Thomas J. Stokes enlisted on October 25,1861 as 1st Sgt. of Co. G. 10th Texas Infantry at Houston, Texas "for the war". He resigned as 1st Sgt. of Co. G. on February 1, 1862 to be reassigned as Pvt to Co. I. On July 20, 1862 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He was capture at Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863 and sent to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio. He was exchanged on April 11, 1863 at Center Point, Virginia. On June 10, 1863 he was displaced as Lt. upon the reorganization of his regiment and he was sent to the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was reassigned to his company and restored to rank on March 4, 1864. He participated in the Battle of New Hope Church in May 1864, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia and at the Chattahoochee River in June of 1864. Shortly after this he was treated for exhaustion and other illness at a Macon Confederate hospital and then returned to the front in September 1864. At the Battle of Franklin he was Acting Regimental Adj. of his regiment and was killed 30 paces in front of the enemy's works. Thomas J. Stokes was married and had one son, who was born in March of 1864 while he was away fighting the war. He wrote a letter from the battlefield to his sister in April 1864 that said in part, "Well, you are now Aunt Missouri. Oh, that I could see my boy! Heaven has protected me thus far and I hope that God will consider me through this dreadful ordeal, and protect me for Christ's sake; not that there is any merit that I can offer, but I do hope to live that I may be a humble instrument in the hands of my God to lead others to Him."
Thomas J. Stokes enlisted on October 25,1861 as 1st Sgt. of Co. G. 10th Texas Infantry at Houston, Texas "for the war". He resigned as 1st Sgt. of Co. G. on February 1, 1862 to be reassigned as Pvt to Co. I. On July 20, 1862 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He was capture at Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863 and sent to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio. He was exchanged on April 11, 1863 at Center Point, Virginia. On June 10, 1863 he was displaced as Lt. upon the reorganization of his regiment and he was sent to the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was reassigned to his company and restored to rank on March 4, 1864. He participated in the Battle of New Hope Church in May 1864, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia and at the Chattahoochee River in June of 1864. Shortly after this he was treated for exhaustion and other illness at a Macon Confederate hospital and then returned to the front in September 1864. At the Battle of Franklin he was Acting Regimental Adj. of his regiment and was killed 30 paces in front of the enemy's works. Thomas J. Stokes was married and had one son, who was born in March of 1864 while he was away fighting the war. He wrote a letter from the battlefield to his sister in April 1864 that said in part, "Well, you are now Aunt Missouri. Oh, that I could see my boy! Heaven has protected me thus far and I hope that God will consider me through this dreadful ordeal, and protect me for Christ's sake; not that there is any merit that I can offer, but I do hope to live that I may be a humble instrument in the hands of my God to lead others to Him."
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F & S Acting Regimental Adj. 10th Texas Infantry, C.S.A.
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