Thomas J. Brooks

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• Name	Thomas J. Brooks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	1837 Washington, Maryland, USA [1, 2, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	​ Massachusetts, USA [4]  –  Info: Private; Info: Sergeant; Info: Private; Info: Sergeant
  Military	ServiceNumber: 83877; SideOfWar: Union; SurvivedWar: Yes [2, 5]
  Findagrave Profile	127268594 [7]
  Military Enlistment	22 Jan 1864 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 5, 6]  –  Age: 27; MilitaryServiceBranch: Cavalry; MilitaryUnit: 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry
  Military Muster	10 Feb 1864 Readville, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [2, 5]  –  Information: Enlisted; MilitaryCompany: E; MilitaryUnit: 854; Regiment: 5th Cavalry; RegimentType: Cavalry
  Military Muster Out	29 Jan 1865 [2, 5]  –  Information: disch
  Military Rank Change	Rank: Sergt [2, 4, 5]
  Veteran	Civil War: Sergeant Co. E 5th Mass Colored Calvary. [8]
  Died	18 Mar 1888 Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3, 7]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3, 7, 8]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	Note From Findagrave: Two different men named Thomas Brooks served with the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry. The man in Co. E is listed both as "T. J. Brooks" and "Thomas J. Brooks" and rose to the rank of sergeant. He died in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1888, and is buried there as seen in Findagrave #127268594. The other held the rank of farrier in Co. G and is listed in his service records without a middle initial. He contracted dysentery while in the army, died from it on November 7, 1865, and is buried in Yorktown National Cemetery as seen in Findagrave #8275691. Confusing matters thoroughly, the army conflated the two men. The compiled military service records for both contain identical death records that should pertain solely to the Co. G man. Thomas J. Brooks applied for a disability pension April 18, 1878. His widow Cecelia applied unsuccessfully for a pension, but it is dated April 8, 1873. This suggests the pension records also conflate the two men. Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) • tbng@comcast.net
  Person ID	I1547 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Wife Unknown Brooks b. Abt 1840
  Married	Y  [6]
  Children	1. Child Unknown Brooks  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F3484 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S129] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Record. [S64] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, comp, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. [S632] Lincoln Cemetery Grave Markers, Rachael Williams, (Name: SavingOurAncestorsLegacy; Location: Pennsylvania; Date: 2021;), Brooks, Thomas J. Grave Marker Photographed 27 Oct 2021. [S341] U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, National Park Service, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). Record for Thomas J. Brooks https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1138&h=4056017&indiv=try Details: Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database Citation Text: Record for Thomas J Brooks. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1555&h=1996053&indiv=try [S2603] U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored). Record for Thomas J Brooks https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1107&h=17888&indiv=try [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Thomas J. Brooks 18 Mar 1888. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127268594/thomas-j-brooks [S594] Civil War Vets Spreadsheet, Calobe Jackson, Jr., (Name: SOAL Limited; Location: Harrisburg, PA; Date: Unknown;), Appleberry, Daniel. Roll# 8878-137. https://fb.me/SavingOurAncestorsLegacy