"During the whole war his services were transcendent, winning the first substantial victory at Mill Springs in Kentucky, January 20th, 1862, participating in all the campaigns of the West in 1862-3-4, and finally, December 16th, 1864 annihilating the army of Hood, which in mid winter had advanced to Nashville to besiege him."
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George Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas (31 July 1816 – 28 March 1870) was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the [[
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