Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: adjutant general lorenzo thomas - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: american civil war - death date: 2 march 1875 - allegiance: united states of america union - rank: brigadier general brevet major general - placeofburial: oak hill cemetery , georgetown , washington , d.c. - birth date: 26 october 1804 - serviceyears: 1823 & ndash ; 1869 - name: lorenzo thomas - branch: union army - image: genlthomas.jpg - death place: washington , d.c. - birth place: new castle , delaware Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lorenzo thomas .
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lorenzo thomas -lrb- october 26 , 1804 -- march 2 , 1875 -rrb- was a career united states army officer who was adjutant general of the army at the beginning of the american civil war .after the war , he was appointed temporary secretary of war by president andrew johnson , precipitating johnson 's impeachment .