Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of George Henry Thomas

Battles of George Henry Thomas

United States Army general (1816-1870)

George Henry Thomas is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 10 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,029 km apart end to end, 114 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (10).

Battle of Mill SpringsFirst Battle of DaltonBattle of ResacaBattle of Peachtree CreekBattle of JonesboroughBattle of PerryvilleBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaBattle of Missionary RidgeBattle of NashvilleBattle of PerryvilleBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaBattle of Missionary RidgeBattle of NashvilleAtlantaMemphisKnoxvilleColumbiaBirminghamCharlotteLexingtonAugustaHuntsvilleEvansville500 km35.603N, 85.586W
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 3 engagements1863: 2 engagements1864: 5 engagements5 in 186418621864
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Mill Springs, 1862Battle of Perryville, 1862Battle of Stones River, 1862Battle of Chickamauga, 1863Battle of Missionary Ridge, 1863Battle of Nashville, 1864First Battle of Dalton, 1864Battle of Resaca, 1864Battle of Peachtree Creek, 1864Battle of Jonesborough, 186418621864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 January 1862Battle of Mill SpringsPulaski County, Kentucky, United StatesUnion victory
8 October 1862Battle of PerryvilleKentucky, United States72 km NUnion Victory
31 December 1862Battle of Stones RiverRutherford County, Tennessee, United States239 km SWTactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to...
20 September 1863Battle of ChickamaugaCatoosa County, Georgia, United States150 km SEConfederate victory
25 November 1863Battle of Missionary RidgeChattanooga, Tennessee, United States12 km NUnion victory
1864Battle of NashvilleNashville, Tennessee, United States183 km NWUnion victory; End of the Army of Tennessee as an effective...
22 February 1864First Battle of DaltonWhitfield County, Georgia, United States217 km SEConfederate victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States26 km SUnion victory
20 July 1864Battle of Peachtree CreekFulton County, Georgia, United States99 km SEUnion victory
31 August 1864Battle of JonesboroughClayton County, Georgia, United States31 km SUnion victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.