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Civil War Leaders

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

St. John R. Liddell

St. John Richardson Liddell did not receive extensive military training before the American Civil War, and attended the United States Military Academy...

Andrew J. Smith

Andrew Jackson Smith graduated 36th in a class of 45 from the United States Military Academy in 1838. He was commissioned into the 1st Dragoons, and...

Abner Monroe Perrin

In the frantic, bloody fighting at Spotsylvania Court House in 1864, Confederate Brig. Gen. Abner Perrin was said to have exclaimed, “I shall come out...

Joseph Finegan

Joseph Finegan, originally born in Ireland, arrived in Florida in his early twenties and established himself as a lawyer and farmer. He was involved...

John Newton

“One of the most widely known engineers of the country” according to The Independent. John Newton is usually remembered for two particular events in...