Thaddeus Luther Howard Young joined Co. E of the 19th VA Battalion Heavy Artillery as a private on an unknown date. Company E was formerly Co. E of the 44th VA Infantry, moving to the 19th in September 1862. On September 1, 1862, Young provided Patrick Burke as a substitute.
Young is listed as a trustee of Southern Female College in the act to incorporate the school which passed in the Confederate legislature in January 1863, so it is likely he returned to Petersburg after his service. Although no record of further service is known for Young, it is highly likely he joined in the defense of Petersburg as did many of the other men involved with the school, although specific service records for only a few of them survive.
Young was a businessman in Petersburg for many years after the war. He eventually moved to North Carolina. He died July 9, 1911 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn, NC.
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