George Thomas, Virginian for the Union

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George Thomas: Virginian for the Union offers a fresh appraisal of an important career and lends new insight into the inner conflicts of the Civil War. The Amazon Book Review Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the /5(18).

A Biography Worthy Of Its Subject I turned to this recent () biography of Civil War Union General George Thomas by Christopher Einolf after reading and being dissatisfied with an even more recent Thomas biography: Benson Bobrick's "Master of War" ().

Bobrick's biography points out that Thomas's accomplishments during the Civil War have long suffered from neglect and obscurity/5. George Thomas: Virginian for the Union. Christopher J. Einolf. University of Oklahoma Press, - History - pages. 1 Review. One of the North's greatest generals-Rock of Chickamauga.

Preview this George Thomas 4/5(1). George Thomas Virginian for the Union by Christopher J Einolf available in Trade Paperback onalso read synopsis and reviews. One of the North's greatest generals - the. "Most Southerners in the U.S. Army resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy in But at least one son of a distinguished, slaveholding Virginia family remained loyal to the Union.

George H. Thomas fought for the North and secured key victories at Chickamauga and Nashville. Equally important, the heroism of black soldiers in battle forever altered his view of African Americans.4/5(1).

George Thomas: Virginian for the Union (Campaigns and Commanders Series, Vol. 13) by Christopher J. Einolf, University of Oklahoma Press. Although he was successful and highly respected throughout much of his life, Union General George Thomas was eclipsed in death by heroes such as Ulysses S. Grant and William T.

Sherman, and he has subsequently been largely overlooked in the annals of the. A very interesting book that shows the life of and the difficult career of General Thomas, a Virginian, who was a keystone to the success of the Union in the western campaigns.

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Army resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy in But at least one son of a distinguished, slaveholding Virginia family remained loyal to the Union. George Henry Thomas (J – Ma ) was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.

Thomas served in the Mexican–American War and later chose to remain with the U.S. Army for the Civil War as a Southern Unionist, despite his heritage as a Virginian (whose home state would join the.

Probing Thomas’s personal character, Einolf reveals how a son of the South could oppose the views of friends and family. George Thomas: Virginian for the Union offers a fresh appraisal of an important career and lends new insight into the inner conflicts of the Civil : George Thomas: Virginian for the Union: Christopher J.

Einolf: Books - George Thomas: Virginian for the Union Campaigns and Commanders: : Christopher J. Einolf: Libros en idiomas extranjerosAuthor: Christopher J. Einolf. Book George Thomas: Virginian for the Union () Christopher J Einolf, DePaul University; Abstract.

George Thomas was one of the Civil War's most prominent Southern Unionists, known for his heroic leadership at Mill Springs, Chickamauga, and Nashville. A slave owner before the war, he commanded African American soldiers at the Battle of.

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