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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Thomas A. Gaston

(c. 1841 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted at Camp Doles, VA on 23 May 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 4th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was furloughed for 30 days on 11 November 1862 and was afterward with his company to at least the third quarter of 1864, the latest record in his military file.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records.1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2

Birth

c. 1841; Jasper County, GA

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34635]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #301 [AotW citation 34636]

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