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Mar 23, 1825 Clarke County, Georgia, United States Died on 08 Mar 1898 (aged 72)
Confederate Army general
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About Edward Lloyd Thomas
- Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 – March 8, 1898) was a Confederate brigadier general of infantry during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia.
- He was colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to Joseph R.
- Anderson's brigade, which became part of A.P.
- Hill's famed "Light Division." When Anderson left to take control of the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Thomas was promoted to brigadier general to command the brigade.
- He retained this position for the rest of the war and was present at all of the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia Thomas was a graduate of Oxford College of Emory University and served in the Mexican–American War.
- He was an uncle to famed American Old West lawman Heck Thomas who helped bring down the Doolin Dalton Gang.
