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Thomas Bennet Thompson

Born 6 Feb 1825, Virginia, USA
Gender Male
Parents John Elton Thompson and Elizabeth (Myers) Thompson
Schools Attended

unknown

Branch of Service Army
Additional Identifiers Commissioned or Warrant Officer
Militia (pre 1870)
Service Timeframe 1863 - 1864
War/Conflict Indian Wars (1862-1898)
Principal Units and Locations

37th Regiment of the Minnesota Militia

Military Awards and Decorations

unknown

Captain Thomas Bennet Thompson, approx 1870

Narrative

In 1863, an Indian uprising took Eliza, wife of Thomas B. Thompson, and all their children back to Scott County, IA. They left by boat on the Minnesota River which is located just a couple of miles south of the land they owned, then went east to the Mississippi River, and then went directly south to Scott County, IA, where their family lived. Thomas Bennett stayed and joined local volunteers who fought the Indians. On July 30, 1863, Thomas Bennett Thompson was commissioned a Captain in the 37th Regiment of the Minnesota Militia by Henry A. Swift, then governor and commander-in-chief of the military forces of the State of Minnesota.