Trivia 1-15-20 Go on without me

[Trivia Master]

After being shot through the body at the Battle of New Market in May 15, 1864 who told his comrades, "You can do nothing for me; go to the front; there is the place for you!"

credit: @Mike Serpa

 

[DBF]

He was Private, Co. B, of the Corps of VMI Cadets Thomas Garland Jefferson (1847-1864)
http://genealogytrails.com/vir/rockbridge/vmi/biographies/bios_j.html

 

[FarawayFriend]

Thomas Garland Jefferson - Private, Co. B, Corps of Cadets

"In the presence of the enemy he was self-possessed, his obedience to orders was prompt and unhesitating, and in the moment of actual conflict he was as firm as a veteran, and displayed the gallantry of a chivalrous and patriot soldier. In the heat of the conflict he fell mortally wounded by a shot through the body. Two members of his company paused to aid him, but, indifferent to his own comfort, he pointed to the front, and in words which deserve to be made immortal, urged them forward, saying, "You can do nothing for me ; go to the front; there is the place for you!" He was conveyed to a temporary hospital near the battle-field, and the next day removed to the house of a Mrs. Clinedinst, by whom, and her daughters and his room-mates, he was most tenderly nursed, until he was relieved from his sufferings by death, on Wednesday morning, May 18, 1864. His remains have been transferred to the Virginia Military Institute, and his name is enrolled on the list of her honored dead, whose memory is to be perpetuated by a suitable and lasting monument to their worth."

Rockbridge County, Virginia Genealogy Trails

 

[Brenal]

Thomas Garland Jefferson.

 

[stuart1861]

Thomas Garland Jefferson (Virginia Military Institute)

 

[Michigander]

1. Thomas Garland Jefferson
Source

 

[Ethan S.]

Thomas G. Jefferson

The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839 to 1865

books.google.com

 

[hughes]

Thomas G.Jefferson

 

[captaindrew]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[kholland]

VMI Cadet Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[Kurt G]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[ErnieMac]

Thomas Garland Jefferson (Company B, VMI Cadets).

 

[sarladaise]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[connecticut yankee]

THOMAS GARLAND JEFFERSON, VMI Cadet

Age 17; killed at Battle of New Market

 

[Wallyfish]

Thomas Garland Jefferson.
Source

 

[General Casey]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[NapoleanInGrey]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

Source:
http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/news...rginia-battlefield-preservation-organization/

 

[Big Sarge]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[JOHN42768]

Thomas Garland Jefferson

 

[streetwiseprof]

Thomas Garland Jefferson, a VMI cadet.