Thomas
Stewart
Armistead
Born in Quincy, Gadsden County, Territory of Florida
Ancestors 
Brother of
Robert Armistead
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Aug 2016
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Thomas Armistead served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Mar 1862
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 8th Florida Infantry
Enlisted: Mar 1862
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 8th Florida Infantry
Biography
Civil War Confederate Officer. A Gadsden County, Florida native, he was most likely making a living as a clerk in Milton, Florida when he traveled to Marianna and enlisted in Company E of the 8th Florida Infantry in March 1862. Promotion soon followed in August, 1862 when he received his Sgt. stripes.
No doubt his comrades felt he had leadership abilities because he was elected 2nd Lieutenant in October, 1862. On May 3, 1863 during action at Chancellorsville, a minie' ball struck in the knee. This wound kept him out of action until September, 1863. On May 6, 1864, he was once again wounded in action at the Battle of the Wilderness.
He fell in to enemy hands and was transferred to several prisons until being shipped to Charleston, SC. On his arrival, he was placed in a stockade on nearby Morris Island because Union authorities were to use him as a "human shield" to prevent fire from nearby Confederate artillery batteries. He and 599 other CSA officers who shared his fate became known as "The Immortal 600"[1].
After the war, Thomas became an ordained minister and served churches in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Royal on August 27, 1867 in Henry County, Alabama.[2]
By 1875 they were living in Georgia, when son James was born. He was living in Liberty County, Georgia in 1880 along with his wife and five children.[3]
Sources
- ↑ The Immortal Six Hundred were 600 Confederate officers that were held prisoner by the Union Army in 1864-65. They were intentionally starved and 46 died as a result. They are known as the "Immortal Six Hundred" because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S. under duress.[1]
- ↑ "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQNZ-8XX : 13 February 2020), Thomas S. Armstead, 1867.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GD-S46 : 19 February 2021), Thomas Armistead, District 17, Liberty, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 69, sheet 87C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,155.
- Find A Grave [Memorial# 9428377] Created by: Stonewall
- Images of war record - Fold 3[2]
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