George Henry Thomas was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. Thomas served in the Mexican-American War, and despite being a Virginian whose home state would join the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, he was a Southern Unionist who chose to remain in the U.S. Army.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 22, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : GENERAL: Your two notes of September 20* have been received.…
Crab Orchard, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. 8. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert: GENERAL: Your dispatch [of 19th instant] has just been received. My orders are to move towards Columbia,…
HEADQUARTERS, Crab Orchard, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. 8. P. CARTER, Commanding Camp Calvert: GENERAL: Your dispatch [of 19th instant] has just been received. My orders are to move towards…
Cairo, November 21, 1861. Capt. J. O. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant- General, Saint Louis, Mo.: General Orders, No. 1, of the 19th instant, -â â of the Missouri, is just received.…
STANFORD, K. Y. STANFORD, K. Y., November 21, 1861. Capt. J. B. FRY, A. A. G. and Chief of Staff, Sir: Your communication of the 19th has just been received.…
DANVILLE, Ky. DANVILLE, Ky., November 23, 1861. Brig. Gen. S. P. CARTER, Commanding East Tennessee Brigade: GENERAL: The inclosed dispatch* has just been received. “The general commanding: directs me to…
HDQRS. EASTERN DIVISION, DEPT.:OF THE OHIO, Lebanon, Ky., December 3, 1861. Col. T. E. BRAMLETTE, Commanding at Columbia, Ky.: COLONEL: I have just received yours of the 2d, inclosing Mr.…
Lebanon, Ey. Lebanon, Ey., December 3, 1861. Brig. Gen. S. P. CARTER, Commanding at London, Ky.: GENERAL: Yours of November 28 has been received. The information which we have of…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, December 6, 1861. General THOMAS : Telegraph General Schoepf’s letter. Does he ask for re-enforcements ? Can the troops at London go directly to Somerset ? D. €.…
Washington Washington, December 7, 1861. General D. C. BvELL: We have just had interviews with the President and General MeClellan, and find they eoneur fully with us in respect to…
Lebanon, Ky. Lebanon, Ky., December 7, 1861. Capt. J. B. Fry, ‘ Asst. Adjt. Gen., U. S. Army, Dept. Hdqrs., Louisville, Ky. : OAPTAIN: The present state of affairs in…
Columbia, December 11, 1861. (Received December 12, 1861.) General THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding Division, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: I am fully satisfied General Zollieoffer’s forces do not exceed 7,500. They…
LEBANON LEBANON, December 11, 1861. General D. €. BUELL: General Boyle believes the enemy will advance on Columbia by the Somerset road. They are infantry, artillery, and cavalry. He believes…
Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days since…
HEADQUARTERS, Lebanon, Ky., December 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBIN SCHOFPF, Commanding at Somerset, JCy. : GENERAL: Yours of the 18th was received: yesterday. When you reported to me some days…
Cairo, December 29, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: On Thursday night I left here to visit Shawneetown and all other points occupied by troops within this military…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAIRO, Cairo, December 29, 1861. Capt. J. C. KELTON, Saint Louis, Mo.: On Thursday night I left here to visit Shawneetown and all other points occupied by…
Cairo, January 9, 1862. General C. F. SMITH, Commanding U. $. Forces, Paducah, Ky.: Owing to the density of the fog it will be impossible to make any movement here…
Somerset, Ky., February 3, 1862. field by the Second Minnesota Regiment, the others taken in the intrenchments by officers and men of the different regiments. Colonel Kise reports that his…
Somerset, Ky. Somerset, Ky., February 3, 1862. Brig. Gen. D. C. BUELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio, . Louisville, Ky. : GENERAL: I have the honor to forward to you…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 13, 1862. General ROSECRANS: Have not been able to see Mr. Anderson yet. Went to the tunnel this morning; northern tunnel clear; south tunnel, General Steedman thinks,…
HEADQUARTERS, Gallatin, November 14, 1862. Major-General ROSECRANS: A dispatch from Colonel Kennett, just received, states that one of his scouts had just returned from Lebanon, and tells him that Morgan…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 15, 1862. General ROSECRANS: I have just received your dispatch directing the selection of a site for a field-work, to cover and protect the railroad at this…
GALLATIN GALLATIN, November 15, 1862. Colonel GARESCHE, Chief of Staff: I relieved all the troops of Crittenden’s command at this place day before yesterday, with orders to join their corps.…