Soldier:  Thomas Edgar

Regiment:  31^st. OVI                  

Company:  E

Age:  17           

Date Entering Service: August 28, 1861 (record states age 19; actually 17)

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

According to his obituary in the McGregor, Iowa News, he was shot through the hand at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia in September, 1863.  He was discharged from the service on July 20, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.

Battles in which he fought:

Trinity, Al.                                             July 24, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                 Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863

Rosecrans’ Campaign, Tenn.                  June 23-30, 1863

Hoover’s Gap, Tenn.                              June 24, 1863

Chickamauga, Ga.                                 Sept. 19-20, 1863

Other interesting information discovered:

Born in Scotland, Thomas Edgar was living in Knox County, Ohio in 1850.  In 1860 he resided in Cardington, Morrow County.  By 1869, he had moved to Davenport, Iowa, later moving to McGregor in that same state.  He was mayor of McGregor when he died.  His death was attributed to a chest injury sustained when he was thrown from a buggy after an axle broke.  He died one year after that accident.  His wife’s name was Malinda Valandigham.

Date of Death:  Jan 23, 1899              Place of burial:  Pleasant Grove Cemetery, McGregor, Iowa

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veterans Services                                                 

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard