Background
Thruston, Gates Phillips was born on June 11, 1835 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Honorary R. A. and Marianna (Phillips) Thruston.
Thruston, Gates Phillips was born on June 11, 1835 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Honorary R. A. and Marianna (Phillips) Thruston.
Bachelor of Arts (valedictorian), Miami University, 1855, Master of Arts, 1858, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1899. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, 1859.
Captain 1st Ohio Infantry, August 24, 1861. Major assistant adjunct volumes, September 4, 1863. Lieutenant colonel, November 1, 1863.
Bvtd. lieutenant colonel volumes, March 13, 1865, “for faithful and meritorious services during the war”.
Colonel and brigadier general volumes, March 13, 1865, for same and particularly “for gallant and meritorious services at battles of Stone River and Chickamauga”. A.a.g. and chief on staff, 20th Army Corps, at Chickamauga.
Later judge advocate, Army of the Cumberland. Honorary mustered out, December 19, 1865.
Settled at Nashville, 1865.
Chief department history and antiquities, Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Ida Hamilton, December 21, 1865 (died 1893. Married second, Fanny Dorman, September 1894.