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T. J. (Thomas Joseph) Macon
1839–1917
A Richmond memoirist and former private in the First Company Richmond Howitzers, he left behind vivid first-person accounts of Virginia life before, during, and after the Civil War. His writing blends personal memory, local detail, and the perspective of someone who watched a changing South up close.
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Life Gleanings
by T. J. (Thomas Joseph) Macon
About the author
Born in Hanover County, Virginia, T. J. Macon is identified in library and public-domain records as Thomas Joseph Macon (1839–1917). His best-known book, Life Gleanings (published in 1913), is presented as an autobiography and looks back on his early life in Virginia, including family life, local customs, and the upheaval of the Civil War.
Records for Reminiscences of the First Company of Richmond Howitzers show that Macon served as a private in the First Company Richmond Howitzers and later wrote about that experience. Together, his books make him a useful eyewitness to Confederate military life and to everyday life in and around Richmond.
He died in 1917, and burial records place him at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found from the sources reviewed here, so no profile image is included.