Thomas A. Wilson was a Union sympathizer. His aged mom was still in Tennessee in 1861.
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WILSON, Thomas A. Wilson; b-1832 TN, widow mom in TN (Capt, Co A, Baird's-Showalter's 4th Regt, AZ Brig, TX CSA)
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Below from ORsIv50/1[S#105]p36
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Temecula, California, December 30, 1861
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I. T. A. Wilson says:
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I was elected foreman of the party traveling with me for the purpose of selecting camping places and the like; any further than this I have no control over them; designed going to Sonora and spending a portion of the winter, and then proceeding to my home in Tennessee; have an aged mother living in Tennessee, whom I wish to see; have no intention of taking up arms against the Federal Government; perfectly willing to take the oath of allegiance. Served eighteen months in the U.S. Army in Mexico; will never take arms against the Government of the United States; am not acquainted with all the men belonging to the party; a portion of them I never saw until they joined the party at El Monte; did not know that Showalter was coming until I saw him at the Monte; had no preconcerted arrangements to meet Showalter or any other party; am twenty-nine years of age.
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T. A. WILSON.
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Lieut. C.R. Wellman states that Wilson did not object to coming to camp; said he was perfectly willing to be examined, and to take the oath of allegiance, but would abide the decision of the party; did not see any impropriety in their being required to undergo an examination.
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I certify that the above is correct.
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C.R. WELLMAN, Second Lieutenant, First Cavalry California Volunteers [Union].
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WILSON, Thomas A. Wilson; b-1832 TN, widow mom in TN (Capt, Co A, Baird's-Showalter's 4th Regt, AZ Brig, TX CSA)
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