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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. Thomas served in the Mexican–American War , and despite being a Virginian whose home state would join the Confederate States of America during the Civil War ...
Union General George Thomas has been overshadowed by some of the more prominent Civil War generals, like Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman,...
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May 31, 2023 · A Southerner, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas was a racist enslaver before the Civil War. But he fought for the Union because he prioritized his oath to defend the Constitution over state interests.
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 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.
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).
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.
May 29, 2018 · In the Civil War, George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), U.S. Army officer, received the sobriquet "Rock of Chickamauga" for saving a Union army. George H. Thomas was born on July 31, 1816, in Southampton County, Va. He graduated from the county academy and read law before attending the U.S. Military Academy (1836-1840).
