General George H. Thomas
Subtitle: a biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga"
By: Robert P. Broadwater.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780786438563
Subjects: Thomas, George Henry, -- 1816-1870; Thomas, George Henry, -- 1816-1870 -- Military leadership; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Virginia -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Though successful and heralded by historians, Thomas never achieved the fame of Grant, Lee, Jackson or Sherman. His Southern birth, fellows' ambition, and less-publicized battles kept him from recognition. Biography focuses on the military career that covered such battlegrounds as Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Nashville, and political maneuvers that kept Thomas out of the spotlight"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early life and military training; title: A martial career begun; title: First glory in Mexico; title: Service throughout the South; title: The outbreak of Civil War; title: To the West and Mill Springs; title: Early battles in the West; title: Savior at Stones River; title: The Tullahoma campaign; title: The Rock of Chickamauga; title: Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge; title: With Sherman through Georgia; title: From Kennesaw to the Gate City; title: Back to Tennessee; title: The sledge of Nashville and the end of the war; title: The final years.