David Ludlow Thompson

His father died when he was three. He was educated in Flushing, Long Island, NY at the Flushing Institute and was on the faculty there. At age 25 - on August 13, 1862 - he enlisted at New York City and mustered in as Private, Company G, 9th New York Infantry, to serve three years.

He was captured in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam, probably by members of the 15th Georgia Infantry.

He was confined at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA September 28, 1862 and paroled October 6, 1862. He transferred to Company B, Third Infantry on May 6, 1863. He was later commissioned Lieutenant and served on the staff of General Newton M. Curtis. His discharge papers are dated 6 June 1865.

He wrote of his experiences at Antietam for the Century Magazine, later reprinted in Battles and Leaders (1884-1887), excerpted in an Exhibit on AotW. By 1901 he was a cashier in North Plainfield, NJ and had 5 daughters.

Basic information from State of New York1. His papers are at the New-York Historical Society. Further details from a 1901 Sayre family genealogy (his mother was Keturah Elizabeth Sayre, 1801 - 1888).

08/28/1837; Windham, OH

03/31/1926