Joseph B. Thompson

Joseph B. Thompson

Private, Company A, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Born about 1826 in Georgia

Promoted to Private May 2, 1862

Wounded May 16, 1863 at Resaca, Georgia

Captured May 1864 in Paulding County, Georgia

Died July 20, 1864 in a Yankee Prison Camp

Click here to see his widow's Confederate Pension Application