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Adolfo Fernández Cavada was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba on May 17, 1832 to Spaniard Isidoro Fernández Cavada, and American Emily (Gatier) Cavada. He, and...

“Poor Gen. Tilghman – he was brave to a fault,” lamented Mississippi diarist Emilie McKinley, upon learning of the general’s death. The “brave to a...

Federico Fernández Cavada was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba on July 8, 1831 to Isidoro Fernández Cavada, a Spaniard, and Emily (Gatier) Cavada, a native of...

Yet another prominent Illinoian who played a role in the Civil War, John Alexander McClernand was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, before moving...

John Wayles Jefferson was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, the man who penned “all men are created equal” and his slave Sally Hemings. However, he...

A lesser known but no less distinguished Union commander with the surname Grant, Lewis Addison was born in Winhall Hollow, Vermont, on January 17...

One of the few Confederate generals who hailed from Maryland, George Hume "Maryland" Steuart was born on August 24, 1828, in Baltimore. He was raised...

“Energetic, brave, and conscientious” were the words Confederate General Harry Heth used to describe the military career of his friend and fellow...

On September 20, 1810, Alpheus Starkey Williams was born in Deep River, Connecticut. His father died when he was eight, and his mother when he was 17...

John Minnis enlisted at Nicholsville, Kentucky in the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry on November 24, 1862. Appointed first lieutenant, Minnis also took on the...

Born between 1838 and 1839, Wallace Campbell served as a captain in Company F, 12th Illinois Infantry. The day after Christmas, 1863, Campbell...

Thomas Francis Meagher was born on August 3, 1823, in Waterford, Ireland. At eleven years old, Meagher’s family sent him to study with Jesuits at...