Thomas Pleasant Dockery
Birthplace: Montgomery County, North Carolina
Father: Colonel John Dockery 1806 – 1860
(Buried: Dockery Cemetery, Columbia County, Arkansas)
Mother: Ann D. Mask 1810 – 1864
(Buried: Dockery Cemetery, Columbia County, Arkansas)
Wife: Laura Octavia West 1839 – 1883
Children:
Nydia Dockery Forman 1860 – 1911
(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)
Octavia Dockery 1865 – 1949
(Buried: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi)
Education:
Not Known
Occupation before War:
Large Plantation Manager
Helped establish the first Railroad in Arkansas
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of 68th Arkansas State Militia Regiment
1861: Captain of Company B, 5th Arkansas State Troops Regiment
1861: Colonel of 5th Arkansas State Troops Regiment
1861: Participated in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1863: Participated in the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi
1863: Captured and Paroled during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Brigade Commander during the Red River Campaign Louisiana
1864: Brigade Commander during Battle of Mount Elba, Arkansas
1864: Brigade Commander during Battle of Prairie D’Ane, Arkansas
1864: Brigade Commander during Battle of Poison Spring, Arkansas
1864: Brigade Commander during Battle of Marks Mills, Arkansas
1864: Brigade Commander during Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas
1864 – 1865: Commander of Reserve forces in the State of Arkansas
1865: Surrendered all the forces located in Arkansas in May
Occupation after War:
Civilian Engineer in Houston, Texas
Died: February 27, 1898
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Rheumatoid endocarditis and Pulmonary edema
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi
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