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THOMAS LAFAYETTE, an American soldier, born in Campbell co., Virginia, in 1836. He entered West Point in 1856, but resigned on the outbreak of the Civil War to enter the artillery service of the Confederate army. He was afterward transferred to Stuart's cavalry, where he became brigadier-general. He became a major-general in 1864. He refused to surrender at the close of the war, but made his escape and attempted to reorganize the Confederate forces in northern Virginia. He was captured, but was soon released. In 1871 he was appointed chief engineer of the Eastern Division of the Northern Pacific. From 1881 to 1886 he acted as chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific railroad. During the Spanish-American War he served as brigadier-general of the United States volunteers. He died in 1910.