingston to harass Lt. General Longstreet then engaged in siege
of Knoxville |
| 11 Dec 1863 |
Reached Kingston |
| 24 Dec 1863 |
In pursuit of Longstreet, engaged enemy at Hay's Ferry near Dandridge,
Tennessee |
| 29 Dec 1863 |
Engagement at Mossy Creek |
| Jan 1864 |
Scouting and skirmishes in Cocke and Sevier Counties in Tennessee |
| 27 Jan 1864 |
Lt. Col. Brownlow and number of men captured, but escaped following night |
| 3 May 1864 |
Departed Cleveland, Tennessee to take part in Atlanta campaign |
| 8 May 1864 |
Fought at Potato Hill, Georgia |
| 16 Jun 1864 |
Fought at Lost Mountain |
| Aug 1864 |
Returned to Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1 Sep 1864 |
Fought Maj. General Joseph Wheeler at LaVergne |
| 30 Nov 1864 |
Engaged Forrest's cavalry at Douglas Church, near Franklin during battle
of Franklin |
| 15-16 Dec 1864 |
Stationed on Charlotte Pike during battle of Nashville, charged and
dislodged Confederate battery |
| 24 Dec 1864 |
Capture battle flag from Brig. Gen. James Chalmers' Division at Richland
Creek on road from Columbia to Pulaski |
| 27 Jan 1865 |
Sent on reconnaisance as far as Corinth, Mississippi, then returned to
Waterloo, Alabama |
| 10 Feb 1865 |
Returned to Nashville, Tennessee |
| 14 Jun 1865 |
Mustered out in Nashville |
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