Thomas Gamble Pitcher
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Thomas Gamble Pitcher (October 23, 1824 – October 21, 1895) was an American army officer who served as the
Biography
Pitcher was born at
During the Civil War, Pitcher led a provisional battalion in the defense of Harpers Ferry in June 1862, where he and his men were among the thousands of Union soldiers who surrendered to Stonewall Jackson. After being released and exchanged, he served in the Virginia campaign until the battle of Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862), where he was severely wounded. He was then brevetted major in the regular army, and three months later was commissioned brigadier general of United States Volunteers. For the remainder of the war he served as Provost Marshal General, first for Vermont and then for Indiana. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general in the regular army.[2][1]
On July 28, 1866, Pitcher was commissioned as the colonel of the
He died of tuberculosis on October 21, 1895. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery,[3] along with his sons, Lt. Col. John Pitcher (also a West Point graduate, class of 1876) and Col. William L. Pitcher.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Thomas Gamble Pitcher". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- ^ "Burial detail: Pitcher, Thomas G". ANC Explorer. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
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