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Civil War Leaders

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

Benjamin McCulloch

Unlike many generals who served during the Civil War, Benjamin McCulloch did not receive formal military training prior to the outbreak of war. Born...

Alfred Pleasonton

Alfred Pleasonton received an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1840, and graduated seventh in a class of 25 in 1844. He served...

Trailing Lincoln

Across the country a wide variety of historic sites with varying degrees of connection to his life and legacy promote their Abraham Lincoln ties...

George S. James

Not unlike the American Revolution’s “shot heard ’round the world” on Lexington Green, the first fire aimed at Fort Sumter took the Civil War past the...

William W. Loring

A man whose military career spanned more than four decades and three different flags, William Wing Loring was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on...