Thomas Algeo Rowley

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This article is about an American Civil War general. For other people with the name, see Thomas Rowley.

Thomas Algeo Rowley was a Union Army general in the American Civil War from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He commanded a brigade of I Corps. He was acting commander of third division at beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, it suffered heavy casualties confronting Confederates from Harry Heth's division. Abner Doubleday had him removed for drunkenness. Rowley was convicted by a court martial, although some officers testified on his behalf. Although reinstated, Rowley was assigned a district command in western Pennsylvania. Not being given a field command, he resigned his commission.

Rowley is buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Krumwiede, John F., Disgrace at Gettysburg : the arrest and court-martial of Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley, USA, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c2006.