Thrower, who attended the University of Virginia after leaving R-MC and was the brother of Christopher Thrower of the class of 1859, was conscripted into the army but recommended for light duty by the Board of Surgeons. He requested to be assigned to the Auditors section of the Confederate Treasury Department in 1864, with a letter of support dated in August. His inquiry concerning the request dated October 6, 1864 includes an indication the request was approved dated on October 11, 1864. It is unknown how long he served in the Treasury Department.
Thrower was a lawyer in Boydton in Mecklenburg County, VA in 1860, and he returned to practicing law Thrower died September 12, 1882 and is buried in Boydton, VA in St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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