George Henry Thomas : as true as steel / Brian Steel Wills.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wills, Brian Steel, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870.
• Generals--United States--Biography.
• Generals.
• Command of troops.
• Unionists (United States Civil War).
• United States.
• Virginia.
• United States. Army--Biography.
• United States. Army.
• Unionists (United States Civil War)--Virginia--Biography.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
• History.
• Thomas, George H. (George Henry), 1816-1870--Military leadership.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 585 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2012.

Contents:

• Young George (1816-1840)
• First duties (1840-1845)
• "Under fire" in Mexico and Virginia (1845-1848)
• New frontiers (1848-1854)
• The west beckons (1854-1860)
• Duty calls (1860-1861)
• Keeping the blue in the Bluegrass (August 1861-January 1862)
• A difficult interlude (February 1862-January 1863)
• "The Rock of Chickamauga" (February-October 1863)
• Redemption at Missionary Ridge (October 1863-January 1864)
• The "Wheel Horse" pulls for Atlanta (February-September 1864)
• Biding time in Tennessee (September-December 1864)
• The "Sledge" hammers Hood (December 15-31, 1864)
• A different kind of war (January-May 1865)
• An exasperating peace (May 1865-December 1866)
• Final stages (1867-1868)
• Thomas's last battles (1869-1870)
• Epilogue: what history has done.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780700618415
• 0700618414

OCLC:

760532822