The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-07
GEN. sherman's Tribute to Thomas.
Official Order from the Headquarters or tho
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTAKT GENERALS OFFICE,

| WASHINGTON March 20, 1870. y etlH
| 1t has become the painful duty of the
| General to, announce to the army the
| death of one of our most exhalted Gener-
ais, George H. Thomas, who expired last
| evening" at half past seven in San Fran,
cisco, California. There is no need to turn
to the archives to search for his history.
for it is recorded in almost every page
during the past ten years but his class
mate and comrade owes him a personal
tribute,in which he knows every member
of the army shares Gen r4l Thomas en-
tered the Military Academy in tue class
of 1886, graduated in 1910, and was CON-
missloned as Second Lieutenant in the
Third Artillery and sent to Florida. He
served with his regiment continuously
until December "a, 1853 when he became
a captain, having been particularly dis
| tinguished at Monterey and Buena Vista
Mexico On the 18th May 1855 he was APP
pointed to the 2d cavalry as Major, and
| served with that regiment continuously
until he became its Colonel on the Sd of
May, 1861. The great civil war found
hun at h 8 post true and firm, amid the
terrible pressure he encountered by rea-
son of his birthplace, Virginia; and Pres
Ident Lincoln commissioned HIM as O.
Brigadier General of volunteers, and sent
| him to Kentucky There, too, his servi-
ces were constant and eminent in the high
est degree He won the first battle in Tho
West-at MillSpring, Ky, and from first
to last, without q days or an hours inter- g
mission, he was at his post of du y,rising
steadily and irresstibly through all the
grades to the one he held as Major Gener-
al OF the regular army at the time of his
death At Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville.
Stone River, Chckamauga, Chattanooga,
Atlanta and Nashville. he fulfilled the,
proudest hopes Of his ardent friends, and
at the close of the war Gen. George H.
| Thomas stood in the very front rank of
our war Generals. 4'.y e" =
The General has known Gen. Thomas
intimately since they sat as boys on the
same bench,and the quality iii him, which
he holds up for the admiration and exam
! pie of the young, in his complete and
entire devotion to his duty. Though sens
to Florida, to Mexico, to Texas and Ari-
IONA, when duty there was absolute ban
| ishment, he went cheerfully, and never
asked personal favor ,exemptiono or leave
of absence. In battle he never wayereG.
Firm and of full faith in his cause, he knew
it would prevail and he never sought adj
vancement of rank or honor at the expense
of any one Whatever he earned Of these
were his own, and no one disputed his
fame. The very i'm ,ersonation of homes
ty, integrity and honor, he will stand to
us as the beau ideal. of the soldier and
gentleman. fea Is sg4 aas ts5
Though he leaves no child to bear his
name, the old Army of the Cumberland
numbered by tens of thousands-c called
him father, and will weep for him in tears
of manly grief His wife who cheered
him with her messages of love in the dark
est hours of war, will mourn him now In
sadness, chastcned by the sympathy of a
whole country, eas . "a. gbsag8. bal
The last sad rites due him as a man and
soldier will be paid at Troy, N. Y ION the
arrival of his remains, and the friends of
his family, and all of his comrades who
can be present are invited there to share
in the obsequies -a,, rs. .sl4.gi ,...f
At all military posts and stations the
flags will be placed at halt mast, and fif-
teen guns fired on the day after the receipt
| of this ord er, land the usual badge ofmourn-)
| ing will be worn for thirty days. ~ @ati.L
BY command Of Gen. Sherman iAs %
| (Signed) Ed. TOWNSEND, ima,
Adiutant General.
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