Source 2. Web Site
A hard hitting, well researched and written site which tends
to support the argument in important respects. Also covers other topics of interest regarding Thomas, his Army,
and his opponents.
Source 3. Web Site
A less contentious site regarding the premise, but a source of much useful,
stylishly presented information about Thomas and the Civil War nonetheless.
Source 4. Articles
"Catching Up With 'Old Slow Trot' ", Ernest B. Furgurson, Smithsonian
Magazine, March, 2007 (addresses the question "Why was he cheated by history?")
"At The Edge Of Glory",
Bruce Catton, American Heritage Magazine, February, 1962, (review of Francis F. McKinney's Education of Violence,)
viewable at
Source 5. Generally Useful Links
Contains an array of diverse "diamond in the rough" type information
about the Civil War.
Source 6. Supplements To Source 1, The Compendium
Ulysses S. Grant, The Unlikely Hero, Michael
Korda. Korda quotes Alan Nevins with favor in his book, as follows:
Grant "bore grudges and was a vengeful hater.
Korda goes on to state that Grant
* * * remained thin-skinned, sensitive, and burdened with the
inferiority complex of a boy who had been brought up by harsh and distant parents, made fun of at school, been passed over
for promotion in the army, failed at every attempt to make money or improve his situation, and eventually settled into life
as a clerk in his father's store and the town drunk until the Civil War came along and saved him. He was deeply conscious
of the gaps in his education and resentful of any perceived slight." Page 127.
The above statements regarding Grant's
insecurity in the company of skillful, educated, accomplished men were written in the context of Grant's relationship with
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. They are equally germane to Grant's relationship with George Thomas, whom both
Grant and Sherman viewed as a sort of Southern patrician, but one they knew intimately to be a hugely competent and successful
one, at that.
