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rom the. Wheeling Register, Goth ultimo
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From the. Wheeling Register Goth ultiino,l
General George III. Thongs.
General George H. Thomas. command dsI
ing the Department OF the Pacific, died
at San Francisco, on Monday evening,
OF apoplexy. General Thomas was uni
yersally regarded as one o. the ablest :
generals of the war Indeed by many
he was regarded as the head of the ar
my, standing above Sherman His per t
soma, popularity, especially among those
who seived under him.. was unbounded,
Aahdsh he is represented as the possessor
Of many of those qualities which not
only command regard but deserve it II
The death Of General Thomas adds an
otherfto the lonslist of great men whose
deeease,i within the last year, has shock,
ed and saddened our country.
tss@ Yesterday's Cincinnati Chronicle
has the following notice of this dlstin-
iguished soldier r
| fhe great soldier is no more, The
brief announcement by telegraph Is that
4 General Thomas was seized with an at
tack Of apoplexy, in San Francisco, yes,
terday evening, and died at Sio'clocks 4
i Since the. announcement of the assas
Esihation Of President Lincoln, no inteE
Iligence has been conveyed by telegraph
ITO the American people which will be
lEreceived with more universal and pro-
found sorrow s's@ va 35 4i iAo "a
.rhe fame of General Thomas grew as
the years advanced His modesty. his
hfrmness, his uprightness. his independ.
! elice, his purity Of character-all the
! sterling qualities that make up and dis
| tinguish the patriot, the citizen and the
soldier, endeared him to the hearts of
i his conntrymen, and created that conf
ldence in him which he inspired in his
1soldiers. G 'e'h'' ~ ss@ 0' 2'h'
Il General Thomas was born in South
! ampton county, Virginia, in 1920. AZ,
J, ter studying law for some time, he en-
4 tered West Point as a Cadet, and grad
/ uated in 1910 Joined the army, and was
!, brevet.ed first lieutenantthe year follow.
: inc, for gallantry and good conduct in
the war against the Florida Indians
: served with distinction in the Mexican
t war, being successfully hrevetted Cap
{ tain, for conduct at Monterey, and Ma
). jor for conduct at Buena Vista; wa:
r transferred to West Point as instructor
, Eof Artillery and Cavalry in 1851, witt
!, 1.-THE full rank of Captain, and was mad,
z Major Of the Second Cavalry in 1855
Il When the war broke out he was or
f dered to Carlisle Barracks to remoun
/ the Second Cavalry, and became Lieu
n tenant Colonel of the regiment in April
: and Colonel in May of the same year
$ In August he was promoted as Brigadie
n General, and assigned to the Depart
eIment Of Kentucky rs = ~ 49, 4sy-
L 1t was while on duty in this Depart
/, ment that his name became familiar as
II household word. He opened the re,
t, year with a victory for the Federal arms
e The battle Of Mill Spring was fough
ii on the 10th Of January, 1862, and Ger
II eral Zollicoffer defeated with considers
/ BILE loss. 81 g ~. - .ts -
'el 1t was almost the first CLEAN OF sur
1t tllight after the dark days that had faile
r-lupon the nation after the disasters Z
IF Bull Run and Ball's Bluff Z = g. ?
d His greatest, triumphs after that tim
were at Chickamauga, September 10 an
,e I20, where his firmness and tenacitv save
al the army from defeat, and enabled it I
a-jjretire to Chattanooga in comparatiy
y, good order In December of the follow
&c tring year he attacked and defeated Hood
Sc army, before Nashville, and gave II
IL decisive blow to the hopes of the Coz
i'll federates in the West. ho's 80 Y 4
a But his services during and since tt
ch war are so well remembered that it dot
a. not seem necessary to. recount them ;
u this late hour They viii never be 70
gotten, and no page of American hist
Try win shine with purer luster tina
o. that which records them. p