Fri, March 11, 2011
jwthomas@usm.maine.edu

So what are people's thoughts on why Thomas stayed loyal to the Union instead of Virginia?

Sat, March 19, 2011
jbunn@herc.com

I live a mile from his homeplace.

Tue, April 5, 2011
b925366@yahoo.com

I grew up in a small town in Northern KY named for General Thomas: Fort Thomas. The fort was built (and not named) to protect the city of Cincinnati, OH (just to the north across the Ohio River) from possible attack by the CSA. Unfortunately, the fort was not as successful as General Thomas: Cincinnati was raided by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his cavalry during the war. Morgan frightened everyone in the area, but did not do much dammage and retreated back to KY. The fort and the town that grew up around it was named for Thomas after the war. There are two other forts (& towns) in No. Ky buit for the same reason and also named for Union Generals: Ft. Mitchell and Ft. Wright.

Sat, May 28, 2011
sfleis2@aol.com

Thanks for the website. I hope to make it to his grave someday.

Mon, June 6, 2011 08:54
moukman@yahoo.com

Its a real pleasure to sign your guest book. i live in Lagos, and have always been interested in the american civil war because it so closely parallels our own civil war, most of players in your civil war were brothers in arms in Mexico, and most of the men who served in ours on both sides, were comrades in the Congo war.

That said, I regard Thomas as the outstanding general of the war, CSA or Union. He deserves better treatment from historians 🙂

Sun, July 3, 2011 08:44
pricegspt@ntlworld.com


I have been visiting this site on and off for the past eleven years. Has anyone ever compared the casualty lists for Missionary Ridge and Cold Harbour to see who was the more careful with the lives of the soldiers under their respective commands.
I would sooner have as a commander someone not given to making rash decisions and took the calculated risk rather than the commander who 'shoots from the hip' regardless of the cost in the hope of achieveing glory.

Tue, July 19, 2011 23:41
richardwthomas@att.net

Mon, October 3, 2011 13:12
jonsmall(at)cox(dot)net

Hi,
I came across your web site dedicated to General Thomas while researching engravings done by my great great grandfather Stephen A. Schoff. You might like to know that the portrait on the 1879 invitation to the unveiling of the equestrian state was engraved by him. The invitation was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The same engraved portrait was also issued on a 10 Gallon Tax Paid Stamp of 1871 and a $10,000 4 1/2% Regular Bond, date unknown to me.

Thurs, October 17, 2011 11:22
jayjones911(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

Nice tribute to General Thomas. I am doing some research for my county's Quasquicentennial (125 years in 2012) and the county is named for General Thomas. (Thomas County, Nebraska) I have located 5 veterans in our local cemetery and am currently researching their rolls to see if they fought under Thomas and if they were influential in getting the county named for him. The county was established by the Nebraska Legislature on March 31, 1887.

Sun, January 1, 2012 21:00

Hi - If you weren't already aware, I thought you might be interested to know that Gen. Thomas appears U.S. paper money -- the 1890 and 1891 issues of $5 Treasury Notes. I'll attach a scan of the note. These are both quite rare.

His portrait also appears on federal taxpaid revenue stamps for brandy in 1871, beer tax stamps for 1/3 barrel in 1878 and 1898, and a $10,000 Treasury bond from the 1870s.

Unfortunately I don't have photos of these, but I've been able to collect information from various catalogs and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Happy New Year!