Thornton Fleming Brodhead (December 5, 1820 – September 2, 1862)[1][2] was a brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War.

Biography

Thornton Fleming Brodhead was born in South New Market, New Hampshire, on December 5, 1820. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in law. He then moved to Pontiac, Michigan. He soon was appointed prosecuting attorney and then deputy Secretary of State.

At age 29, he became a state senator for Michigan[1]. He served two terms. During his first term, he served on the judiciary, printing, and public lands committees[3]. During his second term, he served on the state library and expiring laws committees[4].

Brodhead enlisted in April 1847 as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 15th U.S. Infantry during the Mexican War, and he was brevetted to the rank of captain on August 20, 1847. He was made a full captain on December 2, 1847, and was mustered out on July 31, 1848, when the troops were disbanded. In 1852 he was appointed postmaster of Detroit.

At the beginning of the civil war he raised the 1st Michigan cavalry regiment,[5] at the head of which he served under Generals Banks and Pope[6]. He died on September 2, 1862 of gunshot wounds received at Lewis Ford[5] during the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 30, 1862[2][7].

Personal life

Brodhead married Archange Macomb, a daughter of general Macomb and they had six children.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Legislator Details - Legislators". mdoe.state.mi.us. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  2. ^ a b "Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1820-1862) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  3. ^ Michigan. (1850). Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate. Lansing. Retrieved from https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100730740
  4. ^ Michigan. (1859). Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate. Lansing. Retrieved from https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000679395
  5. ^ a b Wittenberg, Eric J., ed. (2000). One of Custer's Wolverines: The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry. Kent State University Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-87338-670-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Kidd, James Harvey; Wittenberg, Eric J. (2001). At Custer's side: the Civil War writings of James Harvey Kidd. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 978-0-87338-687-6.
  7. ^ "Col. Thornton Fleming Brodhead dies of his wounds, age 38". Evening star. 1862-09-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  8. ^ "Thornton Fleming Brodhead". Historic Elmwood Cemetery & Foundation. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2017-12-23.


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