Gordon Thompson married Louisa Bailey. They were the parents of five children:
1. Mary Jane Thompson Bailey
2. Almeda F. Thompson Shrewsbury Bartrum
3. Cassie Thompson
4. James A. Thompson
5. Louisa E. Thompson Cook
Gordon served with the Co. H 40 VA INF C.S.A. during the Civil War. He participated in action in Virginia, South and North Carolina.
Records show that on:
May 21, 1863 - Gordon's Regiment, while encamped at Raleigh Court House, Virginia (now Beckley, West Virginia), was subjected to direct artillery fire from Union Forces stationed on hill northeast of their position, the hill is now known as Maxwell Hill, apparently both forces were reluctant to make closer contact.
The Confederate Forces quietly evacuated the town, and moving south about 2-1/2 miles, they set up Camp Pina, in the vicinity of present day Glen Morgan, West Virginia, where Beaver Creek conjugates with Piney Creek, thereby forming Piney River.
May 24, 1863 - Gordon Thompson wrote to his wife at Princeton and mentioned action, places and engagements his regiment had encountered recently and asked her to write to him in care of Captain Bailey at Camp Pina, Virginia.
May 9, 1964 - Almost a year later, Sergeant Gordon Thompson was killed during the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in Pulaski County, Virginia, and the Civil War was to drag on for almost another year before ending April 9, 1865.
1. Mary Jane Thompson Bailey
2. Almeda F. Thompson Shrewsbury Bartrum
3. Cassie Thompson
4. James A. Thompson
5. Louisa E. Thompson Cook
Gordon served with the Co. H 40 VA INF C.S.A. during the Civil War. He participated in action in Virginia, South and North Carolina.
Records show that on:
May 21, 1863 - Gordon's Regiment, while encamped at Raleigh Court House, Virginia (now Beckley, West Virginia), was subjected to direct artillery fire from Union Forces stationed on hill northeast of their position, the hill is now known as Maxwell Hill, apparently both forces were reluctant to make closer contact.
The Confederate Forces quietly evacuated the town, and moving south about 2-1/2 miles, they set up Camp Pina, in the vicinity of present day Glen Morgan, West Virginia, where Beaver Creek conjugates with Piney Creek, thereby forming Piney River.
May 24, 1863 - Gordon Thompson wrote to his wife at Princeton and mentioned action, places and engagements his regiment had encountered recently and asked her to write to him in care of Captain Bailey at Camp Pina, Virginia.
May 9, 1964 - Almost a year later, Sergeant Gordon Thompson was killed during the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in Pulaski County, Virginia, and the Civil War was to drag on for almost another year before ending April 9, 1865.
Gordon Thompson married Louisa Bailey. They were the parents of five children:
1. Mary Jane Thompson Bailey
2. Almeda F. Thompson Shrewsbury Bartrum
3. Cassie Thompson
4. James A. Thompson
5. Louisa E. Thompson Cook
Gordon served with the Co. H 40 VA INF C.S.A. during the Civil War. He participated in action in Virginia, South and North Carolina.
Records show that on:
May 21, 1863 - Gordon's Regiment, while encamped at Raleigh Court House, Virginia (now Beckley, West Virginia), was subjected to direct artillery fire from Union Forces stationed on hill northeast of their position, the hill is now known as Maxwell Hill, apparently both forces were reluctant to make closer contact.
The Confederate Forces quietly evacuated the town, and moving south about 2-1/2 miles, they set up Camp Pina, in the vicinity of present day Glen Morgan, West Virginia, where Beaver Creek conjugates with Piney Creek, thereby forming Piney River.
May 24, 1863 - Gordon Thompson wrote to his wife at Princeton and mentioned action, places and engagements his regiment had encountered recently and asked her to write to him in care of Captain Bailey at Camp Pina, Virginia.
May 9, 1964 - Almost a year later, Sergeant Gordon Thompson was killed during the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in Pulaski County, Virginia, and the Civil War was to drag on for almost another year before ending April 9, 1865.
1. Mary Jane Thompson Bailey
2. Almeda F. Thompson Shrewsbury Bartrum
3. Cassie Thompson
4. James A. Thompson
5. Louisa E. Thompson Cook
Gordon served with the Co. H 40 VA INF C.S.A. during the Civil War. He participated in action in Virginia, South and North Carolina.
Records show that on:
May 21, 1863 - Gordon's Regiment, while encamped at Raleigh Court House, Virginia (now Beckley, West Virginia), was subjected to direct artillery fire from Union Forces stationed on hill northeast of their position, the hill is now known as Maxwell Hill, apparently both forces were reluctant to make closer contact.
The Confederate Forces quietly evacuated the town, and moving south about 2-1/2 miles, they set up Camp Pina, in the vicinity of present day Glen Morgan, West Virginia, where Beaver Creek conjugates with Piney Creek, thereby forming Piney River.
May 24, 1863 - Gordon Thompson wrote to his wife at Princeton and mentioned action, places and engagements his regiment had encountered recently and asked her to write to him in care of Captain Bailey at Camp Pina, Virginia.
May 9, 1964 - Almost a year later, Sergeant Gordon Thompson was killed during the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in Pulaski County, Virginia, and the Civil War was to drag on for almost another year before ending April 9, 1865.
