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General George H. Thomas : A Biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga"

By: Broadwater, Robert P.
Material type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on Demand.Publisher: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2009Description: 1 online resource (273 p.).ISBN: 9780786453443.Subject(s): Generals -- United States -- Biography | Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870 -- Military leadership | Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870 | Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Virginia -- Biography | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns | United States. Army -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: General George H. Thomas : A Biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga"DDC classification: 973.7/83092 | 973.783092 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
General George H. Thomas; Table of Contents; Introduction; One. Early Life and Military Training; Two. A Martial Career Begun; Three. First Glory in Mexico; Four. Service Throughout the South; Five. The Outbreak of Civil War; Six. To the West and Mill Springs; Seven. Early Battles in the West; Eight. Savior at Stones River; Nine. The Tullahoma Campaign; Ten. The Rock of Chickamauga; Eleven. Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge; Twelve. With Sherman Through Georgia; Thirteen. From Kennesaw to the Gate City; Fourteen. Back to Tennessee; Fifteen. The Sledge of Nashville and the End of the War
Sixteen. The Final YearsConclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: 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.
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Online 		E467.1.T4 B76 2009 (Browse shelf) http://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1594812 Available EBL1594812

General George H. Thomas; Table of Contents; Introduction; One. Early Life and Military Training; Two. A Martial Career Begun; Three. First Glory in Mexico; Four. Service Throughout the South; Five. The Outbreak of Civil War; Six. To the West and Mill Springs; Seven. Early Battles in the West; Eight. Savior at Stones River; Nine. The Tullahoma Campaign; Ten. The Rock of Chickamauga; Eleven. Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge; Twelve. With Sherman Through Georgia; Thirteen. From Kennesaw to the Gate City; Fourteen. Back to Tennessee; Fifteen. The Sledge of Nashville and the End of the War

Sixteen. The Final YearsConclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

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.

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Robert P. Broadwater has written more than 35 books of military history and more than 100 magazine articles dealing with the American Civil War and the Revolutionary War. He lives in Bellwood, Pennsylvania.

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