. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . p««l ^^^ f%0l^ V_/ ^A =a^ ^^5S^ £. ^ mtI ^v^ =s ./^/ i ^ \ \ ^l i^ = ^m 4 1?! S^p^ ^3^ l^ra {y^,?;,^^ :- l!>>it^^3S^i^. EVIf rtS ._0. THOMAS—THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA WHO BECAME THE SLEDGE OF NASHVILLE Major-General George Henry Tliomas, \iri;inia-l)iirn soldier loyal to the Lnion; eommended for gallantry in the Seminole War. andfor service in Mexico: won the battle of Mill Spring. January 19, 1802: commanded the right wing of the .\rmy of the Tennesseeagainst Cor
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . p««l ^^^ f%0l^ V_/ ^A =a^ ^^5S^ £. ^ mtI ^v^ =s ./^/ i ^ \ \ ^l i^ = ^m 4 1?! S^p^ ^3^ l^ra {y^,?;,^^ :- l!>>it^^3S^i^. EVIf rtS ._0. THOMAS—THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA WHO BECAME THE SLEDGE OF NASHVILLE Major-General George Henry Tliomas, \iri;inia-l)iirn soldier loyal to the Lnion; eommended for gallantry in the Seminole War. andfor service in Mexico: won the battle of Mill Spring. January 19, 1802: commanded the right wing of the .\rmy of the Tennesseeagainst Corinth and at Perryville, and the center at Stones River. Only his stability averted overwhelming defeat for the Federalsat Chickamauga. At Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge he was a host in himself. After Sherman had taken .\tlanta he sentThomas back to Tennessee to grapple with Hood. How he crushed Hood by his sledge-hammer blows is told in the accompanyingtext. Thomas, sitting down in Nashville, bearing the brunt of Grants impatience, and ignoring completely the proddings from Wash-ington to advance before he was ready, while he waited grindy for the psychological moment to strike the oncoming Confederate hostunder Hood, is one of the rea
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