Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States...
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
This is a biography of Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson (Stonewall Jackson).
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
The American Battlefield Trust's biography of Union Civil War general and Medal of Honor winner, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
P. G. T. Beauregard
This is a biography of Civil War Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Filmmaker Ken Burns, author David McCullough, actors Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick, Stephen Lang, and Medal...
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