. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . case would bringdeath or permanent invalidism. Since the war his ser-vice has been in the Indian country on our West-ern frontier, except a detail in Philadelphia during theCentennial of 1876. He received the brevets of major,lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general,,and that of brevet major-general, volunteers. In 1878 hewas transferred into the Pay Corps, U. S. A. General Thomas has contributed somewhat to cur-rent literature in newspapers and magazines. In 1884 he was present at the military maneeuvres i
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . case would bringdeath or permanent invalidism. Since the war his ser-vice has been in the Indian country on our West-ern frontier, except a detail in Philadelphia during theCentennial of 1876. He received the brevets of major,lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general,,and that of brevet major-general, volunteers. In 1878 hewas transferred into the Pay Corps, U. S. A. General Thomas has contributed somewhat to cur-rent literature in newspapers and magazines. In 1884 he was present at the military maneeuvres inSweden and Norway, unaccredited, but as the guest ofthe king, and has contributed the military chapter tothe late work on Sweden and the Swedes, by his brother,W. W. Thomas, Jr., minister to Sweden and the chapter on the Colored Troops at Peters-burg, in the Century War History, entitled Battlesand Leaders. His health having failed him, he wasretired, July 2, 1891, after a continuous service of overthirty years. 426 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY regular). CAPTAIN J. M. THOMPSON, Captain ]. M. Thompson (Twenty-fourth Infantry) wasborn in Lebanon, New Hampshire, August i, 1842. Heenlisted as a private in Company E, Seventh New Hamp-shire Volunteers, November 7, 1861,and served with thisregiment at Fort Jefferson, Florida, and Beaufort, SmithCarolina, until appointed second lieutenant, First SouthCarolina Volunteers, November 28, [862. He was pro-moted first lieutenant January 27, 1863, and captainNovember 7, 1863. Designation of the regiment waschanged to Thirty-third U. S. Colored Troops February S,1864. He was present during the siege of Charlestonami minor operations from June, 1S62, until capture ofthe city, in the command known as Department of theSouth, and designated as Tenth Army Corps. He waswith expedition up St. Marys River, Florida, Januaryand February, 1863 ; in command of detachment inactionwith cavalry at Township, January 26, 1S63 ; in expe-dit
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