Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
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...
The Myth of Stonewall Jackson
VIDEO | Garry Adelman debunks myths regarding Thomas Jackson's famous nickname in this episode of the War Department™ video series by the Civil War...
Nathan Kimball
Nathan Kimball received his initial education at DePauw University from 1839 to 1841. After graduating, he began to study medicine, and started what...
President Lincoln to A.G. Hodges
A letter from President Lincoln to three prominent Kentucky men defending the Emancipation Proclamation.
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut had very little military experience before the Civil War. Born in Massachusetts, Hurlbut settled in Charleston, South...
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...
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