William L. Gross telegram, 1864.

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William L. Gross telegram, 1864.

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This collection contains a telegram dated July 14, 1864, giving Captain William L. Gross, Assistant Superintendent of the United States Military Telegraph, and one man for travel from Marietta, Georgia to Louisville, Kentucky via Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee. The pass was ordered by Major General George Henry Thomas, and was signed by John C. Van Dugen, Captain and Assistant of the United States Military Telegraph.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7576668

Georgia Historical Society

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VanDugen, John C.

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Gross, William L.

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Few facts are known about the life of Colonel William L. Gross (1839-1909). He was the son of a Minister who migrated from eastern Pennsylvania to Peoria County, Illinois, and William was living in the town of Brimfield there in 1856. That year he also served in the Post Office in nearby Knoxville, Illinois. William may have attended Knox College in Galesburg and we know that he taught school. Between August and December of 1862, he was an employee of the Cairo, Illinois, Telegraph Office as a c...

Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...