"Fort Thomas History" Topic
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Tango01  | 17 Jul 2023 8:39 p.m. PST |
"The City of Fort Thomas was named in honor of Civil War General George Henry Thomas, who ranks among the top Union Generals of the War, along with Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan. Whereas these three men were true Northerners and, in fact, were born within approximately 50 miles of each other and from Northern Kentucky, George Thomas was a Southerner. He was born of Welsh/English and French parents in Virginia on July 31, 1816. He was educated at Southampton Academy, studying law and working as a law deputy for his uncle, James Rochelle, the Clerk of the County Court, and he received an appointment to West Point in 1836. He graduated 12th in his class of 42 in 1840 and William T. Sherman was a classmate…"
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 Grelber | 17 Jul 2023 10:47 p.m. PST |
Good find, Armand! Grelber |
| MacColla | 18 Jul 2023 5:03 a.m. PST |
Hadn't realised the Spanish Civil War extended this far! |
| Tango01 | 18 Jul 2023 3:31 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it… Armand |
| Legionarius | 18 Jul 2023 5:57 p.m. PST |
There were at least three Spanish Civil wars in the nineteenth century. |
| Tango01 | 19 Jul 2023 3:09 p.m. PST |
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| Pyrate Captain | 21 Jul 2023 11:37 a.m. PST |
Both Lincoln and Davis were born in Kentucky, as were my ancestors. My ancestors considered themselves Southern. |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.