Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace State Memorial
Moscow, Ohio | Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and eighteenth president of the United States, was born in this small...
Trailing Lincoln
Across the country a wide variety of historic sites with varying degrees of connection to his life and legacy promote their Abraham Lincoln ties...
Edward “Allegheny” Johnson
American Battlefield Trust's biography of Confederate Civil War general, Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
Lincoln's Last Days
Garry Adelman travels to Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to find objects and stories associated with President Abraham Lincoln's last...
William Henry French
William Henry French, a career military man, was born January 13, 1815, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Military Academy...
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