The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-07
Death OF MajOrGcn. George
33 Thomas @@&8aA

/ a half past one P. NJ. on the 28th inst.
willie attending TO business, was taken
with apoplexy from which he dieo at
eight in the evening Such is the hews
brought by the telegraph, OF George II.
| Fhomasa He wasauncommonly well for
few DAYS before his death. Of all the
Army officers, perhaps, no other had as
strong a hold upon the affections Of the
soldiers as Gen. Thomas, unless it was the
laniented Gen. McPhersr n, al d no ore
perhaps has stronger hold upon lie
affections OF the people. Ias
| We take the following from the CAica-
OBITUARY.
The telegraph brings the announce
tmdnt of the death of Maj. Gen. George
If. I'll. mas, Of the United States army
| This event, which will cast a. sadness
thtof millions of American hearts, oe-
Ieurrod suddenly at, San Francisco. Cali
fnrnia !, on he evening of the 2Sth inst.
G, n. Thomas was IN San Francisco in
tine performance Of his official duties,
having been tor about a year IN command
the Department of the PacItlc- lie
Died, suddenly, of apopltxy. lslt
George Henry Thomas was born IN the
IN, nth If July, 1916, and had therefore
Preached tile ripe age of full and vigorous
l.maahood with all its powers at full de
vclopment, at the time Of bis unexpected.
death. He was educated at the west
pint Military Academy, where he vas
graduated in the year 1049. His first
military service was in Florida, where he
served in what is. n called "the FLORIDA
war +" in the second Artillery. He served
with great galantry in the Mexican war,
receiving honorable m ntion and breyets
for meritorious serv 'ces at Monterey and
at Buena Vista. After the conclusion of
the war, he returned to Florida, and again
assisted in the desultory .hostilliies
against the Indians for year or two,
when he was appointed Instructor of
Artillery and Cavalry in the Military
Academy, which position he filled tor
about three years He was then ordered
to California. and there commended Fort
Yuma until 1855, when he was promoted
to the rank of Major of the Second
Cavalry. In command of battalion, he
served from 1856 tG 1860 in Texas,
making exploring expeditions and cam
paigns against hostile Indians.
AT the breaking outof the rebellion,
Major Thomas, though a Virginian, and
though personal friend and military
comrade Of Robert e. Lee, his Lieutenant
c mel, stood fast by the Union. Upon
the reorganizat ion of the army he was
y 49, x>f 81. fth ,Iyx,
Ia regimen which greatly distinguishes
itself throughout the war, fighting well,
where many fought i'll, at Bull Run, in
other battles in the neighborhood OF the
Potomac, in the Shenandoah Valley,
nnder Sheridan, and some of its most
gallant officers falling under the last
Eshots of She var in the woods near Five
Forks. It's Colonel, meantime, had been
promoted Brigadier General and order
| ed to Kentucky.
His first notable service in the war for
the Union was at the battle Of Mill
Springs, january 10, 1862, where Gen.
Thomas commanded the Union army,
and completely whipped the rebels under
Zollicoffer, who was slain. For his. val
liable services at Mill Springs, General
Thomas was promoted to the rank of
Major General, in April of 1862. Mean
time he had joined the army in command
| Of Buell., and was with it when Buell.
marched to the reinforcement of Grant at
Shiloh. But Generas Thomas was in the
reserve and did not actively participate
| in the greatest pitched battle of the West.
He afterward served with Buell. in the
army of the Ohio, and then with Rose
Grams in the army of the Cumberland,
always performing his duties in camp,
and march, and battle, with conscientious
devotion to his country and his soldiers.
lat the battle of Chlckamauga, September
10 and 20, 1868, the distinguishing mill
tary abilities of Gen. Thomas were Clio
riouslY illustrated 1t was here that his
wonderful steadiness under reverses that
had demoralized and defeated the rest of
the army, and Stampeded y Rosecrans
himself, gave him the appellation of the
Rock of Chickamauga," and actually
saved the army, enabling it to retire to
Chattanooga with safety and in such a
way that Bragg was unable to follow it.
At the remarkable battle Of Chat
tanooga, embracing the engagements
known as "Look out Mountain and
f" Missionary Ridge" Thomas commanded
the right cenrte, and did gallant work,
where all did more than we'll. This is
the battle which broke the backbone of
the rebellion, in many respects one of the
most important battles of history, and
the prominent part taken in its plan and
execution by General Thomas will for
ever give him high rank among military
men.
His services during the campaign of
Atlanta, and afterward at the grert bat
tie of Nashville, are fresh in tie recollec-
ton of the public. 1t is probably true
that no great battle was ever more skill