MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01986nam a22003138a 4500
001 2008055207
003 DLC
005 20081223180204.0
008 081223s2009 ncu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2008055207
020 $a9780786438563 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aE467.1.T4$bB76 2009
082 00 $a973.7/83092$aB$222
100 1 $aBroadwater, Robert P.,$d1958-
245 10 $aGeneral George H. Thomas :$ba biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga" /$cRobert P. Broadwater.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2009.
263 $a0902
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEarly life and military training -- A martial career begun -- First glory in Mexico -- Service throughout the South -- The outbreak of Civil War -- To the West and Mill Springs -- Early battles in the West -- Savior at Stones River -- The Tullahoma campaign -- The Rock of Chickamauga -- Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge -- With Sherman through Georgia -- From Kennesaw to the Gate City -- Back to Tennessee -- The sledge of Nashville and the end of the war -- The final years.
520 $a"Though successful and heralded by historians, Thomas never achieved the fame of Grant, Lee, Jackson or Sherman. His Southern birth, fellows' ambition, and less-publicized battles kept him from recognition. Biography focuses on the military career that covered such battlegrounds as Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Nashville, and political maneuvers that kept Thomas out of the spotlight"--Provided by publisher.
600 10 $aThomas, George Henry,$d1816-1870.
600 10 $aThomas, George Henry,$d1816-1870$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCampaigns.
650 0 $aUnionists (United States Civil War)$zVirginia$vBiography.