Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
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...
William N. Pendleton
William Nelson Pendleton began his military career after graduating fifth in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1830. He stayed...
Francis J. Herron
The Civil War saw many common men elevated to the status of hero, and Francis Jay Herron was one of these men. Herron would rise from his position of...
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...
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Springfield, Illinois | The historic site, a unit of the National Park Service, is located in downtown Springfield, Illinois.
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Lexington, Kentucky | First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln resided at this historic site between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one, and Abraham Lincoln was...
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