General George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," was born on July 31, 1816, about five miles to the south. A graduate of West Point, Thomas sided with the Union during the Civil War and won distinction in the campaigns in Tennessee.

Marker is on Southampton Parkway (U.S. 58) 0.7 miles east of Jerusalem Road, on the right when traveling east.

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