Bryan M. Thomas

Bryan Morel Thomas
Brig. Gen. Bryan Morel Thomas, CSA
photo taken in 1864 or 1865
Born(1836-05-08)May 8, 1836
Milledgeville, Georgia, US
DiedJuly 16, 1905(1905-07-16) (aged 69)
Dalton, Georgia, US
Place of burial
West Hill Cemetery, Dalton
AllegianceUnited States
Confederate States of America
Service / branchUS Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service1858–61 (USA)
1861–65 (CSA)
RankSecond Lieutenant (USA)
Colonel (CSA)
Brigadier General (CSA) (unconfirmed)
Unit8th U.S. Infantry
5th U.S. Infantry
18th Alabama Infantry
CommandsArtillery, Reserve Corps, AoM
12th Mississippi Cavalry
Thomas's Brigade
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Other workfarmer, Deputy U.S. Marshal, academy headmaster, school superintendent

Bryan Morel Thomas (May 8, 1836 – July 16, 1905) was an American soldier, farmer, marshal, and educator. He served as an officer in the United States Army, and later in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was a son-in-law of Jones M. Withers, under whom Thomas would serve in the war. Thomas also participated in and was captured during the 1865 Battle of Fort Blakeley, the conflict's final infantry fight.