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UNION MAJ. GENERAL LORENZO THOMAS
CS- 1 1/4" X 2" $25.00
Thomas, Lorenzo, brigadier-general, was born in the state
of Delaware in 1805. He was appointed from that state a cadet
in the military academy at West Point Sept. 1, 1819, and on
July 1, 1823, he was graduated and assigned to duty in the
army as second lieutenant in the 4th infantry. He served in
garrison at Cantonment Clinch, Fla., in 1824; in constructing
a military road to St. Augustine, 1824-25; in the Creek
Nation, Ga., 1825-26; in garrison again at Cantonment Clinch,
1827-28, and as adjutant of the 4th infantry at regimental
headquarters from March 1, 1828, to Feb. 15, 1831, being
commissioned first lieutenant in the 4th infantry March 17,
1829. He served on recruiting service, 1831-33, in the
adjutant-general's office at Washington, D. C., from June 5,
1833, to Sept. 3, 1836, and did quartermaster duty in the
Florida war, 1836-37, being commissioned captain in the 4th
infantry Sept. 23, 1836. He served in the quartermaster-
general's office in Washington, D. C., from Oct. 16, 1837, to
July 7, 1838, being commissioned major and assistant adjutant-
general on the last-named date. In the war with Mexico he was
adjutant-general and chief of staff to Maj.-Gen. Butler, both
while commander of a division of volunteers and commander of
the army, and his experience and systematic administrative
powers were conspicuous in the final movements and the
withdrawal of the army in Mexico. Early in the Civil war he
became adjutant-general of the army by succession, and was
afterward especially assigned to the duty of organizing
volunteer troops, particularly the colored regiments. He was
commissioned brigadier-general on Aug. 3, 1861, brevetted
major-general, U. S. A., on March 13, 1865, and having passed
the age of sixty-two years he was placed on the retired list
of the army in Feb., 1869. Gen. Thomas died at his residence
in the city of Washington on March 2, 1875.
CS- 1 1/4" X 2" $25.00
Thomas, Lorenzo, brigadier-general, was born in the state
of Delaware in 1805. He was appointed from that state a cadet
in the military academy at West Point Sept. 1, 1819, and on
July 1, 1823, he was graduated and assigned to duty in the
army as second lieutenant in the 4th infantry. He served in
garrison at Cantonment Clinch, Fla., in 1824; in constructing
a military road to St. Augustine, 1824-25; in the Creek
Nation, Ga., 1825-26; in garrison again at Cantonment Clinch,
1827-28, and as adjutant of the 4th infantry at regimental
headquarters from March 1, 1828, to Feb. 15, 1831, being
commissioned first lieutenant in the 4th infantry March 17,
1829. He served on recruiting service, 1831-33, in the
adjutant-general's office at Washington, D. C., from June 5,
1833, to Sept. 3, 1836, and did quartermaster duty in the
Florida war, 1836-37, being commissioned captain in the 4th
infantry Sept. 23, 1836. He served in the quartermaster-
general's office in Washington, D. C., from Oct. 16, 1837, to
July 7, 1838, being commissioned major and assistant adjutant-
general on the last-named date. In the war with Mexico he was
adjutant-general and chief of staff to Maj.-Gen. Butler, both
while commander of a division of volunteers and commander of
the army, and his experience and systematic administrative
powers were conspicuous in the final movements and the
withdrawal of the army in Mexico. Early in the Civil war he
became adjutant-general of the army by succession, and was
afterward especially assigned to the duty of organizing
volunteer troops, particularly the colored regiments. He was
commissioned brigadier-general on Aug. 3, 1861, brevetted
major-general, U. S. A., on March 13, 1865, and having passed
the age of sixty-two years he was placed on the retired list
of the army in Feb., 1869. Gen. Thomas died at his residence
in the city of Washington on March 2, 1875.
