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Meriwether Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876) was a brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War. He served the Confederate Army as a cavalry commander, and had the unusual distinction of having a ship in the Confederate Navy named for him. ==Early life== *Father: Meriwether Thompson b. circa 1790 *Mother: Martha Slaughter Broaddus b. circa 1800 *Wife: Emma Catherine Hays b.circa 1830, New Orleans, La. *Children: Emma Catherine Thompson b.1850 *Source: D.A.R. Vol. 59, pg., 272 Meriwether Jeff Thompson was born at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, now West Virginia〔Filbert, Preston, ''The Half not Told; the Civil War in a Frontier Town'', Stackpole Books, page 11〕 into a family with a strong military tradition on both sides. Thompson received basic training in military tactics in Charleston, South Carolina, but was not appointed to a military academy. Following his education, he found employment as a store clerk in a few Virginia and Pennsylvania towns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/1030.pdf )〕 He moved to Liberty, Missouri in 1847 and St. Joseph the following year, beginning as a store clerk before taking up surveying and serving as the city engineer.〔Allardice, Bruce, ''More Generals in Gray'', LSU Press, page 219〕 He later supervised the construction of the western branch of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. He married Emma Hayes in 1848.〔 Thompson served as St. Joseph mayor from 1857–1860. He presided over the ceremony inaugurating the first ride of the Pony Express on April 3, 1860. Thompson also gained national attention in May, 1861, when he cut down a union flag from the St. Joseph post office flag pole and threw it down to an angry crowd of southern sympathizers who shredded it to pieces. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. Jeff Thompson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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