Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

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hundied soldiers are ordered 20 the reI-
deZ gous at Rawiins, and will reinforce
the i'm perled party SIS soon as possible.
Major Thornburgh was bcrn at New
Market, in this State, on the Goth day
of Dece.tber, 1912. He lived With his
parents III that place until the begiA-a
| ming of tbs late war. In the tpring
| of 1862, when little more than nine
teen wear. old, he left Lis home,
! crossed the Cumberland mountains
into Kentucky to join the Union
! army. He enlisted as private soldier
in Company "A,' 9Th Tennessee In
f4utry, organized about that time by
| Colonel, afterwards General Joseph
A. Cooper. He was appointed Ser
geant Msjor of the Regiment and
soon afterwards was detailed on the
staff of Brigsdier General Spears,
commanding a brigade of Tennessee
troops. While in the army the writer
served with him in the same regiment,
! aud can bear testimony to his ga!lan-
try, which was displayed gu ali occa-
sions. He never quailed io The face Of
danger, and was always ready o go
where duty called. He " Is as far from
| anything approaching cowardi3e as
any man we ever met ia or out of the
army.
! Ia the summer of 1853 be was offer
Ell an appointment to West Point,
which, after some hesitation he &C
copied, and entered the Military AGA
denny there soon after He made an
excellent record there, and, upon grad
uating, was appointed to lieu
tenapcyin the artillery branch
of the ferVice-the StcInd u. s.
Artillery, we believe. He was pro.
NOTED TO First Lieu:enancy after
wards. 10 1871. he was detailed as
| Instructor of Military Tactics, and
| C0mmandant Of Cad3ts i'll the East
Tennessee University here, and served
with credit to himself and to the
| satisfaction Of tbs managers Of the
| institute, n, for some two year.. He
was relieved from there and assigned
to duty st Fort Foote, below Wash
| ington, in the State Of Maryland,
where he remained some time. Two
or three years ago he was ap-
| pointed a aymaster in the army,
| with the rank of Major, and
served in that capacity uulil year
| sgo, when he was irau ferred 10 the
| Fourth Infantry, retaining his rank of
Major. His rapid promotion was
something unusual in the army in
time OF peace, and it is the beat evi~
dence Of the high estimation in which
he was held by his superior officers.
He was an intimate friend of General
Crook, and enjoyed the confidence of
that excellent officer. He led an ex-
pedition against the Indians last win
ter, in which, though lot altogether
successful, " g know his conduct met
with the appreciation of GeD. Crook,
in command Of that department.
On his 28;h birthday, December
! h, 1870, Maj. Thornburgh was mar.
ried to Ida W. CiaIk, daughter of
Colonel Clark, PAymaster in
the regular army, vino, together
with two children, boy and girl,
are left to mourn his cruel and untime-
Is death They will have the sincere
sympathy of host Of warm personal
friends, and a Nation will join them
in mourning the death of the gallant
young office.
We have known Major Tboinburgh
intimately flr nearly twenty years
since b, fore lie was growr. He yas a
trave man. generous and warns
hearted, honorable in the highest
degree in his Intercourse with bis
felloWs. His kindness to his friends
will never be forgotten. 1t IS with
sincere regret that We announce TO
our readers his untinely death. He
has fallen q victim to the miserable,
shorts ghttd policy Of reducing the
regular army to mere bagate!le in
numbers, and his blood is upon those
who inaugurated the policy.
Garden-Sass in Politics.