Thomas Marshall (general)

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Thomas Marshall
Born	(1793-04-13)April 13, 1793
Died	March 28, 1853(1853-03-28) (aged 59)
Place of birth	Mason County, Kentucky
Place of death	Lewis County, Kentucky
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1846–1848
Rank	Brigadier General of Volunteers
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War Battle of Buena Vista
Relations	Marshall family
Other work	$3

Thomas Marshall (April 13, 1793 – March 28, 1853), was a Brigadier General of Volunteers in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War.

A nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall, Thomas Marshall served in the $3 several times between 1817 and 1844, one of those terms as Speaker of the House. At the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, he was commissioned by President James K. Polk as a Brigadier General of Volunteers, and commanded the Kentucky brigade under General John E. Wool. After his return to Kentucky, he was murdered by a tenant at his home in Lewis County.

References

• Paxton, William McClung (1885). The Marshall family: or A genealogical chart of the descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham, his wife, sketches of individuals and notices of families connected with them. Cincinnati, Ohio: R. Clarke & Co.. pp. 115 ff.. http://books.google.com/books?id=zcM1AAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
• Winders, Richard Bruce (2001). Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 39. ISBN 1-58544-162-7.