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Thomas Sherwin

Thomas Sherwin

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For his father the educator, see Thomas Sherwin (educator).

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]

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Detail of Thomas Sherwin's grave in the Old Village Cemetery

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

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