Скачать или смотреть George H. Thomas "Resembled George Washington in Body, Brain, and Soul"

George Henry Thomas, the Union-loyal general from Virginia, was known to his troops as "Pap" and admirers across the United States as the "Rock of Chickamauga." One staff officer, Lt. Col. James Fowler Rusling, put Thomas on par with George Washington. Here's the backstory.

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