Thomas Beaver
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Antebellum
- Born in 1838 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
- Enlisted from Sauk, Sauk County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 24, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
Death and Burial
- August 28, 1862 - Mortally wounded and taken prisoner in action at the
Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia- Severe wound in right arm, amputated
- September 18, 1862 - Died in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia of wounds received
Family
- PARENTS
- Father Joshua Christian Beaver - Born on March 7, 1798 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Died on October 4, 1872 in Spring Green, Sauk County, Wisconsin
- Mother Catherine Havice - Born on January 1, 1808 in Beaver Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Died on January 9, 1880 in Spring Green, Sauk County, Wisconsin
- Married about September 1823 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
- Further genealogy available HERE
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 9)
- The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
- National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 2
- National Park Service - Beaver, Thomas
- Second Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Thomas Beaver
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 368)
