1-344-906 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

George Henry Thomas, Union general, 1862-1867. One of the principal Union commanders in the western theatre of the Civil War, Thomas (1816-1870) earned the nickname the Rock of Chickamauga for the defensive stand by his men at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 that prevented a rout. An engraving from volume III of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.