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Thomas Sherwin

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Thomas Sherwin
Born(1839-07-11)July 11, 1839
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 19, 1914(1914-12-19) (aged 75)
Boston, Massachusetts
AllegianceUnion
Service / branchUnion Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General
Unit22nd Massachusetts Infantry
Commands1st Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Other workPresident, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Signature
Detail of Thomas Sherwin's grave in the Old Village Cemetery

Thomas Sherwin (July 11, 1839 – December 19, 1914) was an American Civil War general and executive. He was the son of educator Thomas Sherwin, master of the English High School of Boston. The younger Sherwin taught in Dedham, Massachusetts before the war. He enlisted in the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in 1861 as a lieutenant.[1]

He was wounded at the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, 1862. On April 3, 1866,[2] President Andrew Johnson nominated Sherwin for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, for distinguished gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg and for gallant and meritorious services during the war,[3][4] The U.S. Senate confirmed the award on May 18, 1866.[5][6]

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  1. ^ Browne, Patrick. "22nd Massachusetts Infantry at Gettysburg". Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 755.
  3. ^ Hunt & Brown 1990, p. 553.
  4. ^ Worthington 1869, p. 29.
  5. ^ Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 757.
  6. ^ "Gen. Thomas Sherwin Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. Boston. December 20, 1914. Retrieved June 2, 2022.

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