George Henry Thomas
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| George Henry Thomas | |
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| Personal | |
| Date & Place of Birth | July 31, 1816 Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virgina |
| Parents | John Thomas Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Spouse | Frances Lucretia Kellogg Thomas |
| Children | |
| Date & Place of Death | March 28,1870 San Francisco, California |
| Place of Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York |
| Military | |
| Education | United States Military Academy West Point, New York Class of 1840, rank 12th |
| Branch of Service | United States Army |
| Years of Service | 1840–1870 |
| Highest rank awarded | Major General |
| Commands held | Army of the Cumberland |
| Battles participated in | Mill Springs Perryville Stones River Chickamauga Chattanooga Campaign Missionary Ridge Nashville |
| Post-war career | Commander, Division of the Pacific |
Major General George Henry Thomas (byname: Rock of Chickamauga; 1816-1870) was a Union officer assigned to the Western Theater of operations, and through much of the war the commanding general of the Army of the Cumberland. A thorough, methodical planner, Thomas would engage in battle when sure of the outcome at the least expense of troops and supplies; in defense he was impregnable, in attack he was unstoppable. Thomas' number of victories are unmatched by any general in the war, and he was the only one on either side to have completely annihilated two armies on the battlefield.
