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.

Last Years

After the end of the Civil War, Thomas commanded military departments in Kentucky and Tennessee until 1869. President Andrew Johnson offered Thomas the rank of lieutenant general—with the intent to eventually replace Grant with Thomas as General in Chief—but the ever-loyal Thomas asked the Senate to withdraw his name for that nomination because he didn't want to be party to politics. In 1869 he was ordered to command the Division of the Pacific with headquarters at San Francisco. He died there of apoplexy, while writing an answer to an article criticizing his military career, on March 28, 1870. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, in Troy, New York.

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1869 - President - Andrew Johnson - Lieutenant general - San Francisco - Apoplexy - March 28 - 1870 - Troy, New York

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