Thomas Forest Betton Tapper

(1823 - 1885)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Company Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 4th Pennsylvania Reserves

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A first generation American, he had been a factory and farm laborer, carpenter, and just before the war, machinist and engineer. He helped raise troops at the start of the War, and was appointed Captain, Company G , 4th Reserves on 29 May 1861. He was wounded in action (30 June 1861) on the Peninsula Campaign, and fought at Second Bull Run. 1

In the Antietam Campaign:
After the battles at South Mountain and Antietam, he wrote the Regimental Reports as commanding officer - presumably because he was senior officer present at that time.

The remainder of the War:
He continued with the regiment seeing action at Fredericksburg and Cloyd's Mountain. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 1 March 1863 and Colonel 10 May 1864. He mustered out of service with his Regiment in June 1864.1

After the War:
A family geneologist believes he worked as engineer at the Philadelphia Post Office from at least 1856 to 1884.2

Birth Date: 08/31/1823 Place of Birth: Germantown, PA
Death Date: 02/02/1885 Burial Place: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

Notes

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, Martial Deeds Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: T. H. Davis & Co., 1876, pp. 722-723 [AotW citation 118]

2 Tapper Family Forum post by Merle L. of 31 January 2001 - http://www.jenforum.org/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?colonel::tapper::53.html
MyFamily.com, Incorporated, Geneology.Com, Published c. 2000, first accessed 01 January 2004, <http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html>, Source page: http://www.jenforum.org/tapper/ [AotW citation 119]

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