His appointment as a brigadier general was refused by the Confederate Senate after Confederate President Jefferson Davis failed to nominate Taylor, apparently following Davis's appointment of Taylor to the rank.
Nonetheless, Taylor's name is frequently found on lists and in sketches of Confederate generals. He was often referred to as a general both during the Civil War and the years following it. After that war, he was a cattle driver , farmer and lawyer. Marshal for five years and was chief of police at Louisville, Kentucky , for eleven years. Thomas H. Taylor was born July 31, , at Frankfort, Kentucky. During the MexicanβAmerican War, Taylor served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment, at first as a private, and then as a first lieutenant.
Taylor was married three times. Moreland of Mobile, Alabama, who died some time before After proceeding to Manassas Junction, Virginia , by railroad, on July 8, , with an escort of about 12 men from Fairfax, Virginia , Taylor set out under a flag of truce toward the Union Army headquarters of Major General Irvin McDowell at Arlington, Virginia , presumably to ultimately present the dispatches to President Lincoln.
On August 7, , General Joseph E. Johnston combined two Kentucky battalions into the 1st Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Taylor was ordered to take command.
Kirby Smith. Taylor was appointed brigadier general on November 4, , but the Confederate Senate refused the appointment when Confederate President Jefferson Davis failed to nominate Taylor. After commanding a brigade in Major General Carter L. Grant on July 4, [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 15 ] He was paroled, went to Montgomery, Alabama , and was later exchanged.
