★ Thruston, Charles M.

Charles Mynn Thruston​

Born: February 22, 1798

Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky

Father: U.S. Senator Buckner Thruston 1763 – 1845

(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Mother: Jeannette January Unknown – 1835

(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Wife: Juliana Hughes 1798 – 1881

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland)​

Children:

Frances Thruston Conrad​

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William Sydney Thruston Unknown – 1864​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland Maryland)​

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Charles Buckner Thruston Unknown – 1868​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland Maryland)​

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George Armistead Thruston 1821 – 1874​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland Maryland)​

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Julian Hughes Thruston 1834 – 1853​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland Maryland)​

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Henry Scott Thruston 1837 – 1868​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland Maryland)​

Education:

1814: Graduated from West Point Military Academy​

Occupation before War:

1814 – 1818: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Corps of Artillery​

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1818 – 1827: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 1st​ Artillery​

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1818 – 1821: Battalion Adjutant of United States Artillery​

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1821 – 1827: Adjutant of United States Army, 3rd​ Artillery​

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1827 – 1836: Captain United States Army, 3rd​ Artillery​

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1836: Resigned from United States Army on August 31st​​

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1837 – 1861: Farmer in Cumberland, Maryland​

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1838 – 1841: President of Mineral Bank of Cumberland, Maryland​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland​

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1861 – 1862: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​

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1861 – 1862: Served in Guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad​

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1862: Resigned from the Union Army on April 17th​​

Occupation after War:

1862 – 1872: Farmer in Cumberland, Maryland​

Died: February 18, 1873

Place of Death: Cumberland, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Charles M. Thruston! Salutes remembering General Thruston on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

There were actually 2 from the 1814 West Point class that made it to the Civil War. Thurston and James W. Ripley.

 

[Pollaco]

His son William Sydney Thurston was a captain in the 18th U.S.Infantry. He lost his life in 1864 but not in combat,he died in a drowning accident on the C + O canal.