615 entries.
Ihlattman
from
NM USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:47 am
lhlattman@comcast.net
Monday March 19, 2007 00:05:04 GMT
A wonderful website to a most deserving General. Thomas was a MAJOR general in more than one way.
little
from
LA USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:45 am
littledraggon@gmail.com
Monday March 19, 2007 02:37:14 GMT
I am happy to find out about this exemplary man and officer.
Richard
from
AZ
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:42 am
richard.b.holden@us.army.mil
Tuesday March 27, 2007 17:34:08 GMT
Thank you
Macmillan
from
CA USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:39 am
macmillanupland@verizon.net
Friday March 30, 2007 17:19:02 GMT
I am a Civil War Buff and possess an interest in the life of General Thomas.
Mark
from
CA us
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:37 am
markwishinwell@gmail.com
Sunday April 01, 2007 20:21:50 GMT
Gen "Tom" must be a pure professional!! Thanks for dedicating a website to him.
Mwilliam
from
York, England
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
10:35 am
mwilliamson.lisa@virgin.net
Thursday April 05, 2007 21:12:00 GMT
The greatest General of the whole war, treated shabbily by Grant and Sherman in their memoirs. A true hero who sacrificed his own personal life for the cause he believed in.
Tourmaline
from
NJ USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:54 am
Tourmaline27@aol.com
Friday April 06, 2007 16:16:48 GMT
Hello Dave. I'm still going nuts TRYING to find out anything at all about "Frances Lucretia." Total zilch so far......
In other news, go to:
http://www.ddot.dc.gov/ddot/lib/ddot/information/pdf/Thomas_Circle.pdf
This (if I managed to type this web site information correctly) is a three page "Adobe" story of the 2006 restoration/re-alignment of our favorite "Circle" in Washington, D.C. There are also postcard prints from 1888, 1915, 2000, and an artist's rendering for 2006. This was big news to me.
I hope that they also restored - or replaced - the missing bronze medallion seal of the Army of the Cumberland, of an acorn inside a triangle or a star.......
Thanks again for this great site, and take care.
Grace Rovegno Fleet
Tourmaline
from
NJ USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:51 am
Tourmaline27@aol.com
Friday April 06, 2007 16:27:01 GMT
After reading many postings here, I am happy to announce that since my ancestors came from Italy (Genoa and Campobasso in the Abruzzi region) I am probably THE ONLY PERSON....NOT...related to George Henry Thomas!!! : )
Tourmaline
from
NJ USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:47 am
Tourmaline27@aol.com
Friday April 13, 2007 15:18:20 GMT
I called up Bernie Vogel this morning. He's the Administrator at the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York, where Gen. Thomas is buried. We discussed the increased number of people who will now visit George's gravesite because of the Smithsonian article. The Board was already planning on doing some kind of restoration work to the marble grave marker; and said they have to be cautious, not to damage the marble finish. There's a very large pine tree to the left of the gravesite, which is why the grave marker has a lot of pinesap stains on it. Anybody planning to go to the Oakwood Cemetery should go to the office first, either to get directions, or to follow Bernie's car to the GHT site. There are hundreds of wooded acres, so you could get lost looking for the GHT site location.
But the effort is worth it..........
Palme
from
CA USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:33 am
palmedo@aol.com
Friday April 20, 2007 12:38:35 GMT
In 1956-7 my mother took me to an antique store in MT View, California. I saw a small locked gray case with wood strips on all 4 sides. It had the initials GHT on the side. There was no key. The shop owner told me there was a Civil War General's hat inside. I persuaded my mother to buy it for me. I pried it open, when I got home, it was a child's dream; a ceremonial hat; with ostrich plumes of red, white and blue, on top. It was a narrow black hat with fancy ribbonned, emblems on the sides. There was a portrait of a woman, decaled to the inside top of the box. There was also a compartment for epaulettes (which were not there). I remember looking up the initials in the library years later, and found it may have been G. H. Thomas's.
Ban Bruner
from
GA US
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:31 am
banbruner@bellsouth.net
Friday April 20, 2007 15:47:01 GMT
The more I learn of Thomas, the more I admire him and cannot comprehend the perversity of those who use convoluted arguments to diminish him.
Suebe
from
CT USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:29 am
suebell112@yahoo.com
Friday April 20, 2007 17:32:06 GMT
I visited your website because I just re-read a story about Gen. Thomas and I was moved to tears over the courage and honor and beauty of this man. There are so few men of his stature and courage and all to often unfortunately they are relegated to the back row much as he was. There sometimes seems to be no justice in this world - even in history!
Thank you and thank The Smithsonian Magazine for bringing his story to light! His family SHOULD have been so proud of him.
Gkaney
from
united kingdom
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:27 am
gkaney@itsevolution.co.uk
Wednesday April 25, 2007 17:37:20 GMT
in 1967 I was in Norway with ACE MOBILE FORCES on a NATO exercise called winter express I was attached to an American unit. In its title were the words THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA Group. Can anyone across the pond tell me if there was a unit with those words in the title. I am trying to get in touch with a couple of the lads who served with that unit. I would be grateful for any information.
lmmedve
from
KS usa
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:21 am
600lmmedved24@students.olatheschools.com
Thursday April 26, 2007 19:03:35 GMT
I would like to know why he General George Thomas was so important that the whole country should know about him...what did he do that was different than anybody else in the war.
Imhyper
from
PA U.S.A.!
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:19 am
imhyper_93@msn.com
Thursday April 26, 2007 23:18:50 GMT
I really enjoyed this website it made me feel patriotic! Also, it really helped with the assignment I had to do on him.
Rker
from
ND USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:17 am
riker@gra.midco.net
Sunday April 29, 2007 04:31:45 GMT
Thank you for your site dedicated to the BEST civil War general on Either side. If Gen. Thomas had been commander of the army of the Potomac, I believe the war would have been over A LOT sooner and A LOT less bloody than it was. On the other hand, maybe the country needed all the blood loss to know what real war was really about.
Thanks again
Les Brumwell
Tourmaline
from
NJ USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:10 am
Tourmaline27@aol.com
Sunday April 29, 2007 23:07:57 GMT
The Chickamauga Battlefield "presentation"
is a great addition to this web site, Dave.
Snappy music, too!
Email:
Ddhouston
from
TX USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:03 am
ddhouston47@gmail.com
Saturday May 05, 2007 18:55:09 GMT
I deeply appreciate this site on Gen. Thomas, he is without a doubt, the Union's best General Officer of the Civil War. Grant will always rank ahead of him because of where he fought. But Thomas will one day be valued above, Sherman, and Sheridan as he should be. He was in my opinion the Union's best Strategist and Tactician i.e., Nashville and Atlanta, for example of his abilities. I think if the Europeans had entered the War on the side of the South, Thomas's light would have been the brightest. Bar None.
Cohuwh
from
MI United States
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:01 am
Cohuwh@aol.com
Thursday May 10, 2007 13:49:25 GMT
I am doing a project on Thomas and just wanted to say what an amazing and important person he was.
lhlattman
from
NM USA
wrote on March 30, 2020
at
8:00 am
lhlattman@comcast.net
Friday May 11, 2007 19:26:57 GMT
Long overdue recognition. Thomas was a giant among pygmies! Keep up the good work.
