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Thomas Morrell was born within the month of march on an unknown day
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Thomas served until the end of the war and died later on in 1923. He survived the Civil War.
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Small pox is a unique disease to humans.
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Battlefield of KernstownThis was the opening battle of stonewall jacksons campaign through Shenandoah Valley.
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While camping at rockbridge he states that while seeing all the civilians it almost looks like home.
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He wanted to take a break on the side of a road but he was scared that if he did he and his comrads would be captured by yankees.
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this letter is important because it says he has cloth in his trunk that he needs her to make him new clothe this is saying that hisc clothes are getting raggy or dirty.
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In this battle they lost twelve horses and many men. Sharpsburg is was a little town with only a few hundred inhabitants.
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Scottsville was a little town in kentucky that they had camped at until September 27th 1862
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He sent his wife a letter saying they were moving 16 miles away and moving is a huge part of war.
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This is important because it show thhat nights got cold they were not staying in nice houses the living conditions were not that good.
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On this day he had a near death experience
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Blue Run Church is a chuch in the state of Virginia.
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A member of his company decided to go to rockbridge so Thomas went too.
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He believed their was incredible on silence along the lines. This also made him believe that their were going to be no fights becauuse they hear silence rarely.
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The general gave troops order to think of that day as a prayer, divine service, and suspension day.
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The Firsst Rockbridge Artillery started in 1861 fought in most major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia until its surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9 1865
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He was treasurer from 1872-1882.
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He became Commissioner of the Revenue for the Virginia.This means he is one of five locally elected constitutional officers.He was elected sometime within this year.
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Within this year he had gotten a farm to live in
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Wade married a women by the name of Minnie Lee O'Rork in march 1901 he had two children one girl one boy.
