- Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 - July 18, 1863) was the colonel in command of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which entered the American Civil War in 1863. - John Adams
John Adams (July 1, 1825-November 30, 1864), was an officer in the United States Army. With the onset of the American Civil War, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of brigadier general before being killed in action. Adams was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Irish immigrant parents. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846, ranking 25th in his class. - Albert Sidney Johnston
Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 - April 6, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Considered by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general in the Confederacy, he was killed early in the war at the Battle of Shiloh. - A. P. Hill
Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9, 1825 - April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained early fame as the commander of "Hill's Light Division," becoming one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates. He later commanded a corps under Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia before his death in battle just prior to the end of the war. - John Sedgwick
John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 - May 9, 1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed by a Confederate sharp-shooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. - Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly (ca. 1822 - June 14, 1864) was an Irish-American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led the famed Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Kelly was born in Castlehacket, County Galway, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City. His wife Elizabeth was another Irish immigrant. He enlisted in the Union army with the outset of the Civil War, … - John Hunt Morgan
John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 - September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War. He led 2,460 troops in a daring raid, called Morgan's Raid, racing past Union lines into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio in July 1863. This was the farthest north any uniformed Confederate troops penetrated during the war. - J. E. B. Stuart
James Ewell Brown Stuart (February 6, 1833 - May 12, 1864) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb". Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, yellow sash, hat cocked to the side with a peacock feather, red flower in his lapel, … - Leonidas Polk
Leonidas Polk (April 101806 - June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a third cousin of President James K. Polk. He also served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and was for that reason sometimes known as "The Fighting Bishop". - Maxcy Gregg
Maxcy Gregg (August 1, 1814 - December 15, 1862) was a lawyer, soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Gregg was educated at the University of South Carolina. He practiced law with his father, and fought in the Mexican-American War. Gregg had many scholarly pursuits, and owned his own private observatory. - Strong Vincent
Strong Vincent (June 17, 1837 - July 7, 1863) was a lawyer who became famous as a U.S. Army officer during the fighting on Little Round Top at the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded. - Benjamin McCulloch
Benjamin McCulloch (November 11, 1811-March 7, 1862) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a U.S. marshal, and a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. - Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 16 or March 17, 1828 - November 30, 1864) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Franklin. - John Pelham
John Pelham (September 7, 1838 - March 17, 1863) was an artillery officer who served with the Confederate cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "The Gallant Pelham" for his military prowess and personal courage, Pelham revolutionized the usage of light artillery as a mobile arm of the cavalry. Pelham was born to Dr. Atkinson and Martha Pelham at his grandparent's home along Cane Creek near Alexandria, Alabama. - Thomas Green
Thomas (Tom) Green (June 8, 1814 - April 12, 1864) was a Texas landowner, politician, and soldier who served as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was considered as one of the finest cavalry leaders in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. - Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 - August 10, 1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for his actions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict. Lyon is a controversial figure in American history. Some credit his quick action and hard line Unionism for stopping the Missouri secession movement. Others question his influence peddling and his role in events such as the St. Louis Massacre, … - William Dorsey Pender
William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 - July 18, 1863) was one of the youngest, and most promising, generals fighting for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Dorsey Pender, as he was known to his friends, was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1854 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery regiment. - W. H. L. Wallace
William Hervey Lamme Wallace (July 8, 1821 - April 10, 1862), more commonly known as W.H.L. Wallace, was a lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War, considered by Ulysses S. Grant to be one of the Union's greatest generals. Wallace was born in Urbana, Ohio, the son of John Wallace and Mary Lamme Wallace. In 1834, he was educated at Rock Springs Seminary in Mount Morris, Illinois. - George Crockett Strong
George Crockett Strong (October 16, 1832 - July 30, 1863) was a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War. Strong was born in Stockbridge, Vermont, and attended Williston Seminary but left after 1851. He then graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1857. He served as an ordnance officer with the rank of lieutenant on the staff of General McDowell at the First Battle of Bull Run. He later served on the staffs of Generals George B. McClellan and Benjamin Butler. - John M. Jones
John Marshall Jones (July 20, 1820 - May 5, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness. Jones was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. At West Point, he was nicknamed "Rum" Jones for his fondness for alcohol. He graduated in 1841, ranking 39th in a class of 52. Nineteen of his classmates would become Civil War generals, … - Isaac Stevens
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 - September 1, 1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly. - James S. Wadsworth
James Samuel Wadsworth (October 30, 1807 - May 8, 1864) was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War, killed in battle during the Overland Campaign of 1864. - Jesse L. Reno
Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 - September 14, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union general during the American Civil War. Known as a "soldier's soldier" who fought alongside his men, he was killed while commanding a corps at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. - John Rodgers Meigs
John Rodgers Meigs (February 9, 1841 - October 3, 1864) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is most notable for controversy surrounding the circumstances of his death, which led to the burning of a large part of a Virginia town in retaliation. Meigs was born in Washington, D.C., into a family with an impressive military pedigree. He was the oldest son of Maj. Gen. - Isaac E. Avery
Isaac Erwin Avery (December 20, 1828 - July 3, 1863) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army who perished at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He is most remembered for a poignant blood-stained note that he wrote as he lay dying on the slopes of Cemetery Hill. Avery was born at Swan Ponds in Burke County, North Carolina, the fourth son of Isaac Thomas and Harriet Erwin Avery, who in total had 16 children. - John F. Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds (September 20, 1820 - July 1, 1863) was a career U.S. Army officer and a general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, despite having a relatively limited amount of combat experience in the war, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the very start of the battle. - Charles W. Flusser
Charles Williamson Flusser (September 27, 1832 - April 19, 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Born at Annapolis, Maryland, Flusser entered the United States Naval Academy in 1847 and graduated with the Class of 1853. During the Civil War, he commanded the gunboats USS "Commodore Perry" and USS "Miami" in operations in the North Carolina Sounds area. Lieutenant Commander Flusser was killed in action on April 19, … - James Dearing
James Dearing (April 25, 1840 - April 23, 1865) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign, making him one of the last officers to die in the war; there are claims that he was the last general officer to die in the war. Dearing was born in Campbell County, Virginia. - Thomas B. Huger
Thomas B. Huger (died April 25, 1862) was an officer in the Confederate States Navy during the U.S. Civil War. Before the war, he had served for over 20 years in the United States Navy. Huger was born in South Carolina. He joined the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in March 1835. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in February 1848 and continued in the service until his native state seceded from the United States. Resigning his commission in the U.S. Navy in January 1861, … - Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Stephen Dodson Ramseur (May 31, 1837 - October 20, 1864) was the youngest Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in battle at the Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley. - William Gwin
William Gwin (6 December 1832 - 3 January 1863) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. One of the most promising officers in the nation, with extensive command and combat experience, Gwin had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander by the time of his death. - Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny, Jr., (June 2 1815 - September 1 1862) was a United States Army officer, notably in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly. - Lewis Addison Armistead
Lewis Addison Armistead (February 18, 1817 - July 5, 1863) was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded in Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. - Richard B. Garnett
Richard Brooke Garnett (November 21, 1817 - July 3, 1863) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War, killed during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. - Robert H. Hatton
Robert Hopkins Hatton (November 2, 1826 - May 31, 1862) was a lawyer, politician, United States Congressman, and Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. Hatton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, but early in his life, his family moved to Tennessee. He graduated from Cumberland University, then studied law there at Cumberland School of Law and established a successful practice in Lebanon, Tennessee, after passing the bar exam in 1850. - Alexander Hays
Alexander Hays (July 8, 1819 - May 5, 1864) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness. - John Lafayette Riker
John Lafayette Riker (August 15, 1822 - May 31, 1862) was an American attorney and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Fair Oaks during the Peninsula Campaign. - States Rights Gist
States Rights Gist was a lawyer and Confederate general who served during the American Civil War. A relative of several prominent South Carolinians, Gist rose to fame later during the war but was killed during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in November 1864. - Junius Daniel
Junius Daniel (June 27, 1828 - May 13, 1864) was a planter and career military officer, serving in the United States Army, then in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. A brigadier general, his troops were instrumental in the Confederates' first day's success at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was killed in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. - Turner Ashby
Turner Ashby, Junior (October 23, 1828 - June 6, 1862) was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War. He achieved prominence as Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry commander in the Shenandoah Valley and might have been one of the most famous cavalry commanders of the war had he not been killed in battle in 1862.
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