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Brig. Gen. Charles Mynn Thruston
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Charles Mynn Thruston
Birth: 22 Feb 1798 Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 18 Feb 1873 (aged 74) Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 6 & 7
Memorial #: 10387
Bio: Civil War Union Brigadier General. Graduated from the USMA in 1815 at age 16, and served during the War of 1812 as an engineer on Governors Island, New York City. Remained in the Army after the war, rising to Captain in the Artillery branch, and fought in the Seminole Wars of the 1830s. He resigned from the Army in 1836 to become a farmer in Maryland. When the Civil War broke out, he was serving as Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, which was a critical railroad hub. He was appointed as a Brigadier General, US Volunteers on September 7, 1861 to give him military authority to protect the rail lines. In this task, he was largely unsuccessful in keeping Confederate raids from periodically destroying the tracks. He resigned his commission in April 1862 to allow a younger commander to take up the protective mission. He was the son of Kentucky US Senator Buckner Thruston.
Family Members
Parents
Buckner Thruston 1763-1845
Jeannette January Thruston Unknown-1835
Spouse
Juliana Hughes Thruston 1798-1881
Siblings
Alfred Buckner Thruston Unknown-1849
Thomas Lee Thruston Unknown-1850
William Taylor Thruston Unknown-1880
Jeanetta C. Thruston Powell 1810-1880
Children
Frances Thruston Conrad
William Sydney Thruston Unknown-1864
Henry Scott Thruston Unknown-1868
Charles Buckner Thruston Unknown-1868
George Armistead Thruston 1821-1874
Julian Hughes Thruston 1834-1853
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Added: 8 Jul 2000
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10387/charles-mynn-thruston
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2019), memorial page for Charles Mynn Thruston (22 Feb 1798–18 Feb 1873), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10387, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
- ↑ George W. Cullum's Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy.
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(Born Ky.)
CHARLES M. THRUSTON
(Ap'd D. C.)
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Charles Mynn Thruston: Born Feb. 22, 1798, Lexington, KY.
Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, June 8, 1813, to July 21, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., Corps of Artillery, July 21, 1814.
p125 Served: in the War of 1812‑15 with Great Britain, as Acting Asst. Engineer in erecting temporary defenses at Governor's Island, New York harbor, 1814‑15; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1815‑18; as Battalion
(First Lieut., Corps of Artillery, Apr. 20, 1818)
Adjutant of Artillery, May 14, 1818, to June 1, 1821; as Adjutant 3d
(First Lieut., 3d Artillery,
in Re-organization of Army, June 1, 1821)
Artillery, at Reg. headquarters, June 1, 1821, to Feb. 17, 1827; in garrison
(Captain, 3d Artillery, Feb. 17, 1827)
at Ft. Severn, Md., 1827, — Ft. Trumbull, Ct., 1827‑33, — and Ft. Monroe, Va., 1833‑35; in the Florida War, 1835, 1836, being Acting Adjutant-General of the Florida Army, Feb. to May, 1836, and was engaged against the Seminole Indians in the Combat of Oloklikaha, Mar. 31, 1836.
Resigned, Aug. 31, 1836.a
Civil History. — Farmer, Cumberland, Md., 1837‑61. President of Mineral Bank of Cumberland, Md., 1838‑41. Mayor of Cumberland, Md., 1861‑62.
Military History. — Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding
(Brig.‑General, U. S. Volunteers, Sep. 7, 1861)
States, 1861‑62, in guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1861‑62.
Resigned, Apr. 17, 1862.
Civil History. — Farmer, Cumberland, Md., 1862‑72.
Died, Feb. 18, 1873, at Cumberland, Md.: Aged 75.
Buried, Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, MD.
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