James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 - January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War, the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, but also with Gen. Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.

Samuel “Sam” Rush Watkins was a noted Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He is known today for his memoir "Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show", often heralded as one of the best primary sources about the common soldier's Civil War experience. Watkins was born on June 26, 1839 near Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, and received his formal education at Jackson College in Columbia.

Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 - December 15, 1892) was a U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives from Louisiana. He was also an officer in the Confederate States of America military, a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and a president of the board of administrators of Tulane University. Gibson was the son of a plantation owner and was educated in leading Louisiana schools. Soon after the state's secession from the Union, …

Abel D. Streight (June 17, 1828 - May 27, 1892) was a lumber merchant, publisher, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, noted for his daring cavalry raid, Streight's Raid, in 1863. After the war, he served as a State Senator in Indiana for two terms. Streight was born in Wheeler, New York. He moved to Cincinnati, and then, by 1859, to Indianapolis, where he was a publisher of books and maps.

Richard Hawes was a United States Representative from Kentucky and Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of an influential political family, with a brother, uncle, and cousin who also served as U.S. Representatives. He began his political career as an ardent Whig and was a close friend of the party's founder, Henry Clay. When the party declined and dissolved in the 1850s, Hawes became a Democrat, and his relationship with Clay cooled.

James Patton Anderson (February 16, 1822 - September 20, 1872) was a 19th century American doctor and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, and a delegate at the Florida state secession convention to withdraw from the United States. He was subsequently a major general in the Confederate States Army, at one time commanding the Army of Tennessee.

Hugh Weedon Mercer (November 27, 1808 - June 9, 1877) was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hugh W. Mercer was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to a wealthy and well-known family. His grandfather and namesake Hugh Mercer of Pennsylvania had been a general under George Washington during the American Revolution. Mercer graduated from West Point in 1828, and served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Artillery, …

Thomas James Churchill (10 March 1824 - 10 March 1905) was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War and a governor of the state of Arkansas. Thomas J. Churchill was born near Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at St. Mary's College and studied law at Transylvania University. He served during the Mexican-American War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in a regiment of mounted infantry.

Robert Houston Anderson (October 1, 1835 - February 8, 1888) was a cavalry and artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Anderson was stationed in upstate New York, and later as an infantry lieutenant at Fort Walla Walla in the Washington Territory. In early 1861, shortly before the official succession of his home state, Anderson accepted a commission in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the artillery.

Allen Daniel Candler (November 4, 1834 - October 26, 1910) was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and Georgia Governor. Candler was born the eldest of twelve children in Auraria, Georgia, in Lumpkin County, a mountainous mining community. Candler attended country schools and then Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, graduating in 1859. Candler studied law briefly, and then taught school. In May 1862, Candler enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army.

James Philip Eagle (10 August 1837 - 19 December 1904) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas. James Philip Eagle was born in Maury County, Tennessee. His family moved to Arkansas early in his life and he was educated in the public schools. Eagle was appointed deputy sheriff of Prairie County, Arkansas in 1859, a position he held until the start of the American Civil War. Eagle enlisted in the Confederate States Army and rose to the rank of Colonel.

William Lowndes Calhoun (November 21, 1837 - 1908) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia who served as Mayor of Atlanta. Calhoun was born in Decatur, Georgia, son of fellow Atlanta mayor James Calhoun. The family moved to Atlanta in 1852 and, at the age of sixteen, William began reading law at his father's firm. He passed the bar in 1857.

Abraham Van Buren (November 27, 1807 - March 15, 1873) was the eldest son of the eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren (Republican-Democrat) and his wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren. Born in Kinderhook, New York, Abraham was named in honor of his paternal grandfather who was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Abraham, a career military man, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1827.

James Calvin McDearmon was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on June 13, 1844 in New Canton, Virginia in Buckingham County. He moved with his parents to Gibson County, Tennessee in 1846. He attended Andrew College in Trenton, Tennessee from 1858 to 1861. He entered the Confederate Army in April 1862 and served throughout the war in Cheatham's division, …