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This site is about a Civil War General, General George H. Thomas, who should be every American's
hero, . He was, as the source material cited herein indicates, the chief conservator of the Union for
President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. It was he who captured Atlanta. He was the greatest General
on both sides. Not Grant, Sherman. or Lee. Thomas. This site provides proof of the argument.
Popular historians have done George Thomas a grave disservice. True, his work at Chickamauga, where he
earned the title "Rock of Chickamauga" by standing and fighting after his Commander and all of his fellow Corps
Commanders fled the field, a work which saved the Union Army and bloodied the Confederates, is noted
in passing, but Grant and Sherman have essentially buried his outstanding and extensive war record over time in a sea
of misinformation and falsehoods, mostly in their memoirs. Thomas made Grant and Sherman feel uncomfortable, no doubt
insecure, so they tried to keep him under wraps, both during the War and thereafter. They failed in the first
endeavor; but have succeeded in the second far too long.
I dare not go on without noting that this site is but a small, personalized version of what I consider to be the definitive
George Thomas web site, Bob Redman's http://www.aotc.net. My purpose here has been primarily to republish in a more readily available and readable "pdf" format the
compilation of sources I have created in support of the cited proposition. (The Compilation, which is Item 1 on
this site's source page, appears on Bob's site, as well, along with other impotant materials) Beyond that
I want to assist in whatever way I can in redirecting credit for the North's success in the War from Grant and Sherman
to Thomas. Ultimately, however, what happens on this site will be whatever happens, as the site evolves.
I hope you enjoy this space. I encourage you to let me know what you think.
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