Carl Schurz

“ No man in the nation gained more genuine affection or inspired more unbounded confidence, for none deserved more. Thus he lives in the hearts of the American people as a model citizen of the Republic. ”

“ General Thomas leaves no children behind him to bear his name, but he will have an offspring more glorious even than the fields of Chickamauga and Nashville: it is the good deeds which will spring from the noble ambition inspired and guided in many an American heart by the great example of his life. ”

“ Those who needed his protection, found in him an ever ready unfaltering friend, and even those who feared him could not deny him their esteem. The voice of criticism never accused him of an unjust distribution of favor or a willful abuse of power. ”