Name: DILLARD, THOMAS G.
Rank: Private
Enlisted: 5 August 1862 at Westville, Dale County, age 24
Service History: Absent on detail: Fredericksburg, Virginia, Lookout Valley, Tennessee; Present: Suffolk, Virginia, Chickamauga, Georgia 2 days, Camel Station, Knoxville, Dandridge, Wilderness, Spotsylvania 2 days, Cold Harbor, Chester Station, Deep Bottom; Absent sick: Gettysburg both days; Wounded: Fussell Mill 1864/08/16; Absent Wounded: Fort Gilmer; Absent on Furlough: Fort Harrison, Darbytown, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road.
Date of Birth: 2 February 1839	Place of Birth: Muscogee County, Georgia
Date of Death:	Place of Death:
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Father: John D. Dillard (b 1803 in Laurens, Fairfield County, South Carolina, d 15 May 1861 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama)
Mother: Hilley Watson (b 10 May 1807 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, d 21 August 1896 in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama)
Spouse(s): Grace Godwin
Children: Euphemia, Vircia, Cornelious (Neill), Hilia, George
Occupation: Farmer
Residence(s): Barnes Crossroads, Dale County, Alabama
Other: Brother of William Tyre Dillard, James Elmer Dillard, and Crawford George Dillard Brothers Starling Manuel Dillard (Co D, 46th Georgia Infantry Regt.) and Tamplin Nixon Dillard (Co D 59th Alabama Infantry Regt.) also served. "He was a good soldier, and fought well until wounded near Fussell's Mills, on the Darbytown Road, Virginia, August 16, 1864, which disabled him for further service that year." (Oates, The War Between the Union and the Confederacy, Appendix A)
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Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming	E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net