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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 · George Henry Thomas, The Civil War’s Forgotten Hero. Despite his many Union victories in the American Civil War, George Henry Thomas is hardly a household name. By many accounts George Henry Thomas was one of the greatest military minds in American 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).
Stubborn and deliberate, General George Henry Thomas was one of the Union's most brilliant strategists. So why was he cheated by history?
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.
George Henry Thomas was born into a wealthy slaveholding family at Newsom’s Depot, Virginia, on July 31, 1816. Thomas’ father died from a farming accident in 1829 which left the family in financial troubles. Thomas’ views on slavery have been debated by historians for years.
Aug 3, 2020 · George Henry Thomas, United States Army officer, was born in Southampton County, Virginia, on July 31, 1816, the son of John and Elizabeth (Rochelle) Thomas. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point on July 1, 1836, and graduated twelfth in the class of 1840.
George Henry Thomas was a Virginia native, a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), and a Union major general during the American Civil War (1861–1865) who earned the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga" after his defensive stand at the Georgia battle in 1863.
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.
As commander of the XIV Army Corps at Chickamauga and commander of the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga, Major General George H. Thomas played a prominent role in the Chattanooga Campaign.
