Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
George Washington Morgan
George Washinton Morgan was born to a prominent Pennsylvania family on September 20, 1820. At 16, he dropped out of college to join a militia unit...
Abner Monroe Perrin
In the frantic, bloody fighting at Spotsylvania Court House in 1864, Confederate Brig. Gen. Abner Perrin was said to have exclaimed, “I shall come out...
Emerson Opdycke
Emerson Opdycke was one of those individuals who abandoned civilian life to fight for their beliefs and discovered a talent for the army. In the...
Francis J. Herron
The Civil War saw many common men elevated to the status of hero, and Francis Jay Herron was one of these men. Herron would rise from his position of...
Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield, Illinois | The 117-foot-tall tomb is constructed of granite and is the final resting place of President Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary...
General Ulysses S. Grant's Coat
West Point Museum Curator Michael MacAfee describes one of the coats worn by General Grant.
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