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George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
May 17, 2014 · When all seemed lost at the battle of Chickamauga Creek and his commanding general and five other generals retreated, George Henry Thomas dug in with his men and led them to safety after nightfall. The feat earned him the nickname of “Rock of Chickamauga.”
Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
Jan 12, 2024 · Major General George Henry Thomas was a prominent Union general who served primarily in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. George H. Thomas earned the nickname “Rock of Chickamauga” for leading a defensive stand at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 19–20, 1863).
George H. Thomas (born July 31, 1816, Southampton county, Va., U.S.—died March 28, 1870, San Francisco) was a Union general in the American Civil War (1861–65), known as “the Rock of Chickamauga” after his unyielding defense in combat near that stream in northwestern Georgia in September 1863.
This web site is dedicated to the life of Major General George H. Thomas. He commanded the Army of the Cumberland after the Battle of Chickamauga, and he was one of the few great generals of the American Civil War.
Although only twice in chief command of a field army during battle — Mill Springs, Kentucky, near the war’s beginning, and Nashville, Tennessee, near its end — Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas played a significant role in shaping the war beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
Nov 7, 2020 · Major General George H. Thomas was a noted Union commander during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Though a Virginian by birth, Thomas elected to remain loyal to the United States at the start of the Civil War.
Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas. He served in the artillery for 15 years, stationed at various coastal forts. He served in the Seminole Wars and in the Mexican War, being brevetted Captain, then Major, for gallantry at the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista.
A Virginia-born professional soldier who chose to remain with the Union during the Civil War, General George Henry Thomas earned the title “the Rock of Chickamauga” for the stubborn defense of his line on the Tennessee battlefield during a near rout of General William Rosecran’s Army of the Cumberland.
