George Henry Thomas photographed by Mathew Brady
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GEORGE HENRY THOMAS
"The Rock of Chickamauga"
July 31st 1816 • March 28th 1870
- Birthplace: Southampton County, in southeastern Virginia
- Parents: John Thomas and Elizabeth Rochelle
- Education: Local Southampton Academy, where he studied law
- Entered United States Military Academy in 1836
- Graduated from U.S. Military Academy as number 12 in a class of 42
- Received commission as second lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery
- Received brevet rank of first lieutenant for gallentry in the Florida War
- Promoted to first lieutenant in 1844
- Returned to West Point as an instructor in artillery and cavalary (1851-1854)
- Promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers on August 17, 1861
- Promoted to brigadier-general in the regular army on October 27, 1863
- Age at death: 54 years
- Place of death: San Francisco, California
- Burial place: Troy, New York
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