Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell was born around 1837 in Tennessee to Walter and Elizabeth Bell. His father was a farmer who owned $3,300 of real estate and $17,500 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Springfield, Tennessee, and by 1860, he was working as a clerk.
 
He sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. In October 1861, he received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in Company H of the 30th Tennessee Infantry. Union forces captured him at Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862, and imprisoned him at Johnson’s Island in Ohio. He was eventually exchanged, and he rejoined the regiment. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in September 1862. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chickamauga and the Atlanta campaign. He was wounded in July 1864, and he died of pneumonia near La Grange, Georgia, on August 15, 1864.
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(3648)Bell, Thomas18371864-08-15
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank out: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 1st Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 12

  • (10214) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Brother, 16 December 1861
  • (10215) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Family, 1 January 1862
  • (10216) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Brother, 4 February 1862
  • (10217) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell et al., 11 June 1862
  • (10218) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell, 1 July 1862
  • (10219) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell, 15 July 1862
  • (10220) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell, 22 July 1862
  • (10221) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell, 29 July 1862
  • (10222) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Cornelius Bell, 12 August 1862
  • (10224) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to John (?), undated
  • (10227) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Brother, undated
  • (10228) [writer] ~ Thomas Bell to Walter Bell, 16 July 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (3649) Bell, Cornelius is the [sibling of] (3648) Bell, Thomas
  • (3650) Bell, Walter is the [parent of] (3648) Bell, Thomas
  • (3651) Bell, Elizabeth is the [parent of] (3648) Bell, Thomas

Places - Records: 3

  • (174) [birth] ~ Tennessee
  • (2492) [death] ~ LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia
  • (3669) [residence in 1860] ~ Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (959) [officer] ~ 30th Tennessee Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Thomas Bell, available from Ancestry.com