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.
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, November 27, 1861. Port Royal, Å . 0.: S: Your letters of the 11th,* 15th, and 17th instant have been received. Four additional…
LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, November 27, 1861. General THOMAS, Lebanon: Send General Sehoepf, with one section of artillery, Wolford’s cavalry, and the nearest regiment of infantry rapidly to Somerset to relieve Hoskins,…
Camp Calvert, November 28, 1861. GENERAL: I have directed the quartermasters of different regiments as well as brigade commanders to endeavor to learn how many wagons they ean gather in…
Lebanon, November 29, 1861. Col. W. A. HOSKINS, Commanding Camp Hoskins, near Somerset, Ky.: COLONEL: In the absence of the commanding general I have opened your dispatch of the 28th…
CAMP CALVERT, Ky. CAMP CALVERT, Ky., December 4, 1861. (Received December 6, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, &e., Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: As I had heard nothing from you…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN, December 5, 1861. December 5, 1861—8 a. m. General GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: Colonel Bradley, of the Thirty-eighth Ohio, reported to me that…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP GOGGIN, December 5, 1861. December 5, 1861—12 m. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: Ileft this place this morning in company with Captain Prime,…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, December 6, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: The enemy have crossed the Cumberland, as near as Tean learn, with four…
HEADQUARTERS EAST TENNESSEE BRIGADE, Camp Calvert, Ky., December 6, 1861. (Received December 9, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding, dec., Lebanon : GENERAL: The orders received last night from…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, December 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H, THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division : GENERAL: In my communication stating that I had ordered the Tennessee regiments to re-enforce…
Somerset, December 8, 1861. GENERAL: We met the enemyâs scouts this evening about 3 miles to the west of the village; the collision took place between the Thirty-fifth Ohio and…
Washington Washington, December 8, 1861. General GEoRGE H. THOMAS: GENERAL: I have your letter of the 23d ultimo.* The same mail brought other letters, giving me sad accounts of that…
HEADQUARTERS TWELFTH BRIGADE, Somerset, Ky., December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: We arrived here this afternoon. On the forenoon of the 7th instant…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, Ky., December 9, 1861. General GEORGE H. THOMAS: DEAR SIR: I learn from Judge Green, of Russell, a most reliable citizen and truly loyal, that the…
SOMERSET, Ky. SOMERSET, Ky., December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Eastern Division, Kentucky : GENERAL: Yours of the 7th is at hand. In a hasty note of…
December 10, 1861. Columbia, Ky, te December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Headquarters, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: My scouts sent out yesterday at noon, under Captain Owens, of Colonel…
HDQRS. ELEVENTH BRIGADE, U. S. VOLUNTEERS, December 10, 1861. Columbia, Ky, te December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Headquarters, Lebanon, Ky.: SIR: My scouts sent out yesterday at…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, 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…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 13, 1861. (Received December 14, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since I wrote you my scouts have returned,…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, Ky., December 13, 1861. (Received December 14, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: The people,even the good Union people, circulate…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky. HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 14, 1861. (Received December 18, 1861.) Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL: Since my last communication things have…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 17, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, , Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky. : GENERAL: General Boyle directs me to say that the pickets from near the Cumberland…
HEADQUARTERS, Somerset, Ky., December 18, 1861. (Received December 20, 1861.) General GEORGE H. THOMAS, : Commanding First Division, Lebanon: GENERAL: In my communication of yesterday I suggested that I intended…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH BRIGADE, Columbia, December 19, 1861. Commanding First Division, Lebanon, Ky.: GENERAL:* * * * AsfarasIcan ascertain, there is no certainty that Zollicoffer is on the other side of…