George H. Thomas: References & Edit History
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Biographies include Francis F. McKinney, Education in Violence: The Life of George H. Thomas and the History of the Army of the Cumberland (1961; reprinted 1991); and Benson Bobrick, Master of War (2009). Thomas B. Buell, The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War (1997), offers a lengthy discussion of Thomas’s abilities as a general.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 27, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - George Thomas. | Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of George Thomas. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Biography of George Henry Thomas. | Feb 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The George H. Thomas Home Page. | Apr 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The George H. Thomas Home Page. | Apr 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Biography of George Thomas. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - George Henry Thomas. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - George H. Thomas. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| New bibliography added. |
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Jul 09, 2012 | |
| Add new Web site: Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War - Biography of George Henry Thomas. | Apr 04, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of George H. Thomas. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The George H. Thomas Home Page. | May 23, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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