Thompson Charles Reeves

In 1860 he was a 26 year old farm worker living with his parents and 4 siblings on their small farm in Randolph County, AL. He enlisted at Brookville, AL on 12 July 1861 and mustered in Montgomery on 26 July as a Private in Company K of the 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was wounded by a gunshot to his finger in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 23 September, sent to a hospital in Lynchburg, VA and returned to duty soon after. He was hospitalized in Richmond again on 1 November, ill, and was sent on furlough from 6 November into February 1863. He continued in service with his company to October 1864, then was detailed to the Ambulance Corps and was on furlough. He was paroled at Talladega, Al on 30 May 1865.

In 1870 he was a farmer in Lamar County, TX but by 1880 and to at least 1910 he farmed in Fannin County.

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Amanda Elizabeth Carder (1844-1934) and they had 11 children between 1860 and 1886.

His brothers Archibald (1816-1881, and sons Archibald, Jr. and William B.), Burgess, and Loftin (1836-1922) were also in Company K.

06/1833 in GA

10/24/1918; in TX; burial in Center Point Cemetery, Fannin County, TX