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.
SPECIAL NN HDQRS. DEP’T OF THE CUMBERLAND, September 10, 1861. No. 3. Louisville, K3., September 10, 1861. I. Brig. Gen. George H. Thomas, having reported for duty, will repair .…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, September 17, 1861. Brig. Gen. G. H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : : ; GENERAL: Your letter of the 16th…
CINCINNATI, Ohio CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 20, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Camp Robinson, Ky. : DEAR Sir: I commenced the shipment of wagons to you, and before I had…
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.…
“HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 23, 1861. Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : GENERAL: By the direction of the general I write to say that for the present…
ESTILL SPRINGS ESTILL SPRINGS, September 23, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, : Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Camp Robinson : DEAR SIR: Yours of the 23d instant, directing me to…
MAYSVILLE, KY. MAYSVILLE, KY., September 26, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson, Bryantsville : i DEAR SIR: I inclose herewith a copy of the instructions under which I…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 26, 1861. GENERAL: The general directs me to say that, as the ten days of the Home Guard will expire on Saturday…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 28, 1861. General O. M. MITCHEL, este Commanding U. S. Forces, Cincinnati, Ohio : DEAR SIR: I have had as full a…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, September 29, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: Colonel Wolford came into camp bringing with him the Home Guard under Colonel Brown. The enemy…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 30, 1861. General THOMAS, Lexington : I have ordered two regiments to re-enforce you, and sent telegrams to the President and to the governors of…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 1, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson: A I have information, reliable, that the rebels retreated 9 miles beyond London on Sunday. A…
CAMP WILDCAT CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS: Since General Carter arrived wehave been over considerable country. The general thinks when the work is completed we will…
y Louisville, Ky., October 12, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, Commanding Camp Dick Robinson : SIR: I am officially notified that a detachment of recruits for the Thirty-third Indiana, Colonel Coburn, has…
October 31, 1861. : Louisville, Ky., October 31, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Camp Dick Robinson, Ky. : SIR: Yours of October 28 and 29 are just at hand, as…
Frankfort, November 9, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Crab Orchard: SIR : Information has reached this department that Captain Munday and a body of men (Kentucky volunteer cavalry) presented themselves…
Camp Calvert, November 12, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: This afternoon I received a message from Captain – Ryan (formerly of Second Regiment), who is on Elk Fork, in edge of Tennessee,…
Louisville, Ky., November 14, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Crab Orchard: SIB: I have just received information that a force of about 2,700 men, — three pieces of artillery, and…
November 16, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 16, 1861. (Received November 17.) ^. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding, &c., Crab Orchard, Ky.: GENERAL: My brother William…
Camp Calvert, November 19, 1861. GENERAL: I have just received information that the rebels, 5,000 strong, were last night at Flat Lick, 8 miles above Barboursville and 32 miles from…
Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky., November 19, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Division, Crab Orchard, Ky. : SIR: General Buell directs me to say that the orders he has…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 22, 1861. GENERAL: Your dispatch of 20th [21st?] instant from Stanford, ordering me to break up the camp at London and join you…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, November 24, 1861. (Received November 27, 1361.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, &e., Danville, Ky.: GENERAL: On the 21st instant I sent out…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, November 25, 1861. : Camp Calvert, November 25, 1861. My DEAR SIR: A day or two after I wrote you I received orders to break up…