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Hendee</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">Vermont Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Vermont" title="Orange County, Vermont">Orange County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1849–1851<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with Joseph W. D. Parker, S. Milton Bigelow</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Keyes" title="Henry Keyes">Henry Keyes</a>, William Sweatt, <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_P._Kidder" title="Jefferson P. Kidder">Jefferson P. Kidder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">George P. Baldwin, Phineas Moulton, Benjamin Thurber Jr.</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">Vermont House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/West_Fairlee,_Vermont" title="West Fairlee, Vermont">West Fairlee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1860–1862</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Thomas Bond</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Simeon Hastings</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1845–1847</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Elisha May</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">J. B. Slayton</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1838–1840</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">George May</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">David Robinson</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Vermont#Probate_courts" title="Judiciary of Vermont">Judge of Probate</a> for Vermont's <a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Vermont" title="Bradford, Vermont">Bradford</a> District</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1847–1849</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph W. D. Parker</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Arad Stebbins</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1809-12-06</span>)</span>December 6, 1809<br /><a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Vermont" title="Bethel, Vermont">Bethel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 18, 1903<span style="display:none">(1903-12-18)</span> (aged 94)<br /><a href="/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont" title="Montpelier, Vermont">Montpelier</a>, Vermont</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Green_Mount_Cemetery_(Montpelier,_Vermont)" title="Green Mount Cemetery (Montpelier, Vermont)">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Montpelier, Vermont</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1861)<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (from 1861)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Ann Peabody (m. 1830–1877, her death)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Manufacturer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen-Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Thomas (Medal of Honor)'s signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Stephen-Thomas.jpg/128px-Stephen-Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Stephen-Thomas.jpg/192px-Stephen-Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Stephen-Thomas.jpg/256px-Stephen-Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="84" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1861–1865</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/35px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/53px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg/70px-Union_Army_brigadier_general_rank_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="183" data-file-height="68" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/8th_Vermont_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Vermont Infantry">8th Vermont Infantry</a><br />2nd Brigade, 1st Division, <a href="/wiki/XIX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XIX Corps (Union Army)">XIX Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><br />- <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans_(Civil_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)">Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)</a><br />- <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Bisland" title="Battle of Fort Bisland">Battle of Fort Bisland</a><br />- <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson" title="Siege of Port Hudson">Siege of Port Hudson</a><br />- <a href="/wiki/Valley_Campaigns_of_1864" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Campaigns of 1864">Valley Campaigns of 1864</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen Thomas</b> (December 6, 1809 – December 18, 1903), manufacturer, politician, jurist, and <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> officer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUlleryProctorDavenportHuse1894396–397_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUlleryProctorDavenportHuse1894396–397-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for gallantry. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas was born in <a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Vermont" title="Bethel, Vermont">Bethel, Vermont</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChild1888508_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChild1888508-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of John and Rebecca (Batchellor) Thomas. His father died while serving in the U.S. 31st Infantry during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. His grandfather, Joseph, served in a <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> regiment during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. Thomas was only four years old when his father died, and he started work young to help his widowed mother. He apprenticed in the woolen industry, then started his own business, which was destroyed by fire, and finally ended up in the manufacturing business in <a href="/wiki/West_Fairlee,_Vermont" title="West Fairlee, Vermont">West Fairlee</a>. </p><p>On January 13, 1830, Thomas married Ann Peabody of <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Vermont" title="Reading, Vermont">Reading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVermont_Chronicle._''Marriages:_Stephen_Thomas_and_Ann_Peabody''1830_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVermont_Chronicle._''Marriages:_Stephen_Thomas_and_Ann_Peabody''1830-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died in West Fairlee on January 8, 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191141_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191141-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the parents of two children, son Hartop and daughter Amanda.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191140_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191140-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1830s and 1840s, Thomas served in the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Vermont Army National Guard">Vermont Militia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He rose through the ranks, and commanded the 19th Regiment's Rifle Company as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">captain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He represented the town of West Fairlee in the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">Vermont House of Representatives</a> in 1838, 1839, 1845, 1846, 1860 and 1861. He was a state senator, representing <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Vermont" title="Orange County, Vermont">Orange County</a> from 1849 to 1851, and a delegate to the state Constitutional Conventions in 1843 and 1850. He served a register of probate for the district of <a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Vermont" title="Bradford, Vermont">Bradford</a> from 1842 to 1846, and probate judge from 1847 to 1849. </p><p>He was a Democrat until the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, an alternate to the Democratic national convention of 1848, delegate for the next three conventions, in 1852, 1856 and 1860, and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrockett1921483_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrockett1921483-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Governor <a href="/wiki/Erastus_Fairbanks" title="Erastus Fairbanks">Erastus Fairbanks</a> called an extra session of the State Legislature on April 23, 1861, which Thomas attended. He was a member of the Ways and Means committee, which intended to report out a bill appropriating half a million dollars for military purposes. Thomas presented an impassioned speech supporting an amendment that doubled the amount to one million dollars. He said "Until this rebellion shall have been put down, I have no friends to reward and no enemies to punish, and I trust that the whole strength and power of Vermont, both of men and of money, will be put into the field to sustain the government."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoffin199323Peck1892299_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoffin199323Peck1892299-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After some spirited debate in the full house, the measure was passed unanimously. Thomas also supported passage of a bill giving every non-commissioned officer and private seven dollars a month in addition to their Federal pay, and that bill was enacted as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas was commissioned as colonel of the <a href="/wiki/8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment">8th Vermont</a>, a three-year infantry regiment,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer19081652Federal_Publishing_Company1908112–114_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer19081652Federal_Publishing_Company1908112–114-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECivil_War_in_the_East,_''8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry''_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECivil_War_in_the_East,_''8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry''-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENPS_''8th_Regiment,_Vermont_Infantry''_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENPS_''8th_Regiment,_Vermont_Infantry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCW,_''8th_Vermont''_(2004)_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCW,_''8th_Vermont''_(2004)-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on November 12, 1861,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188680Carpenter18861_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188680Carpenter18861-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and proceeded to recruit the regiment, which was destined to be part of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Butler_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Butler (politician)">Benjamin F. Butler</a>'s New England Division. The regiment left Vermont for the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Gulf" title="Department of the Gulf">Department of the Gulf</a> on March 4, 1862. It was part of Butler's occupation forces in the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> metropolitan area through 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, and Thomas commanded it through May 1863, when he assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, <a href="/wiki/XIX_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="XIX Corps (Union Army)">XIX Corps</a>, which included the 8th Vermont. During this period, the 8th Vermont participated in the Occupation of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans_(Civil_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)">New Orleans</a>, and battles at Raceland,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15132_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15132-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boutte Station,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bayou des Allemands,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Bisland" title="Battle of Fort Bisland">Bisland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson" title="Siege of Port Hudson">Port Hudson</a>. </p><p>In July 1864, a portion of the XIX Corps, including the 8th Vermont, was transferred to the eastern theater of the war. They arrived at <a href="/wiki/Fortress_Monroe" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortress Monroe">Fortress Monroe</a> just in time to join the <a href="/wiki/VI_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="VI Corps (Union Army)">VI Corps</a> in the Shenandoah Valley, and participate in Major General <a href="/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Valley_Campaigns_of_1864" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Campaigns of 1864">campaign</a> against the Confederacy's <a href="/wiki/Jubal_Early" title="Jubal Early">Jubal Early</a>. Thomas commanded the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division from October 15 to October 24, and again from November 1 to December 3, which included the 8th Vermont, <a href="/wiki/12th_Connecticut_Infantry_Regiment" title="12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment">12th Connecticut</a>, 160th New York and 47th Pennsylvania infantry regiments. During this period, the 8th Vermont participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Opequon" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Opequon">Battle of Opequon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fisher%27s_Hill" title="Battle of Fisher's Hill">Battle of Fisher's Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cedar_Creek" title="Battle of Cedar Creek">Battle of Cedar Creek</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECedar_Creek_Battlefield_Foundation,_''Vermont_at_Cedar_Creek''_(2015)_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECedar_Creek_Battlefield_Foundation,_''Vermont_at_Cedar_Creek''_(2015)-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Newton, Virginia. In 1892 he received the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for "distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked," at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. </p><p>Thomas was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers on February 1, 1865, and mustered out of the service August 24, 1865. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>General Thomas started the war as a Democrat, but by the time he returned home, he was a Republican. "But the opposition of the old party, whose favorite he had been, would not permit it, and he was obliged to defend his course in public. The leaders with whom he had affiliated said to him after his return from the war, 'THOMAS, you've changed; we haven't.' 'Fools never do,' was his reply.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChild1888508_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChild1888508-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He refused to be a candidate for governor, but did serve as lieutenant governor in 1867 and 1868 under Governor <a href="/wiki/John_B._Page" title="John B. Page">John B. Page</a>. He served as a delegate to the soldiers' convention that nominated General <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> for the presidency. </p><p>He was appointed by President Grant as a U.S. pension agent in 1870, and served in that capacity for eight years. In the late 1880s Thomas was president of the U.S. Clothes Pin Company, of <a href="/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont" title="Montpelier, Vermont">Montpelier</a>, which had 15 employees and customers worldwide. He was also president of the North Haverhill Granite Company. </p><p>He served as commander of the Department of Vermont, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a>, and as president of the <a href="/wiki/Reunion_Society_of_Vermont_Officers" title="Reunion Society of Vermont Officers">Vermont Officers' Reunion Society</a>. He was Companion #09174 of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_the_Loyal_Legion_of_the_United_States" title="Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States">Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States</a>, or MOLLUS, through its Vermont Commandery. </p><p>General Thomas died in Montpelier, and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Green_Mount_Cemetery_(Montpelier,_Vermont)" title="Green Mount Cemetery (Montpelier, Vermont)">Green Mount Cemetery</a> in Montpelier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Evening_Argus,_''Last_Honors_Paid_To_Gen._Stephen_Thomas''1903_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Evening_Argus,_''Last_Honors_Paid_To_Gen._Stephen_Thomas''1903-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On on October 19, 1914—the 50th anniversary of Cedar Creek — his regiment dedicated a birth marker to him in <a href="/wiki/Bethel,_Vermont" title="Bethel, Vermont">Bethel-Gilead</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERandolph_Herald20031_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERandolph_Herald20031-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medal_of_Honor_citation">Medal of Honor citation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medal of Honor citation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rank and organization: Colonel, 8th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. Entered service at: Montpelier, Vt. Birth: Vermont. Date of issue: July 25, 1892. </p><p><b>Citation:</b> </p> <blockquote><p>The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Colonel (Infantry) Stephen Thomas, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864, while serving with 8th Vermont Infantry, in action at Cedar Creek, Virginia, for distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, in which the advance of the enemy was checked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECMOHS,_''Stephen_Thomas''2014_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECMOHS,_''Stephen_Thomas''2014-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''CMH,_Thomas,_Stephen''2013_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''CMH,_Thomas,_Stephen''2013-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESightline_Media_Group,''Stephen_Thomas''_(2020)_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESightline_Media_Group,''Stephen_Thomas''_(2020)-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/28px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/42px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png/56px-United_states_confederate_flag_hybrid.png 2x" data-file-width="1875" data-file-height="1875" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:American_Civil_War" title="Portal:American Civil War">American Civil War portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients" title="List of Medal of Honor recipients">List of Medal of Honor recipients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_Medal_of_Honor_recipients:_T%E2%80%93Z" title="List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z">List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_generals_(Union)" title="List of American Civil War generals (Union)">List of American Civil War generals (Union)</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Abraham_B._Gardner" title="Abraham B. Gardner">Abraham B. Gardner</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Vermont">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a> </b><br />1867–1869 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Hendee" class="mw-redirect" title="George W. Hendee">George W. Hendee</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 50em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 8th Vermont was raised for specifically for service in the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Gulf" title="Department of the Gulf">Department of the Gulf</a> unlike its brethren in the 7th Vermont who found out after they were raised. See <a href="/wiki/7th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment">its Wikipedia article</a> for more information.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas and the 8th spent most of 1862 across the river in <a href="/wiki/Algiers,_New_Orleans" title="Algiers, New Orleans">Algiers</a>. He had general charge of the district around Algiers, in a civil and military capacity, with his own provost judge and marshal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–90_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–90-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of their duty at the time was rebuilding the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Opelousas_and_Great_Western_Railroad" title="New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad">New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad</a> (NOO&GW) line there,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarpenter188640_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarpenter188640-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> tending to the needs of the large numbers of escaped slaves, and providing security against Rebel forces in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–97_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–97-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For more information, see the <a href="/wiki/8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment">regiments's Wikipedia article</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas was also responsible for opening up the railway from Algiers to <a href="/wiki/Berwick_Bay" title="Berwick Bay">Berwick Bay</a> and was one of the first commanders of black troops of the war during <a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Weitzel" title="Godfrey Weitzel">Weitzel</a>'s operations around <a href="/wiki/Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Lafourche Parish, Louisiana">LaFourche</a> from October through December 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict1886106–107WintersWilliams1963157_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict1886106–107WintersWilliams1963157-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> </ol></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEUlleryProctorDavenportHuse1894396–397-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUlleryProctorDavenportHuse1894396–397_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFUlleryProctorDavenportHuse1894">Ullery et al. (1894)</a>, pp. 396–397.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChild1888508-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChild1888508_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChild1888508_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChild1888">Child (1888)</a>, p. 508.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVermont_Chronicle._''Marriages:_Stephen_Thomas_and_Ann_Peabody''1830-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVermont_Chronicle._''Marriages:_Stephen_Thomas_and_Ann_Peabody''1830_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVermont_Chronicle._Marriages:_Stephen_Thomas_and_Ann_Peabody1830">Vermont Chronicle. <i>Marriages: Stephen Thomas and Ann Peabody</i> (1830)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191141-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191141_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEllisDodge1911">Ellis & Dodge (1911)</a>, p. 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191140-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEllisDodge191140_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEllisDodge1911">Ellis & Dodge (1911)</a>, p. 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECitizen_Soldier,_''Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,''_(February_12,_1841)_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCitizen_Soldier,_Roster_–_Vermont_Militia,_(February_12,_1841)">Citizen Soldier, <i>Roster – Vermont Militia,</i> (February 12, 1841)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECrockett1921483-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrockett1921483_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCrockett1921">Crockett (1921)</a>, p. 483.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECoffin199323Peck1892299-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoffin199323Peck1892299_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCoffin1993">Coffin (1993)</a>, p. 23; <a href="#CITEREFPeck1892">Peck (1892)</a>, p. 299.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyer19081652Federal_Publishing_Company1908112–114-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyer19081652Federal_Publishing_Company1908112–114_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDyer1908">Dyer (1908)</a>, p. 1652; <a href="#CITEREFFederal_Publishing_Company1908">Federal Publishing Company (1908)</a>, pp. 112–114.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECivil_War_in_the_East,_''8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry''-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECivil_War_in_the_East,_''8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry''_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCivil_War_in_the_East,_8th_Vermont_Volunteer_Infantry">Civil War in the East, <i>8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTENPS_''8th_Regiment,_Vermont_Infantry''-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENPS_''8th_Regiment,_Vermont_Infantry''_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFNPS_8th_Regiment,_Vermont_Infantry">NPS <i>8th Regiment, Vermont Infantry</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCW,_''8th_Vermont''_(2004)-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCW,_''8th_Vermont''_(2004)_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVCW,_8th_Vermont_(2004)">VCW, <i>8th Vermont</i> (2004)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188680Carpenter18861-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188680Carpenter18861_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBenedict1886">Benedict (1886)</a>, p. 80; <a href="#CITEREFCarpenter1886">Carpenter (1886)</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–90-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–90_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBenedict1886">Benedict (1886)</a>, pp. 89–90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECarpenter188640-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarpenter188640_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCarpenter1886">Carpenter (1886)</a>, p. 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–97-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict188689–97_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBenedict1886">Benedict (1886)</a>, pp. 89–97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15132-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15132_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFU.S._War_Dept.,_Official_Records,_Vol._15">U.S. War Dept., <i>Official Records</i>, Vol. 15</a>, p. 132, <i>Report of Col. Stephen Thomas, Eighth Vermont Infantry, September 3, 1862, p. 132</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEU.S._War_Dept.,_''Official_Records'',_Vol._15134–135_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFU.S._War_Dept.,_Official_Records,_Vol._15">U.S. War Dept., <i>Official Records</i>, Vol. 15</a>, pp. 134–135, <i>Report of Col. Stephen Thomas, Eighth Vermont Infantry, September 6, 1862, pp. 134-135</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenedict1886106–107WintersWilliams1963157-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenedict1886106–107WintersWilliams1963157_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBenedict1886">Benedict (1886)</a>, pp. 106–107; <a href="#CITEREFWintersWilliams1963">Winters & Williams (1963)</a>, p. 157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECedar_Creek_Battlefield_Foundation,_''Vermont_at_Cedar_Creek''_(2015)-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECedar_Creek_Battlefield_Foundation,_''Vermont_at_Cedar_Creek''_(2015)_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCedar_Creek_Battlefield_Foundation,_Vermont_at_Cedar_Creek_(2015)">Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, <i>Vermont at Cedar Creek</i> (2015)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThe_Evening_Argus,_''Last_Honors_Paid_To_Gen._Stephen_Thomas''1903-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Evening_Argus,_''Last_Honors_Paid_To_Gen._Stephen_Thomas''1903_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThe_Evening_Argus,_Last_Honors_Paid_To_Gen._Stephen_Thomas1903">The Evening Argus, <i>Last Honors Paid To Gen. 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