Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and the most celebrated general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Lee was the son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee III "Light Horse Harry" (1756-1818), Governor of Virginia, and his second wife, Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829). He was a descendant of Thomas More and of King Robert II of Scotland through the Earls of Crawford.

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.

George Thomas Anderson (February 3, 1824 - April 4, 1901) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E. Lee's hardest-fighting subordinates. Anderson was born in Covington, Georgia, and attended Emory University before departing to serve as a lieutenant of Georgia cavalry during the Mexican-American War. He received a commission in the U.S. regular cavalry in 1855, only to resign in 1858.

Ambrose Ransom Wright (April 26, 1826 - December 21, 1872) was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Wright, known by the nickname "Rans", was born in Louisville, Georgia. He read law under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson, who later became his brother-in-law, and was admitted to the bar.

Hiram Berdan (September 6, 1824 - March 31, 1893) was an American engineer and military officer, world renowned marksman, and guiding force behind the famed United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War. He was the inventor of the Berdan rifle, the Berdan centerfire primer and numerous other weapons and accessories. Berdan was born in Phelps, a small village in Ontario County, New York.

Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 - March 1894) was a Confederate Army brigadier general in the American Civil War. During much of the war, General Thomas commanded the Third Georgia Brigade (Thomas's Brigade), which consisted of 14th, 35th, 45th, and 49th Georgia regiments. Thomas graduated from Emory College, then in Oxford, Georgia. At the beginning of the war, Thomas commanded the 14th Georgia Regiment.

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, …

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.

Theophilus Hunter Holmes (November 13, 1804 - June 21, 1880) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Holmes was born in Clinton, North Carolina. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1829, near the bottom of his class, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry.

Clement Anselm Evans (February 25, 1833 - July 2, 1911) was a Confederate infantry general in the American Civil War. He was also a noted politician, preacher, historian and prolific author. Evans was born in Stewart County, Georgia. He studied at the Augusta Law School and was admitted to the bar at the age of 18. By 21, he was a county judge, and a state senator at 25. With the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, Evans organized a company of militia.

Samuel McGowan (October 19, 1819 - August 9, 1897) was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book, "Generals in Gray", claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia." Born in the Laurens District of South Carolina, …

Samuel Garland, Jr., (December 16, 1830 - September 14, 1862) was an attorney and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was killed during the Maryland Campaign while defending Fox's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain. The grand-nephew of James Madison, Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. His father, Samuel Garland, Sr., was a well known attorney, but died when his son was only five years old.

Rufus Clay Barringer (December 2, 1821 - February 3, 1895) was a North Carolina lawyer, politician, and American Civil War brigadier general. Barringer was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, the ninth of ten children of Elizabeth Brandon and Paul Barringer. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1842. He studied law in Concord with his older brother, Daniel Moreau Barringer, …

John Franklin Farnsworth (March 27, 1820 - July 14, 1897) was a seven-term U.S. Congressman and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Farnsworth was born in Canada, but moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a young adult. Admitted to the bar in 1841, he moved to St. Charles, Illinois, and established a private law practice. About 1852, he moved to Chicago and was active in the local political scene as a Democrat.

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 - May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most revered Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. He is most famous for his audacious Valley Campaign of 1862 and as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.

Cleveland Winslow (May 26, 1836-July 7, 1864) was a United States army officer who served with the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, otherwise known as the famed Duryee's Zouaves, during the American Civil War as well a participant in the New York Draft Riots in 1863. Although a charismatic and couragous battlefield commander (and noted for his fondness of flamboyant uniforms), …

Zebulon York (October 10, 1819 - August 5, 1900) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was among a small group of Northern-born Confederate generals. York was a native of Avon, Maine. His grandfather was aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolution and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

Edmund English (November 16, 1841 - May 27, 1912) was a Union Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of the Wilderness in the American Civil War. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as a corporal in Company C on May 27, 1861. He served with his regiment, which was part of the famed First New Jersey Brigade, as it fought in the June-July 1862 Seven Days Battles, …

David Allen Russell (December 10, 1820 - September 19, 1864) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general in the Union army. Russell was born in Salem, New York, the son of David Abel Russell who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1841. The senior Russell secured an appointment to West Point for his son during his final year in Congress.

John Lawrence Rapier (June 15, 1842-May 7, 1905) was an American Civil War soldier and businessman. A native of Mobile, Alabama, he saw action as a sergeant major in the Seven Days Battles, and later became a second lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps. He was captured at Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. After the war, he became the owner of the "Mobile Register", …

John H. Emerick (November 7 1843 - May 11 1902) was one of the leading telegraph operators in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a postbellum executive in a leading New York telegraph company. Emerick was born in Fulton, New York, and was educated in his hometown at Falley Seminary and later at Pulaski Academy in Pulaski, New York. Early in life, he showed a proclivity for telegraphy and resolved to make the field his life's work.

Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824 - March 26, 1894) was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general. Colquitt was born in Monroe, Georgia. His father, Walter T. Colquitt was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia.