Major 37th AR Infantry Bell's Regiment Fagan's Brigade Mississippi Department, CSA
Major Thomas H. Blacknall, of Atlanta, a veteran of the Trans-Mississippi army, was born in Granville county, N. C., January 23, 1833, son of Thomas Blacknall and Caroline Booswell, his wife. He is a direct descendant of Bishop George Blacknall, of England, of a noble family, possessing a coat of arms. Major Blacknall was reared in his native State, and in 1858 removed to Arkansas and became one of the most extensive cotton planters of the State. He entered the Confederate States service in 1861 as first lieutenant of a command which became Company E of the First Trans-Mississippi regiment, also known as the Thirty seventh Arkansas infantry. With this regiment he participated in the principal campaigns west of the Mississippi river, making a highly creditable record as an officer. He was promoted to captain of his company, and after the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, in which his colonel was killed, he was promoted to major. The regiment was afterward commanded by Col. Samuel S. Bell until the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, where Bell and his lieutenant colonel, with a hundred men, were captured in an attempt to enter one of the Federal forts. Major Blacknall then took command of the regiment, and General James F. Fagan said of him in his report of the battle: "Major Blacknall was intrusted[sic] by me with an important part on the field, and is entitled to my thanks for the successful manner in which he performed it."He continued in command of the regiment during the Little Rock, Red River and Saline River campaigns, and was wounded at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, April 30, 1864. After the close of hostilities Major Blacknall returned to North Carolina, having sacrificed his property and four years of his life to the cause he loved. In 1885 he came to Atlanta and for fifteen years acted as general agent for the Southern States for the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Company. He is now engaged in manufacturing and is one of the worthy and influential citizens of Atlanta.
Excerpted from Georgia by Joseph T. Derry
Major Thomas H. Blacknall, of Atlanta, a veteran of the Trans-Mississippi army, was born in Granville county, N. C., January 23, 1833, son of Thomas Blacknall and Caroline Booswell, his wife. He is a direct descendant of Bishop George Blacknall, of England, of a noble family, possessing a coat of arms. Major Blacknall was reared in his native State, and in 1858 removed to Arkansas and became one of the most extensive cotton planters of the State. He entered the Confederate States service in 1861 as first lieutenant of a command which became Company E of the First Trans-Mississippi regiment, also known as the Thirty seventh Arkansas infantry. With this regiment he participated in the principal campaigns west of the Mississippi river, making a highly creditable record as an officer. He was promoted to captain of his company, and after the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, in which his colonel was killed, he was promoted to major. The regiment was afterward commanded by Col. Samuel S. Bell until the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, where Bell and his lieutenant colonel, with a hundred men, were captured in an attempt to enter one of the Federal forts. Major Blacknall then took command of the regiment, and General James F. Fagan said of him in his report of the battle: "Major Blacknall was intrusted[sic] by me with an important part on the field, and is entitled to my thanks for the successful manner in which he performed it."He continued in command of the regiment during the Little Rock, Red River and Saline River campaigns, and was wounded at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, April 30, 1864. After the close of hostilities Major Blacknall returned to North Carolina, having sacrificed his property and four years of his life to the cause he loved. In 1885 he came to Atlanta and for fifteen years acted as general agent for the Southern States for the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Company. He is now engaged in manufacturing and is one of the worthy and influential citizens of Atlanta.
Excerpted from Georgia by Joseph T. Derry
Major 37th AR Infantry Bell's Regiment Fagan's Brigade Mississippi Department, CSA
Major Thomas H. Blacknall, of Atlanta, a veteran of the Trans-Mississippi army, was born in Granville county, N. C., January 23, 1833, son of Thomas Blacknall and Caroline Booswell, his wife. He is a direct descendant of Bishop George Blacknall, of England, of a noble family, possessing a coat of arms. Major Blacknall was reared in his native State, and in 1858 removed to Arkansas and became one of the most extensive cotton planters of the State. He entered the Confederate States service in 1861 as first lieutenant of a command which became Company E of the First Trans-Mississippi regiment, also known as the Thirty seventh Arkansas infantry. With this regiment he participated in the principal campaigns west of the Mississippi river, making a highly creditable record as an officer. He was promoted to captain of his company, and after the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, in which his colonel was killed, he was promoted to major. The regiment was afterward commanded by Col. Samuel S. Bell until the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, where Bell and his lieutenant colonel, with a hundred men, were captured in an attempt to enter one of the Federal forts. Major Blacknall then took command of the regiment, and General James F. Fagan said of him in his report of the battle: "Major Blacknall was intrusted[sic] by me with an important part on the field, and is entitled to my thanks for the successful manner in which he performed it."He continued in command of the regiment during the Little Rock, Red River and Saline River campaigns, and was wounded at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, April 30, 1864. After the close of hostilities Major Blacknall returned to North Carolina, having sacrificed his property and four years of his life to the cause he loved. In 1885 he came to Atlanta and for fifteen years acted as general agent for the Southern States for the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Company. He is now engaged in manufacturing and is one of the worthy and influential citizens of Atlanta.
Excerpted from Georgia by Joseph T. Derry
Major Thomas H. Blacknall, of Atlanta, a veteran of the Trans-Mississippi army, was born in Granville county, N. C., January 23, 1833, son of Thomas Blacknall and Caroline Booswell, his wife. He is a direct descendant of Bishop George Blacknall, of England, of a noble family, possessing a coat of arms. Major Blacknall was reared in his native State, and in 1858 removed to Arkansas and became one of the most extensive cotton planters of the State. He entered the Confederate States service in 1861 as first lieutenant of a command which became Company E of the First Trans-Mississippi regiment, also known as the Thirty seventh Arkansas infantry. With this regiment he participated in the principal campaigns west of the Mississippi river, making a highly creditable record as an officer. He was promoted to captain of his company, and after the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, in which his colonel was killed, he was promoted to major. The regiment was afterward commanded by Col. Samuel S. Bell until the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, where Bell and his lieutenant colonel, with a hundred men, were captured in an attempt to enter one of the Federal forts. Major Blacknall then took command of the regiment, and General James F. Fagan said of him in his report of the battle: "Major Blacknall was intrusted[sic] by me with an important part on the field, and is entitled to my thanks for the successful manner in which he performed it."He continued in command of the regiment during the Little Rock, Red River and Saline River campaigns, and was wounded at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, April 30, 1864. After the close of hostilities Major Blacknall returned to North Carolina, having sacrificed his property and four years of his life to the cause he loved. In 1885 he came to Atlanta and for fifteen years acted as general agent for the Southern States for the Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco Company. He is now engaged in manufacturing and is one of the worthy and influential citizens of Atlanta.
Excerpted from Georgia by Joseph T. Derry
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