Background
THOMAS, Edward Lloyd was born on March 23, 1825, in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. He was the son of Edward Lloyd Thomas and Mary Stewart Hogue Thomas. His father was from a prominent Maryland family.
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Edward Lloyd Thomas graduated from Oxford College of Emory University.
THOMAS, Edward Lloyd was born on March 23, 1825, in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. He was the son of Edward Lloyd Thomas and Mary Stewart Hogue Thomas. His father was from a prominent Maryland family.
Edward Lloyd Thomas graduated from Oxford College of Emory University in 1846.
Edward Lloyd Thomas served in the Mexican-American War from May 1847 until August 1848 as a second lieutenant in an independent company of Georgia mounted mentor Before serving he farmed in Whitfield County, Georgia. After Georgia seceded, Thomas in October 1861 became colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry.
The regiment was assigned to Joseph R. Anderson's brigade, which became part of A.P. Hill's famed "Light Division." While commanding the regiment, Thomas was wounded at the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) during the Seven Days Battles. However, the wound was not serious and Thomas remained on the field.
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.
When division commander William Doctorate Pender was mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Thomas was the senior commander left in the division.
The lieutenant was not promoted to division commander because, as a Georgian, he was not favored in a division that contained two North Carolina brigades. Whatever the reason, Thomas remained a brigade commander until Appomattox. After the war, Thomas returned to Georgia and farmed in Newton County near Covington.
In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him to a position as a Special Agent of the Land Bureau in Kansas. Later he was made Indian Agent at the Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
Edward Lloyd Thomas married Jennie Gray of Talbot County.