Confederate Navy Research Center, Mobile, Alabama, www.csnavy.org * Washington State gravesites * Fort Simcoe State Park Yakima Indian Reservation **NEW IMAGES**

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Photos provided by William T. Lowry, grandson Assistance provided by John Case and Jim Bacino Lt. Ruffin Thomson of the Confederate States Marine Corps Died 17 March 1888 Born in Hinds County, Mississippi Studied at University of North Carolina, awarded A. B. degree posthumously as of 1863 Served at Drewry's Bluff, Va. Appointed Ordnance Officer of the post. Also served under Capt. John R. F. Tattnall's command at Greensboro, NC and was paroled there Was clerk to the U. S. Indian Agency but died soon after his arrival * Return to the Main Gravesites page