Bryan Morel Thomas
Born: May 8, 1836
Birth Place: Milledgeville, Georgia
Father: Abel Thomas 1805 - 1873
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Wife: Mary Jones Withers 1844 – 1916 (Married: November 14, 1864)
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)
Father – in – law: Major General Jones Marshall Withers 1814 – 1890
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)
Children:
John Sherrod Thomas 1869 – 1945
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)
Sylla Thomas Hamilton 1875 – 1946
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)
Harriet Huger Thomas Unknown – 1951
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)
Education:
1858: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (22nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1858 – 1859: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Infantry
1858 – 1859: Garrison Duty at Columbus
1859 – 1860: Served in Utah Expedition
1859 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1860: Served in the Navajo Expedition
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 6th
Civil War Career:
1861: 1st Lt. In the Confederate Army, Infantry
1861: Major in the Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Major of 18th Alabama Infantry
1861: Ordnance Commander of Department of Alabama & West Florida
1862: Commander of Artillery for the Army of Mississippi
1862: Participated in the Battle of Stones River
1863: Assistant Inspector General of Withers Division
1863 – 1865: Colonel of 12th Mississippi Cavalry
1864: Held the temporary Rank of Brigadier General (never approved)
1865: Participated in the Mobile, Alabama Campaign
1865: Captured during the Mobile, Alabama Campaign
1865: Released from Fort Gaines, Alabama
1865: Paroled by the Union Army
Occupation after War:
1868 – 1881: Farmer in Dooley County, Georgia
1881 – 1905: Farmer and Teacher in Whitfield County, Georgia
United States Deputy United States Marshal in North Georgia
Founder of a Private Academy in Dalton, Georgia
1891 – 1900: Superintendent of Dalton, Georgia Schools
Died: July 16, 1905
Place of Death: Dalton, Georgia
Cause of Death: Not Known
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia
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