Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
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...
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.
Philip Sheridan and Gouverneur K. Warren Artifacts at Five Forks
VIDEO | Garry Adelman travels to the West Point Museum of History to examine objects and artifacts related to the fateful Battle of Five Forks...
Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home and Schoolhouse
Georgetown, Ohio | Childhood home of the 18th President and first General of the Army, Ulysses S. Grant.
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...
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