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Thompson, Brigadier General M. Jeff, CSA, Mural Unveiling Program, 1940Entry/Object ID
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Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson, CSA, 1940
Mural by George Gray, American Military History Foundation unveiled Army day, April, 1939, Hotel Robidoux, St. Joseph, Missouri by the Officers of the regular Army, National Guard, Reserve Officers Association.
General Thompson was a brilliant genius in the early history of St. Joseph. He was born at Harpers Ferry, VA. January 22, 1826. He came to Missouri in 1846He was a clerk in the House of Middleton and Riley. He started a grocery store. He later closed the store and accompanied surveyors of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad as a commissary.
He was also a Military man and in 1860 and 61 he was a colonel, commanding the Fourth Military District of Missouri.
He made a brilliant record as a soldier, attained the rank of Brigadier General, and was famous in history as the Swamp Fox. H
He surrendered his command to Federal authorities and for a time was a prison on Johnson Island. As soon as he was released he accepted the situation and was one of the first Southern leaders to become interest in the cause of reconstruction.
He located in New Orleans after the war, where he engaged in the liquor and the grocery business. With the influence of General A. L. Lee who had been a banker in St. Joseph. He had a breakdown with his health, obtained a leave of absence.He came back to St. Joseph where he became bedfast and died at the Pacific house on September 5, 1876, He was buried at Mount Mora Cemetery.Lexicon
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