George Henry Thomas
Subtitle: as true as steel
By: Brian Steel Wills
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700618415
Subjects: Campaigns; United States; Generals; Military leadership; United States. Army; History; Biography; Unionists (United States Civil War)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Young George (1816-1840); title: First duties (1840-1845); title: "Under fire" in Mexico and Virginia (1845-1848); title: New frontiers (1848-1854); title: The west beckons (1854-1860); title: Duty calls (1860-1861); title: Keeping the blue in the Bluegrass (August 1861-January 1862); title: A difficult interlude (February 1862-January 1863); title: "The Rock of Chickamauga" (February-October 1863); title: Redemption at Missionary Ridge (October 1863-January 1864); title: The "Wheel Horse" pulls for Atlanta (February-September 1864); title: Biding time in Tennessee (September-December 1864); title: The "Sledge" hammers Hood (December 15-31, 1864); title: A different kind of war (January-May 1865); title: An exasperating peace (May 1865-December 1866); title: Final stages (1867-1868); title: Thomas's last battles (1869-1870); title: Epilogue: what history has done.