Obit: North, Thomas (1830 - 1873)

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Surnames: North, Gates

----Sources: Neillsville, Wis. Newspaper 11/21/1873, Records and Sketches of Military Organizations, (Madison, 1914)

North, Thomas (1830 - 1873)

Died, NORTH, Thomas, Tuesday last in an explosion of Dan'l (Daniel) Gates farm seven miles north of this place. Burial here.

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Thomas North fought as a private in the Civil War, Co. M & Co. B 4th WI Cav.

He enlisted 16 Mar 1864 and was mustered out 25 Feb. 1866. The next of kin on his Veteran's Grave Registration (#405) was Herman North of Neillsville, Wisconsin.

May, 1864, the Fourth Battery was assigned to the Artillery Brigade of the First Division/Eighteenth Army Corps, and took part with that Division in the advance then being made on Richmond and Petersburg. The battery participated in various movements of that organization of the Union forces, among them the battles of Drewry's Bluff, May 12-16, 1864; assault on Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and Malvern Hill, July 14, 1864. The Fourth Battery further accompanied the Union Cavalry on several raids about Richmond, and one occasion passed entirely around that city. The Fourth Battery was mustered out of the service of the United States at Richmond, VA, on the 3rd of July 1865, returned to Madison, WI and was disbanded shortly thereafter.

1870 Federal Census, Neillsville, Pine Valley, Wisconsin by Edward E. Merritt, pg. 20

Thomas North, white, male
birthplace: Canada
home in 1870: Wisconsin, United States

Household Members
Mary A Head F 27y New York
Joel Head M 34y New York
Elmira Head F 31y New York
Rosa Head F 12y Wisconsin
Laura Head F 10y Wisconsin
M Y Head M 4y Wisconsin
Theodore Head M 20y New York
Robt J Mcbride M 24y Pennsylvania
Thomas North M 40y (1830 Canada)
Albert Turner M 22y Maine
William Miller M 22y New Jersey