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Col Henry Philip Thomas Veteran

Birth: 10 Jul 1810
Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Death: 29 Nov 1863 (aged 53)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Henry Lonas Cemetery

Knox County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 84426644 View Source

Killed while fighting in the Civil War. (exerpt from http://blogs.knoxnews.com/civilwar/2011/03/two-old-soldiers-receive-tombstones.html) Col. Thomas, climbing for all he was worth up the embankment and waving his sword, was riddled by Union soldiers standing behind cotton bales wrapped in leather. He fell into the ditch with 19 bullet holes in his body.

December 1st 1863-- This morning Ed Thomas caused his fathers remains to be disinterred from field Infirmary & buried at the private graveyard of a Mrs Crawford about a mile from our Camp & 3 m fr[om]: Knoxville

Killed while fighting in the Civil War. (exerpt from http://blogs.knoxnews.com/civilwar/2011/03/two-old-soldiers-receive-tombstones.html) Col. Thomas, climbing for all he was worth up the embankment and waving his sword, was riddled by Union soldiers standing behind cotton bales wrapped in leather. He fell into the ditch with 19 bullet holes in his body.

December 1st 1863-- This morning Ed Thomas caused his fathers remains to be disinterred from field Infirmary & buried at the private graveyard of a Mrs Crawford about a mile from our Camp & 3 m fr[om]: Knoxville

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1814–1894

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Created by: C. Taylor
Added: Feb 3, 2012
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84426644/henry_philip-thomas: accessed ), memorial page for Col Henry Philip Thomas (10 Jul 1810–29 Nov 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84426644, citing Henry Lonas Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by C. Taylor (contributor 47681156).

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