Taylor, Thomas Thomson, 1836-1908
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Taylor, Thomas Thomson, 1836-1908
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Taylor, Thomas Thomson, 1836-1908
Taylor, Thomas Thomason, b. 1836.
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Taylor, Thomas Thomason, b. 1836.
Taylor, Thomas Thomson, b. 1837.
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Taylor, Thomas Thomson, b. 1837.
Taylor, Thomas Thomson, b. 1836.
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Taylor, Thomas Thomson, b. 1836.
Taylor, Thomas Thomson, b. 1842?
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Taylor, Tom, 1836-1908
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An Ohio native, Thomas Thomson Taylor enlisted in the Company I of the 12th Ohio Infantry Regiment at Georgetown, Oh., at the beginning of the Civil War and later raised a company that was mustered into the 47th Regiment as Company F. Rising to the rank of colonel, Taylor participated in the the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Miss., and fought at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., and Larkin's Landing, Alabama. Taylor subsequently joined in the Atlanta Campaign and participated in Sherman's March to the Sea until he received a severe wound to his hand during the capture of Fort McAllister near Savannah, Ga. Following the Civil War, Taylor relocated to Lake Charles, La., where he worked as a lawyer and a newspaper editor.
Thomas Thomson Taylor, Union solider, lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician, was born 28 September 1837.During the Civil War, he served with the 12th Ohio Volunteers as a lieutenant, and with the 47th Ohio Infantry as a captain and a colonel, in West Virginia and throughout the South, and participated in numerous skirmishes and battles including the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea. Taylor apparently wrote news of the war for a hometown newspaper. During the attack on Fort McCallister (1864), Taylor's hand was injured and one finger was amputated. In 1865, Taylor worked as a lawyer in the Military Court in Washington, D.C. After the war he settled in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864
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Missionary Ridge, Battle of, Tenn., 1863
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Ohio
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Memphis (Tenn.)
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Georgia
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Iuka (Miss.)
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Ohio
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Georgetown (Ohio)
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Virginia
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Vicksburg (Miss.)
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Mississippi
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Camp Dennison (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Mississippi
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West Virginia
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Washington (D.C.)
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Georgia
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Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort)
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Georgetown (Ohio)
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United States
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Georgia
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West Virginia
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Washington (D.C.)
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Ohio
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