Thompson Bird Lamar

A wealthy physician, planter, and state legislator in Leon County, FL, before the War, he mustered as Captain, Company I, 1st Florida Infantry 5 April 1861 and was discharged 30 January 1862. He mustered as Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Florida Infantry in March 1862.

He was wounded and probably captured at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain, September 14th. Colonel Hatch of the 4th New Jersey Infantry mentions this in his after-action report.

He served as Assistant Adjutant General to General Joseph Johnston, and was was appointed Colonel 6 July 1863 after Colonel Hately was disabled and retired. He was wounded in action in the Wilderness, VA 6 May 1864. He was killed by a sniper at Petersburg, VA on 30 August 1864.

Basic information from the State of Florida1, with details from Allardice.2 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

01/27/1828; Oxford, GA

08/30/1864; Petersburg, VA; burial in Bellamy Cemetery, Jefferson County, FL