Thomas
Williams
Thompson

One source states that Thomas W. Thompson was born in Philadelphia on February 28, 1839, was orphaned at age 7, and moved to Louisville then. He helped raise Company I of the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry of the famous Kentucky “Orphan” Brigade, CSA, during the War Between the States. He commanded his company in such battles as Shiloh and Baton Rouge, and was then promoted to Major and later Lt.-Colonel of the 4th Kentucky. He took command of the regiment during the battle of Chickamauga, at age 23 one of the youngest colonels in the service, and commanded it subsequently to the end of the war. Col. Thompson’s 4th Kentucky Infantry fought one of the final actions of the War Between the States, east of the Mississippi River, on April 29, 1865, in central South Carolina. After the war he served for a time as Clerk of the Chancery Court in Louisville. He died at his home at 5PM on Sunday, August 6, 1882.

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