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Thomas Jones Thorp

Residence Almond NY; 24 years old.

Enlisted on 9/1/1861 at Granger, NY as a Captain.

On 11/29/1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co. NY 85th Infantry 
He was discharged for promotion on 8/27/1862 at Washington, DC

On 8/27/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff NY 1st Dragoons 
He was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865 at Cloud's Mills, VA


He was listed as:
* POW 6/11/1864 Trevillian Station, VA (Confined at Macon, GA & Columbia, SC)
* Confined 7/4/1864 Macon, GA (Estimated date)


Promotions:
* Lt Colonel 8/27/1862 (As of 1st NY Dragoons)
* Colonel 12/24/1864 
* Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet 


Other Information:
born in 1837 in Granger, Allegany County, NY
died 7/26/1915 in Corvallis, OR 
Buried: Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, OR

(Wife:  Mandana Coleman Thorp)

After the War he lived in Oregon

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

 - New York:  Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906
 - Information provided by HDS subscribers
 - Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
 - Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
 - Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
 - Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS
 - Research by Jack Lundquist
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