Thomas Perry

He joined the Alexandria Riflemen, a local militia unit, in 1859. He was a commission merchant in Alexandria. He enlisted in 1861 as 3rd Sergeant, when the Alexandria Riflemen became Company A, 17th Infantry. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant in April 1862.

Cited by Colonel Corse for actions on South Mountain 14 September 1862.

He was captured at Manassas Gap in 1863, sent to Johnson's Island, OH, then to Point Lookout, MD. He was exchanged in October 1864, and returned on a Federal flag-of-truce boat through Varina, NC, then to a hospital in Richmond. He was paroled 13 April 1865 at Burkeville, VA.

He was a flour inspector for the City (County?) of Alexandria, VA.

Basic information from Wise1. Details and life dates from his gravesite on Findagrave.

01/31/1829; Charles County, MD

12/20/1907; Alexandria, VA; burial in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA