Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 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 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 13 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,729 km apart end to end, 144 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (13).

Battle of Mill SpringsBattle of PerryvilleBattle of Missionary RidgeFranklin–Nashville campaignFirst Battle of DaltonBattle of ResacaBattle of Peachtree CreekBattle of JonesboroughBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaChattanooga campaignBattle of NashvilleAtlanta campaignBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaChattanooga campaignBattle of NashvilleAtlanta campaignMemphisKnoxvilleColumbiaBirminghamCharlotteCharlestonGreensboroLexingtonAugustaHuntsville500 km35.338N, 85.155W
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 3 engagements1863: 3 engagements1864: 7 engagements7 in 186418621864
13 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, 1863Chattanooga campaign, 1863Battle of Missionary Ridge, 1863Battle of Nashville, 1864Franklin–Nashville campaign, 1864First Battle of Dalton, 1864Atlanta campaign, 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
1863Chattanooga campaignChattanooga, Tennessee, United States13 km NUnion victory
25 November 1863Battle of Missionary RidgeChattanooga, Tennessee, United States3 km EUnion victory
1864Battle of NashvilleNashville, Tennessee, United States183 km NWUnion victory; End of the Army of Tennessee as an effective...
1864Franklin–Nashville campaignGeorgia, United States458 km SEUnion victory; end of large-scale fighting in the Western...
22 February 1864First Battle of DaltonWhitfield County, Georgia, United States244 km NWConfederate victory
1864Atlanta campaignNorth Georgia, Georgia, United States130 km SEUnion victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States106 km NWUnion 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.