VMI's Civil War Generals
Thomas T. Munford, Class of 1852

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• Biographical Information
  
  • Early Life
    Thomas Taylor Munford, born March 29, 1831 at Richmond, Virginia. Parents: George Wythe Munford and Lucy Singleton Taylor. 
  • VMI record
    Enrolled at VMI on July 30, 1849; was graduated in July 1852, standing 14th in a class of 24.
  • Marriage
    1st- In 1853, Henrietta Tayloe (died 1863)
    2nd- In 1866, Emma Tayloe
  • Pre-Civil War
    Cotton planter in Mississippi; farmer in Bedford Co. VA.
  • Civil War
    Lt. Col., 13th Virginia Mounted Infantry; Col., 2nd Virginia Cavalry; in the Shenandoah Valley served under Jackson, succeeded Turner Ashby, fought at Cross Keys, Harrisonburg, White Oak Swamp, 2nd Manassas, Antietam; appointed Brigadier General November 1864; took command of Fitzhugh Lee's division and fought at Five Forks, High Bridge, Sayler's Creek, and Appomattox.
  • Post-war
    Iron manufacturer and farmer; President, VMI Board of Visitors, 1884-1888; died February 27, 1918 at the home of his son in Uniontown, Alabama; buried Lynchburg, Virginia