William THOMAS (1840 - 1906): Genealogy.Ravensbeak.Com

Name	William THOMAS
Born	23 May 1840
Gender	Male
Died	07 May 1906

Parents

Family ID: F437 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father	Peter THOMAS (ID:I1204)
Mother	Sophie Marie HAHN (ID:I1205)

Other Personal Events

Military

15 May 1862

– Enlisted May 15 - Aug. 31, 1862; enrolled June 15, 1862, Camp Russell; 8th Texas Infantry (Hobby's Regiment), Confederate States Army Dec. 1862, listed as Company Clerk; Nov. 26, 1863, put on detached service, with Ordnance Dept., San Antonio, Tex. It appears that he stayed there for the rest of his service. Paroled as Prisoner of War, Aug. 7, 1865, as a private, E Co., 8th Infantry. Muster Roll May 14 - Aug. 31, 1863: "Since July 17 [1863] detached as tinner at Corpus Christi" Muster Roll Jan & Feb. 1864: "Absent" "Detached service, Ordnance Department, at San Antonio, Nov. 26, 1863." His name appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War, roll not dated, parole not stated.

Histories

A Wartime Letter From William Thomas
From William Thomas to his brother-in-law, Matthew Kreisle, and his sister, Sophie T. Kreisle, about the Union bombardment of Corpus Christi. Translated by the Dept. of Germanic Languages, Univ. of Texas at Austin, retyped and edited by Harold Mueller, 1987. Italicization indicates added comments.