William THOMAS

1840 - 1906  (65 years)   Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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• Name	William THOMAS
  Birth	Sat 23 May 1840
  Gender	Male
  Military	Thu 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.
  Death	Mon 07 May 1906
  Person ID	I1208	Robert Mueller Family
  Last Modified	Sun 1 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Peter THOMAS
  Mother	Sophie Marie HAHN
  Family ID	F437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.