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Civil War Leaders

Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.

John Clem

When President Abraham Lincoln in May 1861 issued the call for volunteers to serve in the Union Army for a three-year term, one of those who tried to...

Winfield Scott Hancock

“General Hancock is one of the handsomest men in the United States Army,” wrote Regis de Trobiand in July 1864. “He is tall in stature, robust in...