Gates Phillips Thruston Sr. - Nashville TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 36° 09.057 W 086° 44.034
16S E 523937 N 4000724
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. "meritorious services generally during the war, and particularly for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Stone's River, Tenn., and Chickamauga, Ga.".
Waymark Code: WM12XDC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Section 1, Lot 162.
Description:
From Find A Grave: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as a Captain on the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was then detailed to staff work, first as a Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff to Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook, then as Acting Judge Advocate on the staff of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services generally during the war, and particularly for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Stone's River, Tenn., and Chickamauga, Ga.". He was the nephew of Union Brig. Gen. Charles M. Thruston.


Date of birth: 06/11/1835

Date of death: 12/09/1912

Area of notoriety: Military

Marker Type: Monument

Setting: Outdoor

Fee required?: No

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