Henry Clay Thruston

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).

He was listed as:
* Wounded Poison Springs, AR (date not stated) (Wounded in the head)

He also had service in:
"I" Co. MO 4th Cavalry

He was described at enlistment as: 7' 7.5"

Other Information:
born 5/14/1833
died 7/2/1911 in Mount Vernon, TX [error, died 1909]
Buried: Edwards Cemty, Titus Co, TX

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Research by Brian Heintzelman
- Confederate Veteran Magazine
- Photo from Confederate Veteran Magazine
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NOTES:

The following was submitted by: Brian Heintzelman

According to the November 1974 issue of Civil War Times Illustrated, this man's surname was THRUSTON, not THURSTON.

The brief article written about him in that magazine says that he was the tallest Confederate in the army, at seven feet seven and one half inches.

The article says he was in Co. I, 4th MO Cav, was wounded at Poison Springs, Arkansas by a bullet grazing the top of his head.

He surrendered at Shreveport, LA on June 7, 1865 and died in Mt. Vernon, Texas in 1909.

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His obituary and photo appear in the Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 17, 1909, p. 613