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MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Henry Thomas

1816 - 1870

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George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. Thomas served in the Mexican–American War, and despite being a Virginian whose home state would join the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, he was a Southern Unionist who chose to remain in the U.S. Army. Thomas won one of the first Union victories in the war, at Mill Springs in Kentucky, and served in important subordinate commands at Perryville and Stones River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Henry Thomas has received more than 735,789 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Henry Thomas is the 1,609th most popular military personnel (down from 1,440th in 2019), the 9,431st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,940th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Henry Thomas ranks 1,609 out of 1,468Before him are Musa Gareyev, William J. Hardee, Sékouba Konaté, Lewis H. Brereton, Augustin Bizimungu, and Constand Viljoen. After him are Juan de Salcedo, Alif Hajiyev, Salman Raduyev, Leonidas Polk, John Buford, and Andy McNab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, George Henry Thomas ranks 51Before him are Stephen Allen Benson, C. A. Rosetti, William Sterndale Bennett, Lajos Haynald, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, and Johan Sverdrup. After him are Priscilla Cooper Tyler, Morrison Waite, Elihu B. Washburne, and Nathaniel P. Banks. Among people deceased in 1870, George Henry Thomas ranks 60Before him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Friedrich Boie, Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Auguste Duméril, Jules Pierre Rambur, and Radhanath Sikdar. After him is Emma Willard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Henry Thomas ranks 9,431 out of 18,182Before him are Joe Lovano (1952), Aisha Tyler (1970), Alison Krauss (1971), Daniel Everett (1951), Betty Blythe (1893), and Ray Mercer (1961). After him are Allen Daviau (1942), Mara Wilson (1987), David Gates (1940), Dustin Poirier (1989), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), and Janice E. Voss (1956).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Henry Thomas ranks 153Before him are Willis Augustus Lee (1888), John Schofield (1831), James L. Jones (1943), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), William J. Hardee (1815), and Lewis H. Brereton (1890). After him are Leonidas Polk (1806), John Buford (1826), Richard H. Anderson (1821), Earl Van Dorn (1820), Sterling Price (1809), and George Rogers Clark (1752).