Thomas H. Wilson

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c1832

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1863-05-16

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"Thomas H. Wilson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013103, (accessed November 5, 2024).

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Jackson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Married to Perlina McIntosh Wilson in Breathitt County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Jackson County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain from September 22, 1861, to May 16, 1863. Killed in action at the Battle of Champion Hill in Baker Creek, Mississippi, on May 16, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, "My Division," p. 858.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 219.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 956.
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and War with Spain, compiled 1861-1934NARA Catalog ID 300020, Roll WC132433-WC132462.

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