In 1860, he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for farmer Michael Coble in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of sixteen (meaning he likely had parental permission) March 4, 1865, as a substitute for Joseph Kennedy and mustered into federal service that day at Chambersburg as a drummer with Co. A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, although he is in the company register as a private, not a musician. He died from "congestion of the brain" in 1st Division 9th Corps U.S. Hospital and had not been a soldier long enough to receive his first pay. However, his family had $1,179.21 due from Joseph Kennedy plus the pay and bounty the army owned. The only offset to that was $32.10 Thomas owed the army for drawing extra clothing, which is surprising given that he had been in the army for only fifteen days. The company register claims he died on March 20.
On October 14, 1937, Mrs. Bessie M. Evans applied for a federally-funded flat marker for his grave.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of sixteen (meaning he likely had parental permission) March 4, 1865, as a substitute for Joseph Kennedy and mustered into federal service that day at Chambersburg as a drummer with Co. A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, although he is in the company register as a private, not a musician. He died from "congestion of the brain" in 1st Division 9th Corps U.S. Hospital and had not been a soldier long enough to receive his first pay. However, his family had $1,179.21 due from Joseph Kennedy plus the pay and bounty the army owned. The only offset to that was $32.10 Thomas owed the army for drawing extra clothing, which is surprising given that he had been in the army for only fifteen days. The company register claims he died on March 20.
On October 14, 1937, Mrs. Bessie M. Evans applied for a federally-funded flat marker for his grave.
In 1860, he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for farmer Michael Coble in Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of sixteen (meaning he likely had parental permission) March 4, 1865, as a substitute for Joseph Kennedy and mustered into federal service that day at Chambersburg as a drummer with Co. A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, although he is in the company register as a private, not a musician. He died from "congestion of the brain" in 1st Division 9th Corps U.S. Hospital and had not been a soldier long enough to receive his first pay. However, his family had $1,179.21 due from Joseph Kennedy plus the pay and bounty the army owned. The only offset to that was $32.10 Thomas owed the army for drawing extra clothing, which is surprising given that he had been in the army for only fifteen days. The company register claims he died on March 20.
On October 14, 1937, Mrs. Bessie M. Evans applied for a federally-funded flat marker for his grave.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of sixteen (meaning he likely had parental permission) March 4, 1865, as a substitute for Joseph Kennedy and mustered into federal service that day at Chambersburg as a drummer with Co. A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, although he is in the company register as a private, not a musician. He died from "congestion of the brain" in 1st Division 9th Corps U.S. Hospital and had not been a soldier long enough to receive his first pay. However, his family had $1,179.21 due from Joseph Kennedy plus the pay and bounty the army owned. The only offset to that was $32.10 Thomas owed the army for drawing extra clothing, which is surprising given that he had been in the army for only fifteen days. The company register claims he died on March 20.
On October 14, 1937, Mrs. Bessie M. Evans applied for a federally-funded flat marker for his grave.
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G. A. R., 100th PA Inf.
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