Thomas Lowndes Snead (January 10, 1828 – October 17, 1890) was a

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soldier and politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the

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Biography

Born in

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, Snead graduated from Richmond College in 1846 and the

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in 1848 before studying law. He moved to

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, in 1850 and eventually became a newspaperman, serving as owner and editor of the ''St. Louis Bulletin'' from 1860 until February 1861. From February through early May 1861 Snead also acted as a (civilian) aide and secretary to Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson. Upon the enactment of Missouri's May 1861 "Military Bill" Snead was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Jackson and commissioned an officer in the Missouri State Guard. He participated in the Battles of Boonville,

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, Wilson's Creek, and Lexington during the fight against

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forces for control of the state. After the Missouri State Guard was merged into the Confederate Army, Snead served as chief of staff for General Sterling Price's Army of the West. He was elected as a Representative from Missouri to the

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in May, 1864. After the end of the war, Snead moved to

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and worked as an editor for the ''Daily News'' from 1865 to 1867. He was admitted to the New York

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in 1866. He wrote a book, ''The Fight for Missouri'', which was meant to be the first volume in a history of the war's trans-Mississippi theater. The book was published by

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in 1886. Snead died suddenly of

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at his home on October 17, 1890, at age 62. His body was returned to St. Louis and buried there in Bellefontaine Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, one son, and one daughter.

References

1828 births 1890 deaths People from Henrico County, Virginia University of Virginia alumni Confederate States Army officers Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century American politicians Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub