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As a result of this website I have made acquaintance with Randy Fletcher of Oregon.  Randy has done extensive research on one of Allegany County's Civil War Boys.

Randy recently wrote an article about General Thorpe of the Town of Granger.  Permission is granted to link to this story which appears in the Oregon Magazine.

Below is an introduction, followed by the link.

Ron Taylor

 

The Minister and The General

Former Civil War Foes Meet Again in Turn of the Century Corvallis

By Randy Fletcher

The general passed away on a summer’s day in Corvallis, Oregon in 1915. The old soldier’s end had come some fifty years and three thousand miles from where his gallantry had earned honor and promotion on the fields of the American Civil War. A local minister with whom the general was well acquainted would deliver his eulogy. Both the general and the minister were known and respected residents of Corvallis, but the two men shared a common bond from a Virginia battlefield a half century earlier: The minister had once been a prisoner of the general.

The General was Thomas Jones Thorp, the once handsome and dashing cavalry commander of the 1st New York Dragoons. The minister was the distinguished Rev. Dr. J.R.N. Bell of the Corvallis Presbyterian Church, Regent of Oregon Agricultural College, and former Confederate soldier.

For the complete story go to the following linked page:

http://oregonmag.com/CivilWar508.html

 

 

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