[C19fan]

General Thomas as a Virginian is as deserving to have a statue on Richmond's Monument Boulevard as the others there. He choose to stay loyal to the Union and history proved him right.

[laconic]

The Rock of Chickamauga - but for Thomas and for Braxton Bragg on the Confederate side (who idiotically weakened his forces by sending Longstreet and his corps off to capture Knoxville, there might have been a different outcome to the Civil War (at least it would have lasted much longer).

[wideawake]

Thomas smashed the CSA Army of the Tennessee - not just defeated it, but erased it from existence - permanently winning the war in the West.

Grant defeated Lee, but Thomas made sure that Lee would never receive outside help.

Because of Thomas, Grant's victory became inevitable.

Thomas chose to do the right thing, Lee chose to do the popular thing.

Lee is still popular, Thomas is still right.

[yldstrk]

I have never liked Grant

[Verginius Rufus]

He was born in Southampton County in 1816—he and his family had to hide in the woods to avoid being killed in Nat Turner’s rebellion in 1831. His family never forgave him for siding with the Union against his own state. When he died at the age of 53, none of his relatives attended his funeral.