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Historical person
1816–1870
George Henry Thomas was a Virginia-born United States Army general whose defence at Chickamauga and command at Chattanooga made him one of the Union’s principal western commanders.
Thomas remained loyal to the United States when Virginia seceded. He earned the name “Rock of Chickamauga” for holding the Union position after much of the army retreated. He then commanded the Army of the Cumberland, helped break the siege of Chattanooga and later defeated John Bell Hood’s army at Nashville.
Series
The Civil War in the West is a four-volume sequence following the principal campaigns that decided control of the Mississippi Valley and the Deep South. A Blaze of Glory reconstructs Shiloh; A Chain of Thunder follows Grant’s Vicksburg campaign; The Smoke at Dawn moves through Chickamauga and Chattanooga;…
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Non Fiction
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