Thomas H. Faircloth

Orphaned at his mother's death in 1860, he was then a 26 year old shoe maker living with Louiza Kelley and her familyat Dawson in Terrell County, GA. He enlisted in Camilla in Mitchell County, GA on 4 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company C of the 51st Georgia Infantry.

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

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to about 18 September, paroled on 26 September, then transferred for exchange. He was on sick furlough from 22 October to 22 December 1862, then returned to duty. He was captured in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 or 3 July 1863 and was a prisoner at Fort Delaware by 12 July. He was transferred to Point Lookout, MD on 22 October 1863 and paroled and exchanged there on 18 February 1865. He was admitted to Jackson Hospital in Richmond, VA on 21 February and sent to the parole camp (Camp Lee) on 3 March. He was back in Jackson Hospital on 3 April 1865 and captured there the same day. He was sent to Libby Prison in Richmond on 14 April and paroled there and released on 22 April 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer at Cuthbert in Randolph County, GA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His memorial is on Findagrave.

He married Frances Greaves (1847-) in September 1865 and they had 7 children.

c. 1833 in GA

1890; Cuthbert, GA; burial in Cuthbert, GA