Thomas Asbury Maddox

In 1860 he was a 20 year old farmer in Meriwether County, GA. He enlisted as First Corporal of Company B, 13th Georgia Infantry on 8 July 1861 at Griffin, GA. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant, date not given.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 by a gunshot that entered the right side of his chest and exited his right shoulder, paralyzing his right hand.

He was in a hospital in Winchester, VA by 2 October 1862, in Richmond, VA by 13 October, and furloughed home on the 18th. He did not return to duty due to his wound and was reduced to Private on 1 May 1864. He applied for and was granted retirement by a medical board in March 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer near Warm Springs in Meriwether County, GA. In 1900 and to at least 1910 he was farming in Benton Township, Faulkner County, AR, with many Maddox neighbors.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Winchester hospital details in a letter from Winchester of 2 October published in the Augusta Weekly Constitutionalist of 22 October 1862; thanks to Laura Elliott. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Frances Garrard (1847-1928) in December 1867 and they had 10 children by 1887.

08/04/1840; Meriwether County, GA

01/10/1916; Faulkner County, AR; burial in Bethesda Cemetery, Rose Bud, AR