Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
John Sappington Marmaduke
John Sappington Marmaduke graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1857 after attending both Harvard and Yale. Marmaduke briefly served...
John Grubb Parke
John Grubb Parke was born in Pennsylvania on September 22, 1827 and at the age of eight, moved to Philadelphia with his family. Parke graduated second...
Investment of Petersburg by General Grant
HISTORICAL MAP | Map of General Grant’s investment in Petersburg, 1865
Franklin Gardner
In 1843 Franklin Gardner graduated from the United States Military Academy 17th in his class, the same year that future United States General Ulysses...
Lincoln, the Great Emancipator
Lithograph of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
The Lincoln Statue, or Emancipation Memorial
Drawing of the Emancipation Memorial, unveiled 1876 in Washington D.C.
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