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• Hij is geboren rond 1843 in Troup or Clark County, Georgia acc.
• Hij is overleden mei 1864.
• Een kind van Samuel Richardson Anderson en Mary Pope Puryear
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ID: I940
Name: Thomas S. ANDERSON
Given Name: Thomas S.
Surname: Anderson 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1843 in GA 1
Death: MAY 1864 in Paulding Co., GA 3
Change Date: 18 SEP 2003 at 15:01
Note:
Killed in the Battle of New Hope Church.
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Thomas ANDERSON

* DEATH-. MAY-1864, Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia
• OCCUPATION-. Civil War CSA soldier
Father: Samuel R. ANDERSON
Mother: Mary Pope PURYEAR

Notes
Joined Carter's Brigade**, Harris County, Texas, first battle in
which he fought was Arkansas Post, was taken prisoner and exchanged
to Johnson's army, fought under Johnson during retreat to Atlanta
and was killed at the Battle of New Hope Church.
HTML created by GED2HTML v3.0 (2/2/97) on Mon Feb 10 11:52:47 1997.

The above from the anderson2 database, by Richard Rounds with notes from Roy E. Malone.
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It appears to me that Thomas was actually in the Texas 25th Cavalry (unhorsed). It was also called the 3rd Texas Lancers. After exchange, it was consolidated with the 17th, 18th and the 24th and was refered to as the 17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted).

Briefly, the 25th was ordered to Arkansas Post. There the unit was captured and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois. The entire unit was exchanged to the Confederacy and became part of Johnson's Army of the Tennessee. The unit pretty much stayed together throughout.

Both Thomas Anderson and Thomas S. Anderson were with the unit. Thomas Anderson was in Proudfoot's Co. and Thomas S. Anderson was a corporal in Co. H.

Thomas' middle initial is actually "S". He is shown as Thos. S. on the 1850 Census of Chatooga Co., GA, in what is refered to as District Town District. This is Roll M432_64, Page 391, Image 339. This was enumerated on 26 OCT 1850.

The information that we have gathered from various sources has indicated that Thomas was killed at either the Battle of New Hope Church or the Battle of Chickamauga. Family lore and the various Malone files have it both ways. The 25th was in both battles. I tend to lean towards the Battle of New Hope Church. His brother, Charles E., was wounded and captured in the Battle of Chickamauga. I think the stories have blended over the years. It also would make a good story if one brother fighting from LA was captured and another fighting from TX was killed in the same battle unbeknownst to each other.
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George Washington Carter was a minister and educator, a Confederate colonol, a legislator and a diplomat. From Virginia, he ended up in Chappell Hill, Texas, in 1860 with an invitation from the Texas Methodist Conferance to become the president of Soule University. He participated in the Secession Convention in 1861, resigned and in a round-about fashion, came back to Texas to form three regiments of Texas Cavalry. His was the 21st, Franklin Wilkes' 24th and Clayton Gillespie's 25th. At one point these were all lumped together as Carter's Lancers. When the force arrived at Arkansas Post, the 24th and 25th withdrew from Carter's command.
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I would believe that New Hope Church, GA. is in Paulding Co., GA. and that most of the soldiers were buried in 3 large trenches, there are some burials in and around the battlefield and the church. but not sure if i have a list of these soldiers, will check and see.
William
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What is now Douglas County was created by the Georgia Legislature in 1870 from parts of old Campbell County (now south Fulton County) and eastern Carroll County.

Originally named Douglass County to honor prominent Republican leader and former slave Frederick Douglass, the spelling was changed to “Douglas” as Reconstruction ended and Radical Republican leaders were thrown out of power in the middle 1870s.

The notorious Camp Douglas in Chicago, where many Confederate prisoners of war died, was one of the locations named for Stephen A. Douglas. It's impossible to believe that Douglas County's first officials, most of whom had been Confederate soldiers, would name their county for Stephen A. Douglas only five years after the Douglas death camp had closed.
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Thomas S. Anderson was with the 25th Texas Cavalry throughout.

He enlisted 1 APR 1862 for "three years or the War". He was enlisted by Capt. Proudfoot in Co. H in Houston. The unit formed up at Camp Carter.
He was furloughed for 20 days to the General Hospital, Houston, Texas on 2 MAY 1862 for (illegible) Fever (illegible). He is shown on the company muster roll as paid for 11 MAY to 30 JUN, 1862 and marked "Present". Remarks include a saddle pad for $1. On a Receipt Roll dated 30 SEP 1862 he is to be paid 25 cents per day with occupation shown as "Herding beef, etc".
He is listed as captured on a card titled "Roll of Prisoners of War" on 11 January 1863 at Arkansas Post, Arkansas.
He is shown as "Present" and paid for May and June, 1863 and again for July and August, 1863, so the unit was exchanged to Johnson's Army of the Tennessee by then. On 21 MAY 1863 he is shown on a receipt roll for clothing at General Hospital, No. 1, Lynchburg, VA. He is then shown as paid and present for September and October as well as November and December, 1863.
January and February, 1864, he is shown as present and paid to 31 DEC 1863. On the Company Muster Roll for March and April, 1864 is indicated that he was last paid 31 DEC 1863. He is indicated as present and appointed Corporal on 7 MAR 1864.

The above is from his Consolidated Service Record consisting of cards that have been microfilmed. These are located in the Confederate Research Center at Hill College, Hillsboro, TX.
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From Their Last Full Measure, Texas Confederate Casualty Lists, Volume III, 1864-1865, compiled by L.L. Kight, copyright 1997, published by G.T.T. Publishing, 227 Varsity Circle, Arlington, Texas 76013-2429:
On Page 90, section titled "Casualties of Granbury's Texas Brigade in Engagements near New Hope Church, Georgia, Brigadier General H.B. Granbury, Commanding, May 27 & 28, 1864".
24th and 25th Texas (Consolidated) - Colonol F.C. Wilkes, Commanding
25th Texas Regiment, Company H
Killed
Corpl. T.S. Anderson
On Page 91, section titled "Casualties Reported by Fourth Texas in a Special to the News *The Fighting in Georgia* Dated June 7th, 1864."
Casualties Listed
Killed
Corpl. T.S. Anderson
Reported in the Galveston Tri-Weekly News, Sunday, July 31, 1864.

I won't go into the battles or a lot of the history of the unit itself except to say that Company H and Proudfoot's Company were two different companies in the 25th. They were consolidated when the captain of Co. H resigned. That is why I found Thomas Anderson in both Co. H and in Proudfoot's Co. Apparently there were not two Thomas Andersons, just some mixed files.
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25th Texas Cavalry
(3rd Texas Lancers) (Gillespie's)
The 25th Texas Cavalry, also know as the 3rd Texas Lancers, was
organized early in 1862, by C.C. Gillespie, with more than nine hundred
men. Field officers were Colonel Clayton C. Gillespie, Lieutenant
Colonel William M. Neyland, Major Joseph N. Dark and Major Edward B.
Pickett. The regiment was dismounted and ordered to march to Arkansas.
The 25th Cavalry was captured, at Arkansas Post, in January 1863. After
an exchange of prisoners, the regiment was consolidated with the 17th,
18th, and 24th Texas Cavalry and placed in Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and
Granbury's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. At the Battle of Chickamauga, the
17th Cavalry, 18th Cavalry, 24th Cavalry, and the 25th Cavalry, all
dismounted, suffered 200 casualties. The 25th Cavalry was surrendered on
26 Apr 1865.
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see; FROM THE PLAINS TO THE PULPIT
by John Wesley ANDERSON (pub 1907, rev. 1922) pgs 15 & 16
(younger brother of Thomas)

"... I can never forget the day when my parents received a letter from a comrade in the army stating that brother Tom was killed. The writer said he died while making a third charge on the enemies' breastworks. A ball took off the top of his head and he never knew what struck him. He was killed in the battle at Chickamauga, Ga. (see above - Battle of New Hope Church ?)
Father had received a letter from him a few days before stating he had been fighting fifty-four days and he never expected to live through the war, but by the grace of God he would meet him in heaven.
The reading of this last letter from him gave my parents great joy and sorrow combined, but when the letter containing the news of his death was read it seemed like the heavens were brass and no comfort came to dear mother's heart for days. Father called us all into the house and he read that part of the letter about his death and said, "We will all now bow in prayer, ask God to help us bear the great loss of our dear boy." .... "
4 5 6 7

Father: Samuel Richardson ANDERSON b: 6 SEP 1809 in VA, Poss Pittsylvania Co.
Mother: Mary Pope PURYEAR b: 5 APR 1812 in Athens, Clark Co., GA

Sources:
Abbrev: Anderson GEDCOM
Title: anderson2 Database
Author: Richard Rounds
Publication: Rootsweb-WorldConnect Project
PersonalGenealogy Files
Page: anderson2, RootsWeb, Richard Rounds
Quality: 3
Date: 7 MAR 2002
Abbrev: 1850 Census
Title: Federal Census
Author: Federal Government
Page: District Town District, Chatooga Co., GA, Roll M432_64, Page 391, Image 339
Quality: 3
Date: 9 MAR 2003
Abbrev: Anderson GEDCOM
Title: anderson2 Database
Author: Richard Rounds
Publication: Rootsweb-WorldConnect Project
PersonalGenealogy Files
Page: anderson2, RootsWeb database, Richard Rounds
Quality: 3
Date: 7 MAR 2002
Abbrev: Richard Rounds Files
Title: GEDCOM of the Anderson Family
Author: Richard L. Rounds
Publication: Rootsweb World Connect Project
Repository:
Name: Richard L. Rounds
Oklahoma USA

Page: anderson2 database
Quality: 3
Date: 9 MAR 2003
Abbrev: Ancestry Boards
Author: Ancestry.com
Page: Posting of 8 MAR 2003, Re: New Hope Church and Chickamauga Battles, William Hobgood
Quality: 3
Date: 9 MAR 2003
Abbrev: Electronic Files
Page: Genealogy.com Message Board, Douglas Co., Joe Baggett
Quality: 3
Date: 9 MAR 2003
Abbrev: Confederate Research Center
Publication: Texas Heritage Museum, Hill College, Hillsboro, TX
Date: 21 MAR 2003
Page: As shown in notes.
Quality: 3
Date: 21 MAR 2003

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