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 FOURTEENTH ARMY OORPS, Nashville, November 27, 1862. Major-General THOMAS, Gallatin : I have received following from General Boyle: Operator telegraphs that Morgan encamped 5 miles from Glasgow last night.…
NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, December 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Center, Army of the Cumberland : Any more news of Hartsville affair or of the enemy? Could one of…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP, Stanford, August 18, 1863. I learn that the Ninth Corps have been committing some irregularities in Covington. You will of course give the necessary orders to stop it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 20, 1863. Maj. Gen. GEoRGE H. THomas, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps: GENERAL: The general commanding directs you to instruct General Reynolds to reconnoiter…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, August 22, 1863. August 22, 1863—4.45 p. m. Major-General THOMAS, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps – General Sheridan reports General Patton Anderson’s division moved from opposite…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Stevenson, August 23, 1863. Maj. Gen. GEorGE H. THomas, Commanding Fourteenth Army Corps: GENERAL: The general commanding sends herewith a report just received from Colonel…