Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lincoln on Re-election
In the summer of 1864, as Abraham Lincoln became increasingly convinced that he would not be re-elected, he wrote the following letter and asked his...
Step Into Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War
On May 21, 1864 war photographer Timothy O'Sullivan took a series of photos of Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War during the Overland Campaign. The...
Ambrosio José Gonzales
From Cuban freedom fighter to artillery colonel in the Confederate Army, Ambrosio José Gonzales’s life was marked by revolutionary fervor and military...
William Babcock Hazen
William Babcock Hazen was an accomplished professional soldier and played a significant role in almost every major battle of the Western theater. Born...
Samuel D. Sturgis
Samuel Davis Sturgis began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1842. He served during the Mexican-American...
James B. Ricketts
A native New Yorker, James B. Ricketts overcame a mediocre antebellum career and went on to become a key player in some of the Civil War’s most...
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