Soldier: Robert M. Thomas
Regiment: 206th. PA
Company: 4
Age: 27
Date Entering Service: 8/31/1864
Period of Service: 11 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged 7/1/1865. His brother, Jesse Thomas served in 135th Pennsylvania.
Battles in which he fought:
Left for City Point, Virginia 9/9/1864
Duty with Engineer Corps engaged in fatigue duty at Dutch Gap, Georgia, attached to Provisional Brigade Defenses of Bermuda Hundred Army of the James.
Duty in trenches before Richmond north of the James, 10/26/1864 attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10 Corps Army James
December 1864 attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps.
March 27 to April 22, 1865 temporarily attached to Devens 3rd Division
April 3, 1865 occupation of Richmond provost duty
May 1865 at Lynchburg and Richmond
June 26 mustered out
Other interesting information discovered:
Robert Thomas was born in Pennsylvania on 11/26/1837. He married Mary F Faust in Morrow County on 1/22/1880. Mary and Robert had one child. Robert was employed as a dentist when was living in Cardington.
Date of Death: 8/22/1888 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Village of Cardington Researcher: Velda L Montgomery