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T.S. Dunn
(1822 - 1895)
Home State: Indiana
Education: Hanover (IN) College, Class of 1839
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He enlisted as a Private in Company G, First Indiana Infantry on 14 June 1846 for Mexican War service and was discharged on 15 June 1847. By 1860 he was a farmer near Logansport, Cass County, IN.
He raised a Company of troops in Cass County at the start of the Civil War, for 3-months' service, and they became Company D, 9th Indiana Infantry on 25 April 1861; he mustered as their Captain. When they mustered out in July, he was appointed Captain in the 12th United States Infantry, to date from 14 May 1861.
On the Campaign
He was with the Battalion at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was in action again at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station and Mine Run, VA, and was wounded in the Wilderness, VA about 7 May 1864. He was honored by brevets to Major (for the Wilderness and Richmond Campaign) and Lieutenant Colonel, USA (for war service).
After the War
He continued in Regular Army service and was transferred to the 30th US Infantry on 21 September 1866. In 1870 he was at Apache Pass near Tucson, AZ. He was promoted to Major of the 8th US Infantry on 19 February 1873, transferred back to the 12th Infantry on 4 May 1877, and retired on 29 June 1878.
By 1880 he was at Santa Monica, CA.
References & notes
His service from Heitman,1 Henry,2 and the Indiana Adjutant General.3 His presence at Antietam from Captain Anderson's after-action Report. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1880, and the General Catalogue of the Alumni and Former Students of Hanover College (1890). His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a photograph contributed by Jeff Kowalis.
He married Harriet B. Tipton (1830-1887) in April 1859 and they had 6 children.
Birth
09/1822; Hanover, IN
Death
11/13/1895; Santa Monica, CA; burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 389 [AotW citation 29062]
2 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 2, pg. 82 [AotW citation 29063]
3 State of Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, and William H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 8 volumes, Indianapolis: (various) State Printers, 1865-1869 [AotW citation 29064]