★ ★ Wood, Thomas J.

Thomas John Wood​

Born: September 25, 1823

Birthplace: Munfordville, Kentucky

Father: George Twyman Wood 1796 – 1876

(Buried: Wood Family Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky)​

Mother: Elizabeth Helm

(Buried: Wood Family Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky)​

Wife: Caroline Elizabeth Greer 1840 – 1925

(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio)​

Children:

George Henry Wood 1867 – 1945​

(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio)​

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Thomas John Wood Jr. 1876 – 1942​

(Buried: Woodland Cemetery, and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio)​

Education:

1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Topographical Engineers​

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1846: Served in the Battle of Palo Alto, Mexico​

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1846: Served in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico​

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1846: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1846 – 1851: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1847: Served in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico​

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1847: Brevetted 1st​ Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Buena Vista​

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1848: Garrison duty in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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1848 – 1849: Served on March through Texas to McCulloch's Station​

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1849: Frontier Duty at Fort Croghan, Texas​

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1849: Aide – de – camp to Brevet Brig. General Harney​

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1849 – 1854: Adjutant for U.S. Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1850 – 1851: Frontier Duty at San Antonio, Texas​

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1851 – 1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1851 – 1852: Served on the Rio Grande​

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1852: Frontier Duty in Austin, Texas​

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1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Croghan, Texas​

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1852 – 1853: Frontier Duty at San Antonio, Texas​

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1853: Frontier Duty at Fort Mason, Texas​

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1853 – 1854: Frontier Duty at Austin Texas​

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1854 – 1855: Recruiter for United States Army​

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1855: Served on the Sioux Expedition​

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1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1855 – 1856: Served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

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1856 – 1857: Served in the Kansas disturbances​

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1857: Escort for Lt. Colonel Johnston while in Kansas Territory​

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1858 – 1859: Frontier Duty at Fort Washita, Indian Territory​

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1859 – 1861: Leave of Absence from army while in Europe​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major of United States Army 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Organizer and Mustering Union Army Volunteers​

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1861: Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1861: Union Army Commander of Camp Nevin Kentucky​

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1861 – 1868: Colonel of United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862: Guarded and repaired Railroads in North Alabama, and Middle Tennessee​

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1862: Engaged in pursuing the Confederates under Forrest​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​

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1862: In Pursuit of the Confederates, to the Cumberland Mountains​

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1862: Wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1863: Division Commander in Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1863: Division Commander in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee​

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1863 – 1864: Served in the Eastern Tennessee Campaign​

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1863: Served in the March for the relief of Knoxville, Tennessee​

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1864: Division Commander at Battle of Resaca, Georgia​

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1864: Division Commander at Battle of Kennesaw Mountain​

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1864: Wounded at the Battle of Lovejoy Station, Georgia​

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1864: Served in the Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia​

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1864: Division Commander in Sherman's March to the Sea​

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1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander, 4th​ Army Corps​

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1864: Corps Commander during Battle of Franklin, Tennessee​

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1864: Corps Commander during Battle of Nashville, Tennessee​

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1865 – 1866: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General U.S. Army for Battle of Chickamauga​

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1865: Brevetted Major General U.S. Army for Battle of Nashville​

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1865: Union Army Commander of Division of East Tennessee​

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1865: Union Army Commander at Nashville, Tennessee​

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1865: Union Army Commander in Texas​

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1865: Union Army Commander, Central District of Arkansas​

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1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander, Department of Mississippi​

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1866 – 1867: Union Army Commander, District of Mississippi​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 1st​​

Occupation after War:

1861 – 1868: Colonel of United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1866 – 1867: Union Army Commander, District of Mississippi​

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1867 – 1868: Regimental Commander at Fort McPherson, Nebraska​

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1868: Retired from U.S. Army on June 9th​ as Major General​

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1872: His retired rank of Major General changed to Brig. General​

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Active Member of the Grand Army of the Republic​

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Member of Board of Visitors for West Point Military Academy​

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Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of United States​

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1892 – 1906: Member of the Aztec club of 1847​

Died: February 26, 1906

Place of Death: Dayton, Ohio

Cause of Death: Bad Health

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York

 

[Pollaco]

It was his division that created that famous gap at Chickamauga on the second day. He was ordered by Rosecrans directing him to move to the left to fill a gap( which did not exist) His movement created a real gap a quarter mile wide. This "created gap" is the one where Longstreets Soldiers poured into. This sent nearly 2/3s of the Union army fleeing toward Chattanooga.

 

[Luke Freet]

1857: Escort for Lt. Colonel Johnston while in Kansas Territory

Albert Sydney or Joe? More likely A. S. considering his deployments but not certain.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Thomas J. Wood! Salutes remembering General Wood on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

This profile lists him as an aide-de-camp to General Harney during the Mexican War. Another biography states that Wood was a member of the staff to General Zachary Taylor.

 

[James N.]

Wartime CDV photo of then-Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood - the one in the op shows Wood as a company grade dragoon officer before the war, identifiable by his single-breasted frock coat and the crossed sabres insignia on his M.1858 Hardee Hat..