Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Cleaves, Freeman

Rock of Chickamauga: The Life of General George H. Thomas / Freeman Cleaves - Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press 1948 - xi, 328 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index Reprint of the ed. published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman

Virginia and West Point --
Indiana and Mexicans --
Monterrey and Buena Vista --
Service East and West --
Oath of Allegiance --
Victory at Mill Springs --
Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville --
Stone's River --
The road to Chickamauga --
Unbeaten on the left --
Chattanoga and Missionary Ridge --
Marching with Sherman --
Hood escapes, Atlanta falls --
Victory at Nashville --
An army dispersed --
Reconstruction years.

General George H. Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" of the history books, was a Virginian who chose the northern side in the Civil War. While Thomas was considered a traitor by his family, his military superiors regarded him with a certain mistrust because of his southern background. Nonetheless, Thomas was prominent in the battles of Mill Springs, Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, and Nashville, and was immortalized at Chickamauga, where he tenaciously held the field until ordered to withdraw.

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