★  Neill, Thomas H.

Thomas Hewson "Bucky" Neill

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Born: April 9, 1826

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Father: Dr. Henry Neill 1783 – 1845
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Martha Rutter Duffield 1780 – 1856
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Eva Looney 1854 – 1881
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)​

Children:

Eva Neill 1874 – 1937​
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)​

Education:

1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class)​

Occupation before War:

1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment​
1847 – 1850: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment​
1850 – 1857: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment​
1853 – 1855: Assistant Drawing Professor at West Point​
1855 – 1857: Principal Assistant Drawing Professor at West Point​
1857 – 1863: Captain, United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment​

Civil War Career:

1861: Mustered Volunteers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​
1861: Acting Assistant General to Major General Cadwallader​
1861: Reorganized Battalion of Regulars that had been paroled in Texas​
1862: Colonel of 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​
1862: Served in the Virginia, Peninsula Campaign​
1862: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​
1862: Guarded the crosses for the Potomac River​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General, Union Army, Infantry​
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​
1863: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Chancellorsville​
1863: Served in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​
1863 – 1866: Major, United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment​
1864: Served in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia​
1864: Division Commander at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia​
1864: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at the Battle of Spotsylvania​
1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​
1864: Acting Inspector General in the Shenandoah Valley​
1864: Served in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia​
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for service in the War​
1865: Brevetted Major General for Service in the War​
1865: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on August 24th

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1866: Major, United States Army, 11th Infantry Regiment​
1866 – 1869: Major, United States Army, 20th Infantry Regiment​
1869: Lt. Colonel, United States Army, 1st Infantry Regiment​
1870 – 1879: Lt. Colonel, United States Army, 6th Cavalry Regiment​
1875 – 1879: Commandant of Cadets at West Point​
1879 – 1883: Colonel of United States Army, 6th Cavalry Regiment​
1883: Retired from United States Army on April 2nd due to disability​

Died: March 12, 1885

Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Paralysis

Age at time of Death:
59 years old

Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York
 
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First time I realized his parents were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Too bad I missed their graves since I was there locating George Meade's grave.
 
General Neill's wife, Eva Looney Neill died of typhoid fever at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis in 1881. She is buried with him at West Point. Neill never remarried.
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