Thomas A. Maddox

In 1860 he was a 31 year old salesman in a saddle store in Savannah, GA. He enrolled as First Lieutenant of Company A, First Georgia Regular Infantry on 11 March 1861, and was with them to at least August 1861. They were re-organized as artillery, first Hamilton's, later Blackshear's Battery of Cutts' Battalion.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 while in command of a section of guns.

When Blackshear's Battery was disbanded in October 1862 Maddox, along a gun crew, were sent to Company I, 31st Battalion (Nelson's) Virginia Artillery - later known as Milledge's Battery. He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital in March 1863 with hepatitis and sent home to Savannah in May. He returned to duty and was senior officer present and commanding the battery by August 1864 and was with them to at least March 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was again a store clerk in Savannah, GA.

His role on the Campaign from Carman.1 His service from his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

1828; Pendleton District, SC

1900; Savannah, GA; burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery North, Savannah, GA