Thomas J. Clark
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 4/25/1862 at Camp Leon, FL as a Private.
On 4/25/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. FL 5th Infantry
He died of wounds on 11/11/1862 at Shepherdstown, WV
He was listed as:
* POW 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD
* Wounded 9/17/1862 Sharpsburg, MD (Wounded in leg & chest)
* Paroled 9/25/1862 Shepherdstown, VA
Other Information:
born in 1840 in Jefferson County, GA
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, WV
(Married Martha Ann Law on 01/21/1858)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...
- Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865
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His widow, Martha Clark, filed claim for his pay & allowances, etc. September, 1863
M251: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served In Organizations from the State of Florida
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5th Regiment, Florida Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Tallahassee, Florida, during the spring of 1862. Companies that made up the unit were from the counties of Santa Rosa, Baker, Polk, Calhoun, Okaloosa, Wakulla, Madison, and Liberty. Ordered to Virginia with over 1,000 men it served in General Pryor's, E.A. Perry's, and Finegan's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment fought with the army from Second Manassas to Cold Harbor, then was active in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. Only 1 man was wounded at Fredericksburg , but the unit lost 6 killed and 22 wounded at Chancellorsville and thirty-five percent of the 321 at Gettysburg . It surrendered with 6 officers and 47 men. The field officers were Colonels John C. Hately and Thomas B. Lamar, and Major Benjamin F. Davis. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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FIFTH FLORIDA INFANTRY REGIMENT.
The 5th Florida Regiment was organized in 1862, and mustered
into service with J. C, Hately as Colonel; Thompson B. Lamar as
Lieutenant-Colonel; B. F. Davis as Major; Capt. W. H. Baker as
Quartermaster, and Capt. R. W. Reed as Commissary.
The companies were commanded by Captains:
A. Z. Bailey (Co. A)
Garrant Vanzant (Co. B)
W. D. Bloxham(Co. C)
A. J. Lee (Co. D)
John W. Hollyman (Co. E)
John Frink (Co. F)
W. J. Bailey (Co. G)
W. T. Gregory (Co. H)
Sam A. Spencer (Co. I)
Richmond N. Gardner (Co. K).
Immediately upon its organization the Regiment was ordered to
Virginia, where it joined the 2nd Florida, being assigned to
Pryor's Brigade; with which it took part in the Second Battle
of Manassas and in the Maryland campaign and won distinction at
Sharpsburg.
After the return from Maryland the 5th was brigaded with the
other Florida regiments and became a part of Perry's immortal
brigade, surrendering at Appomattox Court House with but 6
officers and 47 men, the only representatives left for duty at
that time of a magnificent regiment.
Source: Soldiers of Florida in the ... Civil War ... page 135
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The following was taken from the Supplement to the Offical Records:
Record of Events for Fifth Florida Infantry,
December 1861-October 1864.
Officers of Company F (Frink Guards)
John Frink, Capt., killed July 3, 1863
Evan S. Wiley, 1st Lt., resigned March 3, 1863
Robert W. Adams, 1st Lt., retired December 29, [illegible]
Edwin F. Wrede, 2nd Lt., dropped April 10, 1863
Francis M. Selph, 2nd Lt., resigned August 8, 1862
[Daniel] M. Lewis, 2nd Lt., killed July 2, 1863
[Miles] M. C. Hunter, 2nd Lt.
William A. Shands, 2nd Lt.
Company F (Frink Guards)
Stationed at Camp Leon, near Tallahassee, Florida, March 14,
1862.
March 14.— Company muster-in roll of Captain [John] Frink's
Company, in the Fifth Regiment of Florida Volunteers, called
into the service of the Confederate States in the Provisional Army
by Confederate authorities from March 14, 1862 for the term of
three years or the war, unless sooner discharged.
I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined the men
whose names are borne on this roll, their horses and equipments
and have accepted them into the service of the Confederate States
for the term of three years or the war from March 14, 1862.
J. 0. A. GERRY,
Mustering Officer.
Stationed at Camp Leon, March 14-April 30, 1862.
June 9.— The following men have this day, June 9, 1862, been
inspected and discharged [on] account of disability, viz.: William
Dougherty, D. D. Green, [Henry] F. Lindsey and Wilder W.
Smith.
Station not stated, February 27-June 30, 1862.
Stationed at Camp Hateley, April 30-June 30, 1862.
Stationed in camp near Fredericksburg, June 30-October 31,
1862.
Stationed in camp near Fredericksburg, November-December
1862.
Stationed at Hamilton's Crossing, January-February 1863.
Stationed near Fredericksburg, March-April 1863.
Stationed at Orange Court-House, Virginia, May-June 1863.
Stationed near Orange Court-House, July-August 1863.
Stationed near Brandy Station, September-October 1863.
Stationed in camp near Orange Court-House, Virginia, Novem-
ber-December 1863.
Stationed in camp near Orange Court-House, Virginia, January-
February 1864.
Station not stated, May-June 1864.
Stationed near Petersburg, July-August 1864.
Stationed near Petersburg, Virginia, September-October 1864.
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