Lorenzo Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army)
b. 1804-10-26 d. 1875-02-02
Washington, District of Columbia, adjutant general of the U.S. Army. New Castle, Delaware, native. Married to Elizabeth Thomas. Father of Lorenzo Thomas. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1823. Veteran of the Seminole Wars. Chief of staff for General William O. Butler in the U.S.-Mexican War. Served as chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, for General Winfield Scott from 1853 to 1861. Served in the U.S. Army as adjutant general with the rank of brigadier general from 1861 to 1869. Brevetted major general in 1865.
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Bibliography
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, Ward 1, p. 188.
Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 502-503.
Find A Grave, "Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875)," Memorial #10385, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10385/lorenzo-thomas (accessed January 18, 2018).
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Thomas, Lorenzo. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199923 (November 12, 2026).
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