Thomas H. Riddle
Thomas H. Riddle was born around 1844 in South Carolina to Silas and Nancy Riddle. His father was a farmer who owned $275 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Laurens District, South Carolina.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army, and he mustered in as a sergeant on Company C of the 60th North Carolina Infantry. The regiment took part in the Battle of Murfreesboro, the Battle of Chickamauga, and the Atlanta campaign. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on May 15, 1863. He died near Dalton, Georgia, on February 25, 1864. His commanding officer declared him a “gallant officer and good soldier.”
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(3080)Riddle, Thomas H.18441864-02-25
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Sergeant
  • Rank out: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 16

  • (8390) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle and Nancy Riddle, 22 June 1861
  • (8391) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 2 June 1863
  • (8392) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 25 June 1863
  • (8393) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle and Nancy Riddle, 4 July 1863
  • (8396) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 7 October 1863
  • (8397) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 18 November 1863
  • (8398) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 3 December 1863
  • (8433) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 21 February 1864
  • (8450) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle and Nancy Riddle, 21 December 1862
  • (8466) [associated with] ~ C. G. McDowell to (?) Riddle, 30 August 1863
  • (8467) [associated with] ~ S. A. Howler to Son, 29 December 18XX
  • (8469) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle and Nancy Riddle, 6 August 186X
  • (8484) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, undated
  • (8488) [writer] ~ Thomas H. Riddle to Silas Riddle, 26 April 1863
  • (8491) [associated with] ~ William S. Dilworth General Order, 20 May 1863
  • (8647) [associated with] ~ Jesse W. Rickman Statement, 1864

People - Records: 11

  • (1138) Bramblett, John Lenorah is the [half sibling of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (1139) Riddle, Nancy is the [parent of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3081) Riddle, Silas is the [parent of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3083) Brown, Mary Ann is the [aunt/uncle of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3084) Riddle, Rosa is the [aunt/uncle of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3105) Childress, Nancy E. is the [cousin of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3108) Bramblett, James H. is the [half sibling of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3109) Riddle, Pernecy is the [aunt/uncle of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3113) Riddle, Mattison V. is the [sibling of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3115) Riddle, William Marion is the [aunt/uncle of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.
  • (3166) Childress, Z. Patterson is the [aunt/uncle of] (3080) Riddle, Thomas H.

Places - Records: 3

  • (429) [birth] ~ South Carolina
  • (161) [death] ~ Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • (1033) [residence in 1860] ~ Laurens County, South Carolina

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (884) [enlisted] [C] ~ 60th North Carolina Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Thomas H. Riddle, available from Fold3.com; Thomas W. Patton to Silas Riddle, 26 February 1864, DL1429.022, Nau Collection