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3 mag 2024 · George H. Thomas was a Virginia native, a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), and a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865) who earned the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga” after his defensive stand at the Georgia battle in 1863. He won an early Union victory at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (1862 ...
7 mag 2024 · West Point Press. Abstract. Alec Wells, from the United States Military Academy, analyzes the leadership of General George H. Thomas at Chickamauga. Keywords. George Thomas, Chickamauga, Civil War. Citation. Wells, Alec. "Cowards in the Face of Immediate Death: The Exceptional Leadership of General George H. Thomas at Chickamauga."
7 mag 2024 · Alec Wells, from the United States Military Academy, analyzes the leadership of General George H. Thomas at Chickamauga. dc.description.sponsorship: N/A: dc.identifier.citation: Wells, Alec. "Cowards in the Face of Immediate Death: The Exceptional Leadership of General George H. Thomas at Chickamauga."
5 giorni fa · Major General George H. Thomas, Thomas Circle. Soon after Thomas died in 1870, the Society of the Army of the Cumberland decided to memorialize their former commander. By 1873, they had raised $10,000 and asked Congress for additional funds and the necessary cannons to make the statue.
11 mag 2024 · The Battle of Spring Hill. November 29, 1864 in Maury County, Tennessee. Franklin & Nashville Campaign. BATTLE SUMMARY. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, headquartered at Nashville, had ordered Schofield to intercept the Confederate army and slow their advance, to gain him time to organize his forces and prepare his defenses at Nashville.
5 giorni fa · The Battle of Leggett's Hill. July 21, 1864 in outside Atlanta, Georgia (aka Bald Hill) On July 20th, as Gen. John B. Hood's Confederates battled maj. Gen. George H. Thomas's Federals along Peach Tree Creek, northeast of Atlanta, the balance of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's forces advanced on the city from the east.
6 mag 2024 · Concentrating their fire against the Confederate left, the cannon swept the ridge and cleared the gorge outside Ringgold through which ran the Western & Atlantic Railroad. About 1:00 P.M., Cleburne's men began to waver. Soon afterward, Osterhaus' troops scaled the heights and Ireland's occupied the gorge, precipitating a general retreat.
