Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Erastus B. Tyler
Erastus Barnard Tyler received no formal military training before the war. He attended Granville College, in Ohio, and went on to enter the fur...
William N. Pendleton
William Nelson Pendleton began his military career after graduating fifth in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1830. He stayed...
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...
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Springfield, Illinois | The historic site, a unit of the National Park Service, is located in downtown Springfield, Illinois.
Reuben Lindsay Walker
Reuben Lindsay Walker was born May 29, 1827 in Logan Virginia. Graduating from Virginia Military Institute in 1845, Walker worked as an engineer and...
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Lexington, Kentucky | First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln resided at this historic site between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one, and Abraham Lincoln was...
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