What is George Henry Thomas?
'''George Henry Thomas''' (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was a [[general officer|general]] in the [[U.S. Army]]. He was one of the top [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] army generals in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War]]. Thomas was born in [[Virginia]] in 1816. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1840. He fought in the [[Mexican-American War]] in an artillery battery. When the Civil War started, he decided to stay in the Union army instead of fighting for Virginia. He became a [[Brigadier General]]. He won a victory at the [[Battle of Mill Springs]] in [[Kentucky]] in 1861. In 1862, he became a [[major general]] and commanded a [[corps]] in the [[Army of the Cumberland]]. He fought at the [[Battle of Stones River]] and the [[Battle of Chickamauga]]. He became commander of the Army of the Cumberland during the [[Chattanooga Campaign]] in 1863. He continued commanding the army during the [[Atlanta Campaign]]. When [[William T. Sherman]] started his [[March to the Sea]], Thomas was left behind to defend [[Tennessee]] against [[John Bell Hood]]. Thomas defeated Hood at the [[Battle of Nashville]] in December 1864. After the war, Thomas stayed with the U.S. army. He died in 1870 in [[San Francisco]]. {{US-bio-stub}} {{American Civil War}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas George Henry}} [[Category:1816 births]] [[Category:1870 deaths]] [[Category:American Civil War generals]] [[Category:Military people from Virginia]]