DOB: About 1830
DOD: After 1880
Age at Enlistment: 33
Date of Enlistment: February 5, 1863
Place of Enlistment: Shelbyville, TN
Rank at Enlistment: Private
Rank at Discharge: 1st Corporal
Casualty: He was wounded by a gunshot through palm and wrist at Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1864.
Comments: Thomas was the son of Loving Woldridge of the Williamson Grays. Before the war he grew up in the town of Franklin
and was neighbors with James H. Otey of the Williamson Grays. The 1850 Census does not state his occupation and he does not
appear in the 1860 Census. He enlisted in the 2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry Company D and was captured at Fort Donelson on
February 16, 1862. He does not appear on any rosters except for his capture which would presume he went to Fort Donelson to
enlist and was assigned to this unit shortly before his capture. He was sent to Vicksburg for exchange in September 1862 after being
held in Camp Douglas Prison. In February 1863, he transferred to the 1st Tennessee. He was promoted to 1st Corporal on January
1, 1864 following William Moody’s desertion to join Forrest’s Cavalry. He was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and sent
to Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon, GA for treatment. Thomas received a sixty day medical furlough on July 5, 1864 and returned to the
company following its expiration. He was 1 of 7 to surrender with Johnston at Greenboro, N.C. on April 26, 1865.
Thomas never married or had children following the war. The 1870 Census shows him living with his father living in District 10 of
Williamson County. By the 1880 Census he has moved to Graves County, KY and is working as a farm laborer. After that he
disappears. A post war roster states he died in Kentucky.
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