George H. Thomas
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, American Civil War, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
Article abstract: Military significance: Thomas’s victory at the Battle of Nashville in 1864 effectively ended the war in the western theater.
A Virginian by birth, George H. Thomas cast his fortune with the Union during the American Civil War (1861-1865). In 1836, Congressman John Young Mason appointed Thomas to West Point. He graduated twelfth in the class of 1840 behind William T. Sherman, who finished sixth.
Thomas entered the artillery service and saw action against the Seminole (1835-1843) in Florida and during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)....
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