[Letter] 1865 Jun. 29, Nashville, Ten. [to Headley] / Geo. H. Thomas.

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[Letter] 1865 Jun. 29, Nashville, Ten. [to Headley] / Geo. H. Thomas.

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Thomas responds to J. T. Headley's letter of 1865 Jun. 21, concerning the criticism leveled at Thomas by the Secretary of War (Edwin M. Stanton). Headley has inquired about Thomas's reasons for his delay in attacking General John B. Hood in the Battle of Nashville. Thomas explains that his troops had to be prepared and equipped in order to attack.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Headley, J. T., 1813-1897

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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...