• General Notes

  He served in the Civil War, 8th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Company C.
  
  "On March 28, 1864, the veterans and recruits of the 44th Ohio Infantry reported to Camp Dennison, Ohio, and were organized into the 8th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. On Paril 26th, six companies, not mounted, were ordered to Charlestown, West Virginia. On May 8th the remainder of the regiment were ordered to the same place.
  
  "On June 1st the regiment arrived at Lewisburgh, and on the 3rd, moved with Averillon in the Lynchurg raid. It was severely engaged with the rebels, with a loss of 71 killed, wounded, and prisoners.
  
  "It was next ordered to Beverly, and reached that place on June 30th, having been in the saddle almost constantly for 33 days, marching in that period about 600 miles.
  
  "On August 23rd, companies C [probably including Thomas], H, and K were surprised and captured. The remainder of the regiment served gallantly and did noble work, with both torch and sword, in the valley, at Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek.
  
  "On the morning of January 11, 1865, it was surprised and captured, and the remainder of their time was passed under the fiends' charge at Libby Prison.
  
  "Their sufferings were terrible, and their treatment such as non but savages could inflict. Not content with robbing the helpless prisoners of their shoes, hats, and nearly all their clothing, a systematic course of starving was resorted to, and that, too, under the immediate supervision, and, beyond a doubt, by the direct orders of that foul bloat upon humanity, Jeff Davis."
  History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, 1880
  
  Occupation: Blacksmith 1850 / Peddler 1860 / Huckster 1870 (census)

Details of Thomas' family with Mary Anderson