1840 - 1898 (57 years)
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Name |
Rice, Thomas General Harrison |
Birth |
21 Dec 1840 |
Gender |
Male |
Reference Number |
RICE.T004 |
_FGRAVE |
31782146 |
Military Service |
American Civil War, Private, Company H, 97th Illinois Infantry [1] |
- Pvt. Co. H. 97 IL U. S. Inf.
Joined: Aug. 15, 1862 Vandalia, IL
Muster in: Sept. 8, 1862 Camp Butler, IL
DISCHARGED APR 18, 1864 FOR DISABILITY CAUSED BY RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT
(On Nov. 3 the reg. 97th was on its way to New Orleans when a wreck happened 40 Miles from Algiers. It was as bad as a battle, 18 Killed 67 wounded including Thomas Rice. It was never known what caused the wreck.)
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From the NY Times:
The New-Orleans papers give an account of a shocking accident, resulting in great loss of life, which occurred on Sunday morning about daylight, on the Opelousas Railroad, in the vicinity of Company Canal, eight miles from Algiers, caused by an up train loaded with troops, dashing headlong into another up train which was standing on the track disabled, and the cars of which were also loaded with troops, crashing the cars together and making of both trains a heap of ruins.
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American Civil War
(April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865)
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Clay County Civil War Veterans
A Virtual Cemetery Created By Ewood Sexton
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Death |
13 Jan 1898 |
Burial |
Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
Person ID |
I55711 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
Last Modified |
1 Sep 2024 |
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Event Map |
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| Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois |
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Sources |
- [S493] Les Higgason, Civil War Veterans, Buried in Clay County (including Confederate), Compiled by Les Higgason (Reliability: 2).
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