Yet another prominent Illinoian who played a role in the Civil War, John Alexander McClernand was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, before moving...
A man whose military career spanned more than four decades and three different flags, William Wing Loring was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on...
The man who perhaps did the most to promote Maryland’s involvement in the Confederate cause, despite the state remaining in the Union, Bradley Tyler...
A less famous college professor from Maine who would become a Civil War general, Eliakim Parker Scammon was born on December 27, 1816, in Whitefield...
The “Father of West Virginia” was born near Morgantown, in Monongalia County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia). He was descended from the man who...
John Echols was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 20, 1823. Like many other future Confederate officers, he attended Virginia Military Institute...