Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Springfield, Illinois | The historic site, a unit of the National Park Service, is located in downtown Springfield, Illinois.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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