Soldier:  Robert M. Thomas

Regiment:  206^th.  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