{⋆★⋆} BG Thomas, Edward Lloyd

Edward Lloyd Thomas​

Born: March 23, 1825

Birthplace: Clarke County, Georgia

Father: Rev. Edward Lloyd Thomas Sr. 1785 – 1852

(Buried: Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Georgia)​

Mother: Mary Stewart Hogue 1784 – 1861

(Buried: Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Georgia)​

Wife: Jane Hazeltine Gray 1832 – 1920

(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Children:

Dr. Edward Gray Thomas 1855 – 1930​

(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Education:

Graduated from Oxford College​

Occupation before War:

1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of 2nd​ Lt.​

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Farmer in Whitfield County, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 35th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Antietam, Maryland​

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1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1864: Brigade Commander during the Wilderness Campaign, Virginia​

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1865: Served as Brigade Commander during Appomattox Campaign, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Newton County, Georgia​

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Special Agent of the Land Bureau in Kansas​

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Indian Agent at the Sac and Fox Agency in Indian Territory, Oklahoma​

Died: March 8, 1898

Place of Death: McAlester, Oklahoma

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Kiowa City Cemetery, Kiowa, Oklahoma

 

[Pollaco]

He took over brigade command for the wounded and captured James Pettigrew at Seven Pines.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Edward Lloyd Thomas! Remembering General Thomas on his birthday.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Edward Lloyd Thomas! Salutes remembering General Thomas on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The accompanying article states that he missed the Battle of Antietam because he was at Harper's Ferry as he was put in charge of paroling prisoners when Stonewall Jackson left.This profile is correct in that it states Thomas was a brigade commander "during" Antietam and not "at" Antietam.

 

[Pollaco]

The accompanying article states that he missed the Battle of Antietam because he was at Harper's Ferry as he was put in charge of paroling prisoners when Stonewall Jackson left.This profile is correct in that it states Thomas was a brigade commander "during" Antietam and not "at" Antietam.

And I think Col. Thomas was commanding J.R. Anderson's Brigade at that time after Pettigrew's brigade was broken up in June of 1862. Anderson had been wounded at Glendale and resigned in July,1862.

 

[Luke Freet]

From the end of the Seven Days to Appomattox, Thomas remained in command of his brigade for the entire time, a rarity in this conflict.

 

[ErnieMac]

Pettigrew's command during the Peninsula Campaign was a mixed brigade, the 35th Georgia was the only regiment from that state in it. Joseph Anderson also commanded a mixed brigade composed of two Georgia and two North Carolina regiments and the 3rd Louisiana Battalion. There was a push in the ANV at the time to form brigades of regiments from the same state, so the 14th & 35th Georgia moved into Anderson's Brigade and the North Carolinians transferred out. After the Seven Days the 3rd Louisiana Battalion was merged with another to form a new regiment and reassigned. Thomas, as the senior colonel, took command of the brigade following Anderson's wounding and subsequent resignation.

 

[ErnieMac]

Thomas' after-action report for Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown; OR Series 1, Volume XIX, Part 1, page 1006:

HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, LIGHT DIVISION,​

October 26, 1862.​

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Major R. C. MORGAN,​

Assistant Adjutant-General, Light Division.​

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MAJOR: On September 14 and 15 this brigade was ordered to support General Pender's, then advancing upon Harper's Ferry. We were exposed to a heavy artillery fire, which caused some loss, but took no active part, and had moved to within a short distance of the enemy's works when they surrendered.​

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At Shepherdstown, on September 20, we were placed in position on the extreme right of the line, and were ordered to advance toward the Potomac River. Moving forward, we took position commanding the ford; remained under a heavy artillery fire until night, and were then ordered back to camp.​

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Colonel R. W. Folsom, Fourteenth Georgia Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel S. M. Manning, Forty-ninth Georgia, and maj. W. L. Grice, Forty-fifth Georgia, led their commands with a skill and gallantry highly honorable to them.​

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Major Lewis Ginter, Lieutenant William Norwood, and Lieutenant John Tyler, of the staff, performed their duties with gallantry on the field, and I take this occasion to acknowledge their valuable services to me.​

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With few exceptions, the officers and men of this command conducted themselves on the field in a manner highly honorable to them. Their courage, their cheerful obedience to orders, and their patient endurance of hardships cannot be commanded to highly.​

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I have the honor to be, major, with highest respect, your obedient servant,​

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EDWD. L. THOMAS,​

Brigadier-General.​