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George Thomas born, Southhampton County, Virginia
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July 31
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1861
11 Union officers are submitted to Congress to be promoted to brigadier general
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Ulysses S. Grant
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1862
In response to Union General John Pope's order that citizens be shot as spies, Confederate President Jefferson Davis orders Pope's officers be held as felons and not prisoners-of-war.
John Pope
July 31
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1862
Braxton Bragg [CS] and Kirby Smith [CS] meet in Chattanooga to agree on strategy against the Army of the Ohio.
Braxton Bragg
E. Kirby Smith
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