Tolles, Samuel

  • Posted on: 2 March 2016
  • By: omasood
Primary Name
Prefix or Title: 
Lt. Col
First Name: 
Samuel
Surname: 
Tolles
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Year: 
1817
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The History of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteers in the War...
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Shekdib B. Thorpe
Publisher Location: 
New Haven, Conn.
Publisher Name: 
The price, Lee & Adkins Co.
Year: 
1893
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q6D1iE6hH4C&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=colonel+samuel+tolles+the+history+of+the+fifteenth+connecticut&source=bl&ots=jNt84lCxML&sig=1QktXMxiREqWlCDBWXBtufcm4W8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio567S56LLAhUCED4KHRZfDhkQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=colonel%20samuel%20tolles%20the%20history%20of%20the%20fifteenth%20connecticut&f=false
Death Info
Death Date Prefix: 
around
Death Month: 
October
Death Day: 
10
Death Year: 
1864
Death Note: 
Middletown, MD
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=HBpEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=Oct+11,+1864+guerilla+middletown&source=bl&ots=oOPrH-Vyhn&sig=Cna4TlcNK_ajdN_XZcTXnV827r4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfu5i2v6LLAhWJyj4KHRZuABwQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q&f=false
Title of Webpage: 
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union
Website Viewing Date: 
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Website Last Modified Date: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 12:45
Citation Notes: 
Was ambushed by guerrillas - know the day of the ambush but not sure if he died immediately or in the following days after the attack
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Profession: 
Chief Quartermaster
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
Mentioned in 18641011WSJ_WHS1 - "An officer from the front just reports that Col Tolles Genl Sheridans chief Q M was mortally wounded by guerrillas near Middletown yesterday"
Biography: 
"Lieutenant-Colonel Tolles, my chief quartermaster, and Asst. Surg. Emil Ohlenschalger, medical inspector on my staff, were both mortally wounded by guerrillas to-day on their way to join me from Winchester; they were ambuscaded"
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union
Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
Citation for Marriage Info (old): 
Editorial Information
Editorial Review: 
Unverified and Incomplete