Daughter of Jamison and Elizabeth Walker Bailey.
Wife (and widow of) Gordon Thompson.
Louisa died after 1880.
Her grave may not be marked at the present time in history, but written histories give this as her burial place.
The graves of her parents may be unmarked, as well, or the stones not visible.
She was left to raise her children when her husband was killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in 1864. A stone has been placed for him near the grave of Louisa by one of their descendants; and a marker in the veteran's section of Spring Hill cemetery by another.
Correspondence between Louisa & Gordon, written during the war, was kept by their family and copies are in the Virginia Historical Society and Confederate Museum.
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Accounts of the Battle at Cloyds' Mountain written by Col. B.H. Jones give "I am satisfied that the men of the sixtieth who rallied on the ridge were the last confederate troops that left the battlefield...it affords me much pleasure to bear testimony to the good conduct of the regiment, both officers and men during the engagement.
I did not witness a single instance of cowardice..."
Twenty of these men died at Cloyds' Mountain.
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Gordon has two markers in different locations, to commemorate him - I have tried to link both, to help those looking for these.
Wife (and widow of) Gordon Thompson.
Louisa died after 1880.
Her grave may not be marked at the present time in history, but written histories give this as her burial place.
The graves of her parents may be unmarked, as well, or the stones not visible.
She was left to raise her children when her husband was killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in 1864. A stone has been placed for him near the grave of Louisa by one of their descendants; and a marker in the veteran's section of Spring Hill cemetery by another.
Correspondence between Louisa & Gordon, written during the war, was kept by their family and copies are in the Virginia Historical Society and Confederate Museum.
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Accounts of the Battle at Cloyds' Mountain written by Col. B.H. Jones give "I am satisfied that the men of the sixtieth who rallied on the ridge were the last confederate troops that left the battlefield...it affords me much pleasure to bear testimony to the good conduct of the regiment, both officers and men during the engagement.
I did not witness a single instance of cowardice..."
Twenty of these men died at Cloyds' Mountain.
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Gordon has two markers in different locations, to commemorate him - I have tried to link both, to help those looking for these.
Daughter of Jamison and Elizabeth Walker Bailey.
Wife (and widow of) Gordon Thompson.
Louisa died after 1880.
Her grave may not be marked at the present time in history, but written histories give this as her burial place.
The graves of her parents may be unmarked, as well, or the stones not visible.
She was left to raise her children when her husband was killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in 1864. A stone has been placed for him near the grave of Louisa by one of their descendants; and a marker in the veteran's section of Spring Hill cemetery by another.
Correspondence between Louisa & Gordon, written during the war, was kept by their family and copies are in the Virginia Historical Society and Confederate Museum.
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Accounts of the Battle at Cloyds' Mountain written by Col. B.H. Jones give "I am satisfied that the men of the sixtieth who rallied on the ridge were the last confederate troops that left the battlefield...it affords me much pleasure to bear testimony to the good conduct of the regiment, both officers and men during the engagement.
I did not witness a single instance of cowardice..."
Twenty of these men died at Cloyds' Mountain.
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Gordon has two markers in different locations, to commemorate him - I have tried to link both, to help those looking for these.
Wife (and widow of) Gordon Thompson.
Louisa died after 1880.
Her grave may not be marked at the present time in history, but written histories give this as her burial place.
The graves of her parents may be unmarked, as well, or the stones not visible.
She was left to raise her children when her husband was killed at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in 1864. A stone has been placed for him near the grave of Louisa by one of their descendants; and a marker in the veteran's section of Spring Hill cemetery by another.
Correspondence between Louisa & Gordon, written during the war, was kept by their family and copies are in the Virginia Historical Society and Confederate Museum.
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Accounts of the Battle at Cloyds' Mountain written by Col. B.H. Jones give "I am satisfied that the men of the sixtieth who rallied on the ridge were the last confederate troops that left the battlefield...it affords me much pleasure to bear testimony to the good conduct of the regiment, both officers and men during the engagement.
I did not witness a single instance of cowardice..."
Twenty of these men died at Cloyds' Mountain.
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Gordon has two markers in different locations, to commemorate him - I have tried to link both, to help those looking for these.
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