Officer Thomas DeVane, V, Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina

Officer Thomas DeVane, V

Wilmington Police Department, North Carolina

End of Watch Saturday, August 5, 1865

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Thomas DeVane, V

Officer Thomas DeVane succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier.

He was accosted at the intersection of 5th Street and Orange Street and shot once in the groin. He was taken to his home where he succumbed to his wounds two days later.

On the same night that Officer DeVane was shot and killed, a group of drunk Union soldiers attacked police officers in several other locations. No suspects were ever identified or arrested in connection with his murder.

Officer DeVane was a Confederate Army veteran and had served with the Wilmington Police Department for only six months. He was survived by his expectant wife and two children.

Bio

Age 28
Tour 6 months
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Thursday, August 3, 1865
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Never identified

ambush

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Reading my late brother's obituary and found the announcement of Officer Thomas V. DeVane's death. My late Father was MSgt. Thomas Vernon DeVane also of Wilmington, NC. There has got to be a family connection somewhere! Dad passed in the late 1970's of cancer in the VA Hospital in Birmingham, AL. He was career Army and proudly served our Country. I am the oldest daughter for four children.

Imogene C. Thomas
Daughter of MSgt. Thomas Vernon DeVane

October 20, 2024