Thomas married Mary Ann "Polly" Young in Henry County on March 15, 1853.
Together, Allen and Polly had SIX (6) CHILDREN; Lucy Jane White HUGHS, William R. WHITE, Sara Margaret White LANDRUM, Elizabeth Rebecca White FRENCH, James H. WHITE and John Allen WHITE.
Thomas served in the War Between the States with Company K, 22nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Clayton and Henry Counties, Georgia, known as "Henry Volunteers". He enlisted as a Private on May 7, 1862 and was one of 136 men in his unit under General Wright, Commanding Officer. On July 3, 1863, the 22nd Regiment joined other brigades on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, PA. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the war. For three days, 84,000 Union Troops withstood the fierce attacks of about 75,000 Confederates. At the end of those three days, a weary and depleted Confederate Army withdrew. About a third of the soldiers in both armies were lying on the field either dead or wounded.
Many able men were lost, including Allen. Allen died somewhere in a mile wide field bounded by Seminary Ridge on the west; Cemetery Hill to the north; Cemetery Ridge on the east side and a wheat field to the south. President Lincoln announced on July 4, 1863, during his speech (The Gettysburg Address) that the Battlefield of Gettysburg be made a permanent National Cemetery. Allen was buried in this Cemetery, and supposedly, was later brought home. It is thought that when the war was over, the Confederates exhumed their dead and took them back to their homes in the South. Allen's grave has not been located, so he could still be in Gettysburg in an unmarked grave where he died fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most likely buried in Manassas Cemetery Confederate Section or another close by cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Together, Allen and Polly had SIX (6) CHILDREN; Lucy Jane White HUGHS, William R. WHITE, Sara Margaret White LANDRUM, Elizabeth Rebecca White FRENCH, James H. WHITE and John Allen WHITE.
Thomas served in the War Between the States with Company K, 22nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Clayton and Henry Counties, Georgia, known as "Henry Volunteers". He enlisted as a Private on May 7, 1862 and was one of 136 men in his unit under General Wright, Commanding Officer. On July 3, 1863, the 22nd Regiment joined other brigades on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, PA. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the war. For three days, 84,000 Union Troops withstood the fierce attacks of about 75,000 Confederates. At the end of those three days, a weary and depleted Confederate Army withdrew. About a third of the soldiers in both armies were lying on the field either dead or wounded.
Many able men were lost, including Allen. Allen died somewhere in a mile wide field bounded by Seminary Ridge on the west; Cemetery Hill to the north; Cemetery Ridge on the east side and a wheat field to the south. President Lincoln announced on July 4, 1863, during his speech (The Gettysburg Address) that the Battlefield of Gettysburg be made a permanent National Cemetery. Allen was buried in this Cemetery, and supposedly, was later brought home. It is thought that when the war was over, the Confederates exhumed their dead and took them back to their homes in the South. Allen's grave has not been located, so he could still be in Gettysburg in an unmarked grave where he died fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most likely buried in Manassas Cemetery Confederate Section or another close by cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Thomas married Mary Ann "Polly" Young in Henry County on March 15, 1853.
Together, Allen and Polly had SIX (6) CHILDREN; Lucy Jane White HUGHS, William R. WHITE, Sara Margaret White LANDRUM, Elizabeth Rebecca White FRENCH, James H. WHITE and John Allen WHITE.
Thomas served in the War Between the States with Company K, 22nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Clayton and Henry Counties, Georgia, known as "Henry Volunteers". He enlisted as a Private on May 7, 1862 and was one of 136 men in his unit under General Wright, Commanding Officer. On July 3, 1863, the 22nd Regiment joined other brigades on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, PA. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the war. For three days, 84,000 Union Troops withstood the fierce attacks of about 75,000 Confederates. At the end of those three days, a weary and depleted Confederate Army withdrew. About a third of the soldiers in both armies were lying on the field either dead or wounded.
Many able men were lost, including Allen. Allen died somewhere in a mile wide field bounded by Seminary Ridge on the west; Cemetery Hill to the north; Cemetery Ridge on the east side and a wheat field to the south. President Lincoln announced on July 4, 1863, during his speech (The Gettysburg Address) that the Battlefield of Gettysburg be made a permanent National Cemetery. Allen was buried in this Cemetery, and supposedly, was later brought home. It is thought that when the war was over, the Confederates exhumed their dead and took them back to their homes in the South. Allen's grave has not been located, so he could still be in Gettysburg in an unmarked grave where he died fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most likely buried in Manassas Cemetery Confederate Section or another close by cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Together, Allen and Polly had SIX (6) CHILDREN; Lucy Jane White HUGHS, William R. WHITE, Sara Margaret White LANDRUM, Elizabeth Rebecca White FRENCH, James H. WHITE and John Allen WHITE.
Thomas served in the War Between the States with Company K, 22nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America, Clayton and Henry Counties, Georgia, known as "Henry Volunteers". He enlisted as a Private on May 7, 1862 and was one of 136 men in his unit under General Wright, Commanding Officer. On July 3, 1863, the 22nd Regiment joined other brigades on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg, PA. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the war. For three days, 84,000 Union Troops withstood the fierce attacks of about 75,000 Confederates. At the end of those three days, a weary and depleted Confederate Army withdrew. About a third of the soldiers in both armies were lying on the field either dead or wounded.
Many able men were lost, including Allen. Allen died somewhere in a mile wide field bounded by Seminary Ridge on the west; Cemetery Hill to the north; Cemetery Ridge on the east side and a wheat field to the south. President Lincoln announced on July 4, 1863, during his speech (The Gettysburg Address) that the Battlefield of Gettysburg be made a permanent National Cemetery. Allen was buried in this Cemetery, and supposedly, was later brought home. It is thought that when the war was over, the Confederates exhumed their dead and took them back to their homes in the South. Allen's grave has not been located, so he could still be in Gettysburg in an unmarked grave where he died fighting for the Confederate States of America. Most likely buried in Manassas Cemetery Confederate Section or another close by cemetery in an unmarked grave.
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