Thomas Bull Dewees of Pennsylvania
Served as Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Company B, 2nd U. S. Dragoons, 9 March 1858 to 2 November 1861
Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 24 October 1861
First Lieutenant, 17 July 1862
Regimental Adjuutant, 1 July 1865 to 6 March 1866
Regimental Quartermaster, 6 march t0 10 July 1866
Captain, 10 July 1866
Major, 9th U. S. Cavalry, 28 October 1881
Breveted Captain, 9 June 1863, for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Beverly Ford, Virginia
Died 5 July1886
DEWEES, THOMAS B
- MAJOR 9TH US CAV
- VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
- DATE OF DEATH: 07/05/1886
- DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
- BURIED AT: SITE LOTS 555
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
DEWEES, MARY YOUNG WIDOW OF DEWEES, THOMAS B
- DATE OF BIRTH: 04/20/1848
- DATE OF DEATH: 03/09/1949
- DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/11/1949
- BURIED AT: SECTION I SITE 555 E H
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF TB DEWEES, MAJOR US A CAV
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