Thomas Harley Evans

Giving his age as 28, a clerk, he enlisted as a Private in General Service, US Army on 2 October 1849 in New York City. He reenlisted in October 1854 at Fort Columbus, NY, by then a Sergeant, and was discharged on 2 October 1859. He enlisted again on 25 August 1860 as Sergeant Major, First Battalion, 12th United States Infantry. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th US on 30 June 1862 and was promoted to First Lieutenant on 11 August 1862.

He commanded Company B at Antietam in September 1862.

He was at Frederickburg, VA in December bur resigned his commission on 17 February 1863. He again enlisted as a Sergeant in general Army service in Washington, DC on 4 June 1863 and was discharged on 23 December 1865.

He was appointed a clerk in the Adjutant General's Office, US Army, in Washington, DC. In 1870 he was still a War Department clerk in Washington, but by 1880 he was a clerk in the US Treasury Department.

His service from Heitman,1 Henry,2 and the Registers.3 His role at Antietam from Captain Blunt's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1870 and 1880, and The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of 19 September 1885. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Anna Eliza Melligan/Mulligan (c. 1834-1871) and they had 4 children between 1862 and 1870. He married again, Sarah Trice (c. 1835-1900) before 1880.

c. 1821; Radnorshire, WALES

09/09/1885; Washington, DC; burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC