George Henry Thomas


 
 

George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870), the "Rock of Chickamauga", was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.

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Thomas was born in Southampton County, Virginia. Graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1840, he served as an artillery subaltern in the war against the Seminole Indians in Florida (1841), and in the Mexican War at the battles of Fort Brown, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista, receiving three promotions for distinguished gallantry in action. From 1851 to 1854 he was an instructor at West Point. In 1855 he was appointed a major of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry by Jefferson Davis, then secretary of war.

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Introduction
The Civil War
Last Years
Thomas's Legacy
References
 


 

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