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George Henry Thomas : as true as steel / Brian Steel Wills.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.T4 W55 2012
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- 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
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