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Civil War Soldiers - Thruston
| Thruston, Charles M.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in the state of Kentucky in
1798, but while he was yet a child his parents took up their residence
in the District of Columbia. He served as a cadet in the military
academy at West Point from June 8, 1813, to July 21, 1814, when he was
graduated and entered the army as second lieutenant of artillery. He
served in the War of 1812 with Great Britain, as acting assistant
engineer in erecting temporary defenses at Governor's island, New York
harbor, and was in garrison at Fort McHenry, Md., 1815-18, being
promoted to first lieutenant of artillery April 20, 1818. He served as
battalion adjutant of artillery from May 14, 1818, to June 1, 1821,
when he was commissioned first lieutenant in the 3d artillery in the
reorganization of the army, and served as adjutant of the 3d artillery
at regimental headquarters from that time to Feb. 17, 1827. On the
last named date he was commissioned captain in the 3d artillery and
served in garrison at Fort Severn, Md., Fort Trumbull, Conn., 1827-33,
and Fort Monroe, Va., 1833-35. In the Florida war, 1835-36, he was
acting adjutant- general of the Florida army from Feb. to May, 1836,
and was engaged against the Seminole Indians in the combat of
Oloklikaha March 31. He resigned from the army Aug. 31, 1836, and
settled at Cumberland, Md., where he followed the occupation of a
farmer until 1861, being president of the Mineral bank of Cumberland,
1838-41, and in 1861 was elected mayor of the city. On Sept. 7, 1861,
he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers and assigned to
the duty of guarding the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He resigned his
commission on April 17, 1862, and resumed farming, which occupation he
followed until his death, which occurred at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 18,
1873. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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