Thomas Duncan III  Brigadier General, United States Army

Thomas Duncan Ill of Illinois Appointed from Illinois, First Lieutenant, Mounted Rifles, 27 May 1846 Captain, 15 March 1848 Major, 10 June 1861 3rd U. S. Cavalary, 3 August 1861 Lieutenant Colonel 5th U. S. Cavalry, 28 July 1866 Retired 15 January 1873 Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, 8 April 1862 for gallant and meritorious in action near Albuquerque New Mexico and Colonel and Brigadier General, 13 March 1865 for meritorious services during the war Died 7 January 1887 DUNCAN, THOMAS BVT BRIG GENL USA DATE OF DEATH: 01/07/1867 BURIED AT: SECTION E  SITE 1162 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 21 September 2005