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His poor brainwashed American family.
Obviously not a treasury of virtue family.
His poor brainwashed American family.
No just lost apparently...lost causers too.Obviously not a treasury of virtue family.
this brings up a good point on another post they ask who are the best generals. I don't know if I picked any but I will now Thomas was by four one of the best northern generals.
I like your style and I must say I agree with you 100% on all of the above and thank you.Indeed, I think most informed people would rate him at the top along with Grant and Sherman and ahead of Sheridan, Ord and Meade. Some rate him higher in the West than Sherman but though a better tactician than Sherman I don't think he had Sherman's strategic vision and restless energy. He was certainly the best of Sherman's army commanders, better than McPherson, Schofield, Howard and Slocum. Which I reckon is why Sherman sent Thomas to deal with Hood.
chickamauga.
he was certainly an individual who stood by his convictions. Easier said than done and he was one of the few..Thomas was a fine soldier. Like Longstreet, he was respected by all the pros on each side.
I have walked the line on Snodgrass Hill at Chickamauga on two occasions. It was
a good defensive position but threatened on every side.
You can visualize the courage it took for Thomas' troops to hold up the entire
Confederate left wing. You can see what immense trouble they would have been
in if Gordon Granger's cavalry had not rode in at the last minute to protect their
rear.
Thomas was a great patriot and should be remembered that way. He did what
he thought he should do----and remembermost Virginians went the other way.
If they had given Arnold a statue after Saratoga (or at least the credit they errantly gave Granny Gates, he might have never turned. But then his closet-Loyalist trophy wife whispers a few things in his ear and boom....)For the same reason, there isn't a monument to Benedict Arnold in Washington, DC.