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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.
Thomas was born in Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia.
In 1831, Thomas, his sisters, and his widowed mother were forced to flee from their home and hide in the nearby woods in the wake of Nat Turner's slave rebellion.
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Thomas succeeded Rosecrans in command of the Army of the Cumberland (additional info and facts about Army of the Cumberland) shortly before the Battle of Chattanooga III (additional info and facts about Battle of Chattanooga III) (November 23–25, 1863), a stunning Union victory due mainly to his behind-the-scenes management.
Thomas, with a smaller force, raced with Hood to reach Nashville, where he was to receive reinforcements.
Before either arrived, Thomas made his attack on December 15, 1864, and the Battle of Nashville (additional info and facts about Battle of Nashville) was the most crushing defeat of any army on either side in the whole war.
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Thomas served under General Buell at Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville.
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 George Henry Thomas --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Thomas was born on July 31, 1816, in Southampton County, Va. He attended Southampton Academy and began to study law.
Thomas, J.H. British trade-union leader and politician, a shrewd and successful industrial negotiator who lost his standing in the labour movement when he joined Ramsay MacDonald's coalition government (August 1931).
The second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York was one of England's strongest and least popular monarchs.
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Thomas handled these with great skill in all the engagements and flanking movements from Chattanooga to See also:
For this brilliant victory Thomas was made a major-general in the regular army and received the thanks of See also:
Thomas was beloved by his soldiers, for whom he always had a fatherly solicitude.
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George Henry Thomas 1816–70, Union general in the American Civil War, b.
Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War.
See biographies by F. McKinney (1961) and W. Thomas (1964).
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