★★★ Reid, Thomas Jefferson Jr.

Thomas Jefferson Reid​

Born: January 6, 1838

Birthplace: Caswell County, North Carolina

Father: Thomas Jefferson Reid Sr. 1801 – 1880

(Buried: Tulip Cemetery, Tulip, Arkansas)​

Mother: Frances "Fannie" Lightfoot Edwards 1814 – 1896

Wife: Carrie Wolcott

Wife: Maud Kennicott

Education:

Attended University of Pennsylvania Medical School​

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1861: Graduated from Richmond Medical College​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major of 12th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Major of Phifer's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion​

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1862 – 1864: Colonel of 12th​ Arkansas Infantry Regiment​

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Captured during the Battle of Port Hudson escaping in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of 2nd​ Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment​

Occupation after War:

Medical Doctor in Hot Springs, Arkansas​

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Medical Doctor in Chicago, Illinois​

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Medical Doctor in Colorado​

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Medical Doctor in Niles, Illinois​

Died: October 30, 1907

Place of Death: Niles, Illinois

Age at time of Death: 69 years old

Burial Place: Town of Maine Cemetery Park Ridge, Illinois

 

[Pollaco]

In Dec. of 1861 he transferred to the cavalry. He would have been captured at Island #10 with his unit but he was back in Arkansas recruiting. He became major in the 2nd.Arkansas Cavalry. The unit reorganized in October 1862 and Reid became it's colonel.

 

[Pollaco]

He submitted a plan to Jefferson Davis in January 1864 proposing to recapture New Orleans. He had been held captive there before escaping and noted how the city had few Union soldiers defending it.The plan was never implemented. Gen. Leonidas Polk favored it ( cautiously)and Gen. Braxton Bragg thought the plan foolhardy. Bragg believed the plan would "demoralize our troops and have them destroyed in detail".

 

[Pollaco]

In addition to the after war occupations listed he was also appointed Postmaster in 1874.

 

[danny]

In Dec. of 1861 he transferred to the cavalry. He would have been captured at Island #10 with his unit but he was back in Arkansas recruiting. He became major in the 2nd.Arkansas Cavalry. The unit reorganized in October 1862 and Reid became it's colonel.

On Oct 2, 1862, at Jackson, Ms, Reid was elected Colonel of the 12th Arkansas Infantry when it reorganized after release from prison.