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Southern born, General George Thomas, served with A.S. Johnston, John Bell Hood, William J. Hardee and others in the old Second Cavalry.
What do you think would have happened if General Thomas had put state ahead of country as many of the Southern-born officers did?
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Southern born, General George Thomas, served with A.S. Johnston, John Bell Hood, William J. Hardee and others in the old Second Cavalry.
What do you think would have happened if General Thomas had put state ahead of country as many of the Southern-born officers did?
He probably would have had the misfortune to serve under Braxton Bragg.
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Gen. Thomas apparently wasn't a combat leader, but a general who could manage. The CSA could have certainly benefited from his talents. I'd swap Davis for him.
Larry Cockerham
gg grandson of Pvt. James Patterson Cockerham
10th TN Cav US, served WAY under George Thomas
The General of which you last spoke "Thomas" may have been in SOME cases been a tad slow to react, he was by far a lot better than most, and decisive. Even to the point of having a monument of him standing in Springfield KY.(pretty reb area), As far as having him on the "Reb" side, It couldn`t have done any harm. Consider-Bragg, Johnston, to a degree P.G.T. Beauregard in the west.
The General of which you last spoke "Thomas" may have been in SOME cases been a tad slow to react, he was by far a lot better than most, and decisive. Even to the point of having a monument of him standing in Springfield KY.(pretty reb area), As far as having him on the "Reb" side, It couldn`t have done any harm. Consider-Bragg, Johnston, to a degree P.G.T. Beauregard in the west.
Gauss
Wondering if there are any other monuments to Thomas in Nashville or other places South?
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Sam, I'll have to check to be sure, but I believe there is a Thomas monument here in Centennial Park in Nashville. If you'll peek at my postings today on the 1865 thread, you'll see what Sherman thought of Thomas.
The Thomas Monument in Nashville is to the memory of Major John W. Thomas who happened to own the Nashville-Chattanooga Railroad and was the chairman of the Centennial Exposition held in Nashville 1900. Here's a little note I just saw concerning Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas:
Thomas, the victorious Union commander at the Battle of Nashville, was a native Virginian and career soldier who felt honor-bound to stay loyal to the Union when the Civil War began. Because he fought for the Union, his family disowned him, “turned his picture to the wall,” and there was no reconciliation after the war.
The Thomas Monument in Nashville is to the memory of Major John W. Thomas who happened to own the Nashville-Chattanooga Railroad and was the chairman of the Centennial Exposition held in Nashville 1900. Here's a little note I just saw concerning Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas:
Thomas, the victorious Union commander at the Battle of Nashville, was a native Virginian and career soldier who felt honor-bound to stay loyal to the Union when the Civil War began. Because he fought for the Union, his family disowned him, “turned his picture to the wall,” and there was no reconciliation after the war.
Frankly, I'm not surprised there is no Thanks from Nashville for the Union general who saved Nashville from Confederate assault.
Now I wonder if there are in Nashville, monuments and or commemorative of Hood or other Southern combatants?
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Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
Sam, the monuments here are all Confederate that I know of, unless you count Union Fort Negley. The Battle of Nashville Monument is a bit neutral referencing the event more than anything else. Numerous monuments in the area to the 1st Tennessee that was the local Confederate Unit. At our Winstead Hill location in Franklin there are monuments to the five generals killed in the battle of Franklin, but not to the very unpopular Hood. His efforts at Franklin brought him no local laurels.
A few more brains on the Southern side, but with the same result.
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Union Ancersor: Pvt Arnuah Norton, 60th Ohio. (G-G-G Grandfather) Died at Salisbury NC, November 3, 1864
Confederate Ancestors: Captain Thomas A. Morrow, 29th Texas Cavalry (G-G-G- Uncle) and 2LT George W. Morrow, 31st Texas Cavalry (G-G-G Grandfather). Both survived the war
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