Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Wilder’s Lightning Brigade: Winter 1862 – Winter 1863
In December 1862, Colonel John T. Wilder ’s brigade of Brig. Gen. J. J. Reynolds ’ infantry division of the Army of the Cumberland – the 17 th, 72 nd...
John Grubb Parke
John Grubb Parke was born in Pennsylvania on September 22, 1827 and at the age of eight, moved to Philadelphia with his family. Parke graduated second...
Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the foster brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, and he became Sherman’s...
Randall L. Gibson
Randall L. Gibson was a Confederate brigadier general who fought in several major Western Theater campaigns before commanding the defense of Spanish...
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...
Lee's Headquarters at Gettysburg
In this War Department™ episode, hear longtime licensed Gettysburg guide and published author Tim Smith as well as the Trust's own Garry Adelman...
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