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Civil War Leaders

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

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, decimosexto presidente de los Estados Unidos, nació cerca de Hodgenville, Kentucky, el 12 de febrero de 1809. Su familia se mudó a...

Ambrose E. Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside began his military career of varied success after graduating 18th in a class of 47 from the United States Military Academy in...

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...