Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson entered his military career fairly late in life. By the time the Civil War began, however, Higginson had been advocating...
John Pegram
John Pegram was born in Petersburg, Virginia on January 24, 1832. His father was an attorney, militia brigadier general and bank president in Richmond...
Robert S. Garnett
Robert Selden Garnett was born on December 16, 1819 on his family’s plantation in Essex County, Virginia. He attended the U. S. Military Academy at...
U.S. Grant's Account of Taking Command of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant's account of what happened upon taking command of the Union Army. He specifically recounts his discussion and reaction to General...
Samuel D. Sturgis
Samuel Davis Sturgis began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1842. He served during the Mexican-American...
James B. Ricketts
A native New Yorker, James B. Ricketts overcame a mediocre antebellum career and went on to become a key player in some of the Civil War’s most...
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