Brodhead, Thornton Fleming, 1820-1862
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Brodhead, Thornton Fleming, 1820-1862
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Brodhead
Forename :
Thornton Fleming
Date :
1820-1862
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead was born in south Newmarket, New Hampshire, on September 22, 1822. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in law. He then moved to Pontiac, Michigan. He soon was appointed prosecuting attorney and then deputy Secretary of State.
At age 27, he became a state senator for Michigan. Brodhead enlisted in April 1847 as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 15th U.S. Infantry during the Mexican War, and he was brevetted to the rank of captain on August 20, 1847. He was made a full captain on December 2, 1847, and was mustered out on July 31, 1848, when the troops were disbanded. In 1852 he was appointed postmaster of Detroit.
At the beginning of the civil war he raised the 1st Michigan cavalry regiment, at the head of which he served under Generals Banks, Fremont, and Pope. He died of wounds received at the second battle of Bull Run in August 31, 1862.
Brodhead married Archange Macomb, a daughter of general Macomb and they had six children.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/103059013
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2009185870
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2009185870
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23302750
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7294921/thornton-fleming-brodhead
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Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
Civil War, 1861-1865
Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Cambridge
MA, US
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead graduated from Harvard University.
Rockingham County
NH, US
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire on December 5, 1820.
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead served in the Mexican-American War.
Virginia
VA, US
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Thornton Fleming Broadhead served in Virginia during the Civil War.
Pontiac
MI, US
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead moved to Pontiac, Michigan after graduating from Harvard University.
Detroit
MI, US
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Thornton Fleming Brodhead was appointed Postmaster of Detroit in 1852.
Alexandria
VA, US
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Death
Thornton Fleming Brodhead died on September 2, 1862.
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