Charles Mynn Thruston

Charles Mynn Thruston
Born	February 22, 1798(1798-02-22) Lexington, Kentucky
Died	February 18, 1873(1873-02-18) (aged 74) Cumberland, Maryland
Place of burial	Rose Hill Cemetery Cumberland's West Side
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1814–36, 1861–62
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	War of 1812 Seminole Wars American Civil War

Charles Mynn Thruston (February 22, 1798 – February 18, 1873) was a soldier, farmer, politician, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, from 1861 to 1862.

Thruston was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Kentucky U.S. Senator Buckner Thruston. At age 16, he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1814 and served during the War of 1812 as an engineer on Governors Island, New York City. After the war, Thruston was promoted to the rank of captain in the artillery branch. He later fought in the Seminole Wars of the 1830s. In 1836, Thruston resigned from the Army and became a farmer in Maryland.

When the Civil War broke out, he was serving as Mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, which was a critical railroad hub.

On September 7, 1861, Thruston was appointed Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, giving him military authority to protect the B&O Railroad from Confederate raiders such as McNeill's Rangers.

Thruston was largely unsuccessful at stopping the Confederate raids from randomly destroying railroad tracks. On April 1862, Thruston resigned his commission and allowed a younger commander to assume the responsibility of protecting the B&O Railroad from the enemy cavalrymen.

Thruston died in Cumberland, Maryland. He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery on Cumberland's West Side.

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Army portal
	American Civil War portal

• List of American Civil War generals

External links

• City of Cumberland
• "Charles Mynn Thruston". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10387. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 

Preceded by John Humbird

Mayor of Cumberland 1861-1862

Succeeded by Charles H. Ohr

	Mayors of Cumberland
John Scott | Samuel Magill Roger Perry | John Gephart | John Wright (mayor) | Gustavus Beall | Frederick Deems | Samuel Charles | James Smith (mayor) | John Gephart | Thomas Shriver | Thomas F. White | Thomas Shriver | Daniel Saylor | John Hayes (mayor) | F. B. Tower | A. L. Withers | William Wallace McKaig | Joseph H. Tucker | James W. Jones | D. W. McCleary | John Humbird | Charles Mynn Thruston | Charles H. Ohr | James Smith (mayor) | Charles H. Ohr | George Harrison (mayor) | John Humbird | Lloyd Lowe William Piatt | John B. Widener | William A. Withers | William R. McCulley | John Humbird | William A. Withers | William McMahon McKaig | David J. Blackiston | Warren C. White | Clarence M. King | William A. Cromwell | Clarence M. King | George A. Kean | George A. Young | Thomas W. Koon | George Henderson (mayor) | George W. Legge | Thomas W. Koon | Harry Irvine | Thomas F. Conlon | Thomas S. Post | Roy W. Eves | J. Edwin Keech | Earl D. Chaney | Thomas F. Conlon, Jr. | F. Perry Smith, Jr. | Frank K. Nethken | George M. Wychoff, Jr. | Harry Stern | Edward C. Athey | Lee N. Fiedler | Brian Grim

Persondata
Name	Thruston, Charles Mynn
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army general
Date of birth	February 22, 1798
Place of birth	Lexington, Kentucky
Date of death	February 18, 1873
Place of death	Cumberland, Maryland