Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lincoln-Douglas Square (7th Debate)
Site of the seventh Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debate on October 15, 1858.
Lincoln- Douglas Debate Museum (6th Debate)
Site of the sixth Lincoln-Douglass senatorial debate on October 13, 1858.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square (2nd Debate)
Site of the second Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debate on August 27, 1858.
Lincoln Depot
Formerly known as the Great Western Depot, President-elect Abraham Lincoln left from this station on February 11, 1863, to be inaugurated. He gave an...
Randall L. Gibson
Randall L. Gibson was a Confederate brigadier general who fought in several major Western Theater campaigns before commanding the defense of Spanish...
Episode 15: Ranking Division Commanders of the Army of the Potomac
Who were the Union Army of the Potomac’s greatest division commanders? Kris White, Garry Adelman, and Chris Mackowski debate and rank their top three...
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