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Thomas Calvin McBryde (1843 - 1937)

Corporal Thomas Calvin McBryde
Born in Wilcox, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Died at age 93 in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Corporal Thomas McBryde served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Feb 9, 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. C, 44th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Roll of Honor
Corporal Thomas McBryde was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.
Roll of Honor
Corporal Thomas McBryde was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1843 in Wilcox, Alabama. He was the son of Thomas McBryde and Eliza Jones. On 15 Oct 1874, in Mobile, Alabama, he married Julie Horton (1853-1923, dau. of Gustavus Horton and Eliza Sargent). They had 2 known children.

Thomas served during the civil war from Feb 1861 through being present at the surrender in Appomattox in April 1865. At one point he was hospitalized for a "flesh wound of the thigh"[1] from being wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)[2]. And another time for tonsilitis[3].

Upon returning home from the war he settled back in Mobile, Alabama. They remained here until around 1910 when they moved to Whitfield, Georgia. It was here he passed away in 1937 at the age of 93. He is buried at the West Hill Cemetery. [4]

Children

  1. Warren Horton McBride b. 1876 AL - d. 1959 CA, m. Abigail Ford White
  2. Mary Stuart McBryde b. 1878 AL - d. 1942 NC, m. Frank Knight Sims Sr

Military Service

  • Civil War
McBryde, Thomas C.

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 44th Regiment, Alabama Infantry SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: C SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Corporal. [5]

Elisted[6]:
When: April 25, 1862
Where: Snow Hill
By whom: Capt. Purifry
Period: 3 years
Admitted: Oct. 4, 1862
Chimborazo Hospital No. 1, Richmond, Virginia
Flesh wound of thigh
Transferred: Oct. 17, 1862
To: Alabama Hospital
Promoted: May 1, 1863
To: Corporal
Prisoner of War
Surrender
April 9, 1865
Appomattox Court House, Virginia. [7]

Sources

  1. https://www.fold3.com/image/13241738
  2. https://www.fold3.com/image/13241771
  3. https://www.fold3.com/image/13241744
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50951467/thomas-calvin-mcbryde: accessed 08 July 2023), memorial page for Corporal Thomas Calvin McBryde (2 Nov 1843–10 Mar 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50951467, citing West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Jaime Crandell-Stapleton (contributor 46811611).
  5. National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for McBryde, Thomas C. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=337607B7-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
  6. https://www.fold3.com/image/13241756
  7. Fold3, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, CMSR for McBryde, Thomas C. (31 pages). https://www.fold3.com/image/13241719?terms=mcbryde,thomas,c




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