Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
John P. Slough
Before the Civil War broke out, John Potts Slough was a member of the Ohio Legislature. However, he was expelled from his seat after striking another...
James Jay Archer
James Jay Archer – like John Wilkes Booth a native of Bel Air, Maryland – was born December 19, 1817. A lawyer by trade, Archer accepted a captain’s...
George Bibb Crittenden
Biography of Civil War Confederate General George Bibb Crittenden
Battlefield Generals in the Civil War
VIDEO | Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust discusses the role that each rank of general had during battles in the Civil War.
William Babcock Hazen
William Babcock Hazen was an accomplished professional soldier and played a significant role in almost every major battle of the Western theater. Born...
Step Into Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War
On May 21, 1864 war photographer Timothy O'Sullivan took a series of photos of Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War during the Overland Campaign. The...
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