Civil War Leaders
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Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial
Clay, Indiana | This National Park Service site memorializes the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln, where he lived from ages seven to twenty-one.
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
Washington, DC | The memorial sits at the base of the West Front of the Capitol Building, opposite from the Lincoln Memorial, so that the general who...
President Lincoln's Cottage
Washington, DC | During the Civil War, Lincoln and his family resided here from June - November of 1862, 1863 and 1864, and the president would...
Robert C. Schenck
Robert Schenck graduated from Miami University in 1827, and briefly practiced law in Dayton, Ohio. He was elected to the United States Congress in...
Thomas Lincoln Cemetery
Lerna, Illinois | The cemetery, previously known as Gordon Graveyard and Shiloh Cemetery, is the final resting place for many Civil War veterans and...
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse
Georgetown, Ohio | Childhood home of the 18th President and first General of the Army, Ulysses S. Grant.
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