Thanks to Daniel G. Conroy, the descendant
of Private Stephen Hicks Thatford and Cpl. Joseph Thatford for providing most of this information.
Born: - 1839 in Brooklyn, New York.
Died: - September 2, 1862 of wounds received at Second Bull Run.
Buried:
Grave 42-7-4 Asylum Cemetery, Washington D.C.
Body brought back to Family Plot, Grave #1, Lot #4176, Section 92/93,
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
Occupation: Grocer's Clerk.
Enlisted: - May 18, 1861 at Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 22 years).
Mustered In - May 23, 1861 as private in Company D.
Wounded In Action:
Received mortal head wound on August 30, 1862 at the Battle of Second Bull Run,
Manassas, Virginia. Sent to Armory Square General Hospital in Washinton, D.C.
Died of Wounds: At Washington D.C. on September 2, 1862.
Obituary:
On Tuesday Sept 2nd from wounds received near Centerville, VA on Aug 30, Stephen H.
son of Harmon P and Sarah H. Thatford. His remians were interred in their family plot at
Greenwood Cemetery on Sunday last.
GAR Post #3 (Named in his honor).
Parents:
Father - Harmon Pruyn Thatford (1809 - 1862).
Mother - Sarah Hicks Thatford (1813 - 1864).
Married: Never Married.
Source:
The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
Daniel G. Conroy, the descendant of Stephen Hicks Thatford.