M. Jeff Thompson | |
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![]() Thompson in uniform, c. 1862 | |
Birth name | Meriwether Jefferson Thompson |
Nickname(s) | "Swamp Fox" |
Born | Jefferson County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia), U.S. | January 22, 1826
Died | September 5, 1876 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 50)
Buried | Mount Mora Cemetery, 39°46′33.0″N 94°50′30.9″W / 39.775833°N 94.841917°WSt. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1861–1865 (MSG) |
Rank | Brigadier-General (MSG) |
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Spouse(s) |
Emma Catherine Hayes
(m. 1848) |
7th Mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri | |
In office 1857–1860 | |
Preceded by | John Corby |
Succeeded by | Armstrong Beattie |
Brigadier-General Meriweather Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876), nicknamed "Swamp Fox," was an American soldier who was a senior officer of the Missouri State Guard who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. The CSS General M. Jeff Thompson (c. 1862) was named after him.