Melville, Thomas D.

Military Service: 

•      First Lieutenant, 18th Louisiana, Company E
•      Captured April 13, 1863, Franklin, Louisiana
•      According to the diary of Major Silas Grisamore,
       Lieutenant Melville and Lieutenant Septime
       Webre both of Company E wounded in the same
       battle on April 13, 1863.  Lieutenant Webre was a
       cousin to Lieutenant John Webre who was another
       officer on the Maple Leaf.  He was also a distant
       cousin to the authors of this blog.
•      Paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana June 21, 1865
•      Member of the New Orleans Group of prisoners
•      Escaped from the Maple Leaf

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Source:     The Civil War Reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C. S. A. edited by Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.