Thomas Lawrence
Motley, son of Thomas and Maria B. (Davis) Motley, was born in Boston,
Mass., 23 Sept., 1835. Was two years on a voyage to China. At the breaking out
of the war, went to Fort Independence, as a member of the New-England Guards.
First lieutenant in the Second, 28 May, 1861. Dec 25, 1861, he was commissioned
captain in the First Massachusetts Cavalry; was promoted to be major, 5 March,
1862. He was severely wounded in right leg and the right arm, at Ashland, Va.,
11 May, 1864, in Sheridan's movement; he has never entirely recovered the use of
his arm. Was appointed assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; and
mustered out, 1 Sept., 1866.
SOURCE: Alonzo Hall Quint, Record of Second Massachusetts Infantry: 1861-1865, p. 491
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