Thomas Gill

In 1860 he was a 23 year old farmer and owner of one slave at Thomasville in Thomas County, GA. He enlisted in Thomas County on 4 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company E of the 50th Georgia Infantry.

He was wounded in action and captured at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 6 October then sent to the paroled camp, and was formally exchanged on 10 November. He was furloughed home in November but did not return on time and was listed as absent without leave to at least February 1863.

He was back a hospital in Richmond on 16 September and was listed as a deserter from the hospital, probably to return to his company, on 5 October 1863. He was wounded again, in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864. He was admitted to the C. S. Hospital at Petersburg, VA on 6 June for his Wilderness wounds: gunshot fracture of the first 3 fingers of his left hand. His hand was amputated but he was "not healthy" afterward and died there from erysipelas (infection) on 5 July 1864.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.3 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Eliza Platt (1840-) in April 1857 and they had 3 sons.

c. 1837 in GA

07/05/1864; Petersburg, VA; burial in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA