COL Hulings, Thomas Marcus Sr.

Thomas Marcus Hulings Sr.​

Born: February 7, 1835

Birthplace: Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Father: David Watts Hulings 1793 – 1858

Mother: Maria Holmes Patton 1797 – 1879

Wife: Mary B. Thomas 1838 – 1918

(Buried: Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland)​

Children:

Elizabeth Hulings Offutt 1862 – 1956​

(Buried: Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland)​

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Thomas Marcus Hulings Jr. 1864 – 1913​

(Buried: Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland)​

Occupation before War:

District Attorney in Lewiston, Pennsylvania​

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1st​ Lt. in the Logan Guards Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st​ Lt. Company E, 25th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Captain Company E, 25th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Mustered out of the Army on July 29th​ at Harrisburg​

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1861 – 1862: Major of 49th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Won a brevet for his role at the Battle of Williamsburg​

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1862: Won a brevet for his role at the Battle of White Oak Swamp​

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1862: His horse was hit and knocked under him at Antietam​

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1862 – 1864: Captain, United States Army, 12th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 49th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Led his regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg. He had 318 men on the field at Gettysburg which consisted of four companies. The regiment marched 36 miles on July 2nd​ to reach Gettysburg marching from Manchester, Maryland. The regiment would be placed in reserve behind Little Round Top to secure the flank of the army until July 3rd​ when the regiment was moved to support the center thence to Round Top. In the battle the regiment suffered no casualties.​

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1864: Colonel of 49th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1864: Killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia​

Died: May 10, 1864

Place of Death: Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

Cause of Death: Killed in battle

Age at time of Death: 29 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

[ErnieMac]

Colonel Hulings was killed during Emory Upton's May 10, 1864, assault on the Confederate lines at the Mule Shoe during the Battle of Spotsylvania. Upton's command was composed of 12 regiments arranged in a column of four lines of three regiments in each line. Hulings' 49th Pennsylvania Infantry was on the right flank of the second line. The attached link goes to the American Battlefield Trust map of Upton's assaults.

Spotsylvania Court House | Upton's Attack | May 10, 1864

The American Battlefield Trust's downloadable map of Col. Emory Upton's May 10, 1864 assault at Spotsylvania Court House, part of the Overland Campaign in Virginia.

www.battlefields.org

 

[Pollaco]

Promoted to Lt. Colonel on Oct. 16, 1862 and Colonel on April 22,1864.He was only a Colonel for a few weeks.

 

[Pollaco]

He commanded the 49th Pennsylvania as Lt. Colonel in the first two Months of 1863 because the regiments Colonel (William Irwin) was absent on recruiting duties.He got to participate in Burnside's Mud March.