This is an image of Lincoln, Grant, Lee, and Davis.

Civil War Leaders

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Civil War | Historical Map

Investment of Petersburg by General Grant

HISTORICAL MAP | Map of General Grant’s investment in Petersburg, 1865

Lincoln, the Great Emancipator

Civil War | Primary Source

Lincoln, the Great Emancipator

Lithograph of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

Image of George Washington Morgan in the 1870s during his term as a congressmen

Civil War | Biography

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...

Civil War | Biography

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...

Civil War | Cemetery

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...

Civil War | Video

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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