Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lewis A. Grant
A lesser known but no less distinguished Union commander with the surname Grant, Lewis Addison was born in Winhall Hollow, Vermont, on January 17...
Staff Rides
VIDEO | Licensed Battlefield Guide Doug Douds discusses the history of military staff rides, and why they are still used to this day.
John Sappington Marmaduke
John Sappington Marmaduke graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1857 after attending both Harvard and Yale. Marmaduke briefly served...
George Wythe Randolph
The youngest child, George Wythe Randolph, was born to parents Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha Jefferson Randolph on March 10, 1818, at Monticello...
Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the foster brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, and he became Sherman’s...
U.S. Grant Trail
Paducah, Kentucky | Paducah has 4.6 miles of Greenway Trail linking downtown to County Park Road running through Bob Noble Park and Stuart Nelson Park...
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