Thomas' Legion
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Thomas' Legion, also known as Thomas' Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders, Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders, and the 69th North Carolina Regiment, was a unit of the Confederate Army in
Col. William H. Thomas
Valley campaigns of 1864
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The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American C
Thomas' Legion
…defuse the situation, Colonel Thomas had the scalps returned to the Union with apologies. The Legion was sent east to join General Jubal Early in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. At this point, the Legion was down to 500 men. It fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864. By the…
Funkhoser House and Farm, Toms Brook, Shenandoah County, Virginia
The ruins of the Virginia Military Institute after Hunter's Raid in 1864.
Shenandoah Valley operations, May–July 1864
Shenandoah Valley operations, August–October 1864