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Prototype of the modern army:  28 May May 1865
Commanded by the generals Robert Anderson, Don Carlos Buell, William S. Rosecrans, and George H. Thomas

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Dedicated to George H. Thomas, William S. Rosecrans, Don Carlos Buell, and
Robert Anderson: "soft war" commanders who really won the war while
or because they took care of their men.
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Dedicated especially to our nation's school children.
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Robert Anderson 1805-71
Cmdr. 28 May - 8 Oct. 61
Recruited the right man.

William T. Sherman 1820-91
Cmdr. 8 Oct.- 9 Nov. 61
Troubled visionary
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Don Carlos Buell 1818-98
Commander 9 Nov. 61 - 29 Oct. 62
Created the organizational basis.

William S. Rosecrans 1819-98
Commander 30 Oct. 62 - 19 Oct. 63
Architect of the masterpiece Tullahoma
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George H. Thomas 1816-70
Commander 19 Oct. 1863 —
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Solid as a rock at Mill Springs, Murfreesboro, Hoover's Gap, Stevens' Gap, McLemore's Cove, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, 100 days Campaign, Peachtree Creek, and Nashville
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Born in the South, fought for the North. A man of the "angle", he was too good to get rid of, and a thorn in the side of generals turned politician. He did his homework, left the road to his soldiers.

Read the 1882 biography Major General George H. Thomas by Thomas Van Horne.
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