Thomas T. Munford
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| Other work | planter, manufacturer, writer |
Thomas Taylor Munford (March 29, 1831 – February 27, 1918) was an American farmer, iron, steel and mining company executive and
Biography
Munford was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Colonel George Wythe Munford and Lucy Singleton Taylor. He was descended from Lewis Dyve who fought in the English Civil War.[1] On July 30, 1849, Munford enrolled at Virginia Military Institute and was graduated in July 1852,[2] standing 14th in a class of 24. He married Elizabeth Henrietta Tayloe, daughter of Mary Langhorne and George Plater Tayloe, in 1853. Prior to the Civil War, Munford was a cotton planter in Mississippi and farmer in Bedford County, Virginia.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Munford was mustered into the
Munford was appointed to duty as a brigadier commander by Fitzhugh Lee on November 9, 1864, but, despite being described as a general in several sources, he was never officially commissioned and confirmed as a brigadier general.
His first wife died in 1863, and Munford was remarried to her cousin, Emma Tayloe, daughter of Henrietta Ogle and William Henry Tayloe, in 1866. After the war, Munford inherited his father-in-law's plantation, Oakland, in Perry County, Alabama and worked as a cotton planter in Alabama.[2] He returned to Virginia and worked as a cotton planter and as an iron manufacturer and writer.[2] He was Vice President of Lynchburg Iron, Steel & Mining Company.[2][3] He served as President of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors from 1884 to 1888.[3][5]
On February 27, 1918 at the age of 86, Munford died at the home of his son in Uniontown, Alabama.[2] He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ OCLC 833588. p. 640. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 606.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0. p. 171.
- ^ Listed as a Brigadier General in command of Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps of Maj Gen Fitzhugh Lee after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia April 1865 see Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume IV p.753
- ^ a b c Hotchkiss, 1899, p. 641.
References
- Allardice, Bruce S. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4.
- Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0.
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- OCLC 833588. pp. 639–641. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
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