Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
Thomas J. Smith
1844–1912
Confederate Service Record
5’9", light complexion, light hair, black eyes; enlisted1 April 1862; AWOL November to December 1862; wounded July 1863; AWOL September to October 1863; captured 17 May 1864 Spotsylvania Courthouse; Fort Delaware 20 May 1864; wounded in leg Appomattox; released on Oath 21 June 1865 Ft. Delaware.
Thomas J. Smith M V K Y Photo: Born: Fauquier County, 5 February 1844.[3746] Married: Died: 9 December 1912.[3747] Obituary: In the spring of 1862 he joined the Black HorseCavalry….”[3748] See Obituary Chapter. Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: 5’9”, light complexion, light hair, black eyes; enlisted1 April 1862; AWOL November to December 1862; wounded July 1863; AWOL September to October 1863; captured 17 May 1864 Spotsylvania Courthouse; Fort Delaware 20 May 1864; wounded in leg Appomattox; released on Oath 21 June 1865 Ft. Delaware. Additional Information: T. Smith. Wounded at the battle of Stephensburg, June 9, 1863. Near the Plains, Fauquier County.[3749] Listed as “T. Smith.”[3750]
- Also Check # Lewis of Warner Hall, p. 235, per Krick. Col. Thomas Smith is mentioned in William Henry Fitzhugh Payne’s and in Robert Allison Hart’s obituaries. See Obituary Chapter. He was an honorary pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[3751]
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Source Rosters
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- V Vanished Roster (~1874–1878)
- K K.I. Keith Roster (1924)
- Y Nanzig Register
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Suggest a correction →From A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's Black Horse Cavalry, 1859–1865. Compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously.