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Union Gen. George H. Thomas:
A native of Virginia and an 1840 graduate of West Point, Thomas earned the nickname "Rock of Chickamauga" for the Union stand on Snodgrass Hill on September 20, 1863. When Rosecrans was relieved in October, 1863, Thomas became commander of the Army of the Cumberland, and at Chattanooga, it was troops of his army who broke the Confederate line on Missionary Ridge on November 25 to ensure a Union victory. Thomas died in San Francisco in 1870 while in command of the Division of the Pacific. |