★  Thomas, Henry Goddard

Henry Goddard Thomas

Born: April 5, 1837
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Birthplace: Portland, Maine

Father: William W. Thomas 1803 – 1896
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Mother: Elizabeth W. Goddard 1812 – 1884
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Wife: Ellen Rebecca Webster 1839 – 1909
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine)​

Children:

Louise W. Thomas 1866 – 1904​
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine)​
Ellen W. Thomas 1873 – 1950​
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine)​

Education:

1858: Graduated from Amherst College​

Occupation before War:

1858 – 1861: Attorney in Portland, Maine​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private in 5th Maine Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Captain in 5th Maine Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​
1862: Served in the Peninsula Campaign, Virginia​
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 2nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment​
1863 – 1865: Colonel of 19th United States Colored Infantry Regiment​
1863: Suffered from malaria and typhoid fever effects​
1865 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Infantry Regiment​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1876: Captain of United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment​
1867: Brevetted Major General for his service in the Civil War​
1876 – 1878: Major of United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment​
1878 – 1891: Major in United States Army, Paymaster Department​

Died: January 23, 1897

Place of Death: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Cause of Death: Carbuncle

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine
 
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Colonel Henry G. Thomas commanded one of the two brigades of USCT troops of Ferraro's Division of the Ninth Corps that were engaged in the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg.
 
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