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Captain Thomas Drummond

Belmont County · Friends Cemetery, Newell Avenue, St. Clairsville, OH, 43950 -- In Friends Cemetery, E of N Market Street

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Side A: Here lies Thomas Drummond (1832-1865)- legislator, abolitionist and soldier. Raised in eastern Ohio, he moved to Iowa where he served in the General Assembly and secured the location of the State Asylum for the Blind at Vinton. As editor of the “Vinton Eagle”, he was an outspoken opponent of slavery. During the Civil War, Drummond was appointed to the 5th U.S. Cavalry where he commanded George Armstrong Custer and fought at First Bull Run, Stoneman’s Raid during Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On April 1, 1865 at the decisive Battle of Five Forks, Drummond was mortally wounded. Returned to St. Clairsville, he was buried beside his mother Harriett Green Drummond. Side B: Same

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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