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William Tecumseh Sherman, although not a career military commander before the war, would become one of "the most widely renowned of the Union’s...

John Letcher was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1813. Originally uncertain of his career goals, Letcher left Washington College (now known as...

Born into slavery in the Norfolk area of Virginia, William Carney escaped servitude as a young man on the Underground Railroad to join the rest of his...

Lucretia Coffin Mott, abolitionist and early women’s rights activist, was born on January 3, 1793 to a Quaker family in Nantucket, Massachusetts. As a...

The only Native American to be fully promoted to the rank of General in the Civil War, Stand Watie was born Degataga, meaning "Stand Firm" in the...

Born into slavery in Georgia in 1848, Susie King Taylor (born Susan Baker) lived on a plantation for the first seven years of her life. In 1855, Susie...

Historians often label James Buchanan as one of the worst presidents in United States history. His presidency was marked with conflict, a conflict...

Phoebe Yates Levy Pember was born on August 18, 1823 to Jewish parents in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father, Jacob Levy, was a successful...

Though not honored for any specific deed or gallantry, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker remains to this day the only female recipient of the Medal of Honor...

On February 1, 1865, the day after the House of Representatives passed the 13th amendment, John Swett Rock of Boston became the first African American...

Among the most polarizing figures individuals in the decade before the American Civil War, Congressman Preston Smith Brooks took it upon himself to...

Famous for his scathing criticism of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that provoked an attack upon himself in the Senate Chamber, Charles Sumner was a...