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Author | : Freeman Cleaves |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780806119786 |
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General George H. Thomas, the “Rock of Chickamauga” of the history books, was a Virginian who chose the northern side in the Civil War. While Thomas was considered a traitor by his family, his military superiors regarded him with a certain mistrust because of his southern background. Nonetheless, Thomas was prominent in the battles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, and Nashville, and was immortalized at Chickamauga, where he tenaciously held the field until ordered to withdraw.
Author | : Robert P. Broadwater |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2009-06-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786453443 |
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One of the Civil War's most successful generals is heralded by military historians but never achieved the lasting fame of Grant, Lee, Jackson or Sherman. George Thomas's Southern birth, the ambition of fellow officers, and his action in the less-publicized Western Theater combined to keep him from attaining recognition. This comprehensive biography focuses on the military career that covered such battlegrounds as Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Nashville, as well as the political maneuvers that kept Thomas out of the spotlight.
Author | : Charles King |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Brian Steel Wills |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 2019-06-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0700628991 |
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Although often counted among the Union's top five generals, George Henry Thomas has still not received his due. A Virginian who sided with the North in the Civil War, he was a more complicated commander than traditional views have allowed. Brian Wills now provides a new and more complete look at the life of a man known to history as "The Rock of Chickamauga," to his troops as "Old Pap," and to General William T. Sherman as a soldier who was "as true as steel." While biographers have long been hampered by Thomas's lack of personal papers, Wills has drawn on previously untapped sources—notably the correspondence of Thomas's contemporaries—to offer new insights into what made him tick. Focusing on Thomas's personality and motivations, Wills contributes revealing discussions of his style and approach to command and successfully captures his troubled interactions with other Union commanders, providing a particularly more evenhanded evaluation of his relationship with Grant. He also gives a more substantial account of battlefield action than can be found in other biographies, capturing the ebb and flow of key encounters—Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga and Atlanta, Stones River and Mill Springs, Peachtree Creek and Nashville—to help readers better understand Thomas's contributions to their outcomes. Throughout Wills presents a well-rounded individual whose complex views embraced the worlds of professional military service and scientific inquisitiveness, a man known for attention to detail and compassion to subordinates. We also meet a sharp-tempered person whose disdain for politics hurt his prospects for advancement as much as it reflected positively on his character, and Wills offers new insight into why Thomas might not have progressed as quickly up the ladder of command as he might have liked. More deeply researched than other biographies, Wills's work situates Thomas squarely in his own time to provide readers with a more thorough and balanced life story of this enigmatic Union general. It is a definitive military history that gives us a new and needed picture of the Rock of Chickamauga—a man whose devotion to duty and ideals made him as true as steel.
Author | : Joseph Alexander Altsheler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Joseph A. Altsheler |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2020-04-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3846049050 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1915.
Author | : Joseph A. |
Publisher | : Tredition Classics |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783842472181 |
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Author | : Donn Piatt |
Publisher | : BIG BYTE BOOKS |
Total Pages | : 619 |
Release | : 2014-11-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Slow, deliberate, and highly successful in war, General George Thomas nevertheless has never received the accolades he deserves. He shunned self-promotion and even refused military promotion when he felt it was unjustified. But he saved a great Union army at Chickamauga and was highly-respected by his peers. On January 18, 1862, he defeated Confederate Brig. Gens. George B. Crittenden and Felix Zollicoffer at Mill Springs, gaining the first important Union victory in the war. One of the charms of this book is that it was written by Colonel Donn Piatt. A former diplomat, a campaigner for Lincoln with whom he rode to Chicago after the 1860 election, gadfly, and friend of the powerful, Piatt spent the last years of the 19th century as a popular author. Considered a wit, Piatt told Rutherford Hayes (future president) that when shells were whistling around them at Bull Run he had tried to remember his prayers but could only recall “Oh Lord, for these and all thy other mercies, we desire to be thankful.” Piatt was not a fan of Ulysses S. Grant and includes in this book John Rawlins' letter to Grant about his drinking. General George Thomas has generally been held in high esteem by Civil War historians; Bruce Catton and Carl Sandburg wrote glowingly of him, and many consider Thomas one of the top three Union generals of the war, after Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. But he never wrote an autobiography and burned his private papers. This is a definitive biography of one of the Union's great generals and is long overdue for conversion to e-book. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Author | : Peter Andrews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Battle of Chattanooga |
ISBN | : |
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Lee. Grant. Jackson. Sherman. Thomas. Yes, George Henry Thomas belongs in that company. the trouble is that he and Grand never really got along.
Author | : Christopher J. Einolf |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2012-11-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0806182601 |
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One of the North’s greatest generals—the Rock of Chickamauga Most Southerners in the U.S. Army resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy in 1861. But at least one son of a distinguished, slaveholding Virginia family remained loyal to the Union. George H. Thomas fought for the North and secured key victories at Chickamauga and Nashville. Thomas’s wartime experiences transformed him from a slaveholder to a defender of civil rights. Remembered as the “Rock of Chickamauga,” Thomas became one of the most prominent Union generals and was even considered for overall command of the Union Army in Virginia. Yet he has been eclipsed by such names as Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan. Offering vivid accounts of combat, Einolf depicts the fighting from Thomas’s perspective to allow a unique look at the real experience of decision making on the battlefield. He examines the general’s recurring confrontations with the Union high command to make a strong case for Thomas’s integrity and competence, even as he exposes Thomas’s shortcomings and poor decisions. The result is a more balanced, nuanced picture than has previously been available. Probing Thomas’s personal character, Einolf reveals how a son of the South could oppose the views of friends and family. George Thomas: Virginian for the Union offers a fresh appraisal of an important career and lends new insight into the inner conflicts of the Civil War.