- Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. Davis believed that corruption had destroyed the old Union and that the Confederacy had to be pure to survive. During his presidency, Davis was never able to find a strategy that would defeat the larger, more industrially developed Union. - Mickey Marcus
David Daniel Marcus (22 February 1901-10 June 1948), commonly known as Mickey Marcus, was an American United States Army colonel who assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and who became Israel's first Major General. Marcus is the best known Israeli Machal (the Hebrew acronym for "Mitnadvei CHutz Laaretz"/"volunteers from outside Israel") soldier, … - Kelly Perdew
Kelly Crawford Perdew (born January 29,1967) of Carlsbad, California was the winner of the second season of "The Apprentice". - James Longstreet
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. - 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. - Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior U.S. Senator from Florida. Nelson is a Democrat. Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-61-C (January 12–18, 1986). - Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. In office since November 1962, Kennedy is presently the second-longest serving member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia. The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he is the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated in the 1960s. - Richard Winters
Richard D. Winters (born January 21, 1918) is a retired United States Army officer who commanded Company "E" (popularly referred to as "Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st Airborne Division during the Second World War. Winters was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" by Damian Lewis. - Ronald Speirs
Ronald Speirs (April 20, 1920 - April 11, 2007) was a United States Army officer who served in the U.S. 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was initially a platoon leader in Company "D" ("Dog" Company) of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Speirs was reassigned to command "E" or "Easy" Company in Bastogne at the end of the Battle of the Bulge. Speirs also served in Korea where he commanded a rifle company, … - 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. - William McKinley
William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last veteran of the Civil War to be elected. By the 1880s, this Ohio native was a nationally known Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the 1896 presidential election, he upheld the gold standard, … - Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier in World War II, and later became a famous actor, in 44 American films, in addition to being a songwriter. In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. medals, five from France, and one from Belgium. - John Henry
John Henry (c. 1776 - 1853), was a spy and adventurer of mysterious origins. It is reputed that he was born in Dublin, Ireland, probably between 1750 and 1775, although 1776 is the more accepted year. Henry came to Philadelphia about 1793, edited "Brown's Philadelphia Gazette", and afterward was commissioned a captain in the United States Army, in 1798, during the Quasi-War with France. Henry commanded an artillery company under General Ebenezer Stevens, … - Ralph Metcalfe
Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an American athlete who jointly held the world record for the 100 metre sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Metcalfe studied at Marquette University and equalled the record of 10.3 seconds on a number of occasions, as well as equalling the 200 metre record of 20.6 seconds. At the 1932 Summer Olympics he virtually dead-heated with his rival Eddie Tolan, … - Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson became the first African-American professional baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first African American professional baseball player in history, his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Robinson in 1962 and he was a member of six World Series teams. - Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 - October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. - 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, … - 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. - Rick Rescorla
Cyril Richard Rescorla (May 27, 1939 - September 11, 2001), known as Rick Rescorla, was a retired United States Army officer of British birth who served with distinction in Rhodesia as a British soldier and the Vietnam War as an American officer. As the World Trade Center security chief for the financial services firm Morgan Stanley, … - Carwood Lipton
Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton (January 30, 1920 - December 16, 2001) was a United States Army officer in the 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Easy Company. Lipton joined the Army in 1942 as a Private. On the battlefields of Europe he was promoted to Company First Sergeant and ultimately was given a battlefield commission to Second Lieutenant. He said "it was the greatest honor ever awarded" to him. - 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, … - Frank Wolf
Frank Rudolph Wolf, born January 30 1939, American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981. He represents Northern Virginia's. He is the most senior of Virginia's eleven Congressmen. - John W. Gunnison
John Williams Gunnison (November 11, 1812-October 26, 1853) was an American explorer. Gunnison was born in Goshen, New Hampshire in 1812. He graduated from West Point in 1837, second in his class of fifty cadets. His military career began in Florida, where he spent a year in the campaign against the Seminoles. Due to his poor health he was reassigned to the Corps of Topographical Engineers. Initially he explored unknown areas of Florida, searching for provision routes. - 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. - Thomas Custer
Thomas Ward Custer (March 15,1845 - June 25, 1876) was a U.S. Army officer and two-time winner of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. He was a younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, perishing with him at Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory. - John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan, Jr (24 July 1865-11 November 1899) was a United States Army officer posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine-American War. Logan was the son of Major General, statesman and politician John A. Logan from the American Civil War. Major Logan was killed in action while leading his troops. - Isaac R. Trimble
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (May 15 1802 - January 2 1888) was a U.S. Army officer, a civil engineer, a prominent railroad construction superintendent and executive, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War, most famous for his leadership role in the assault known as Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. - Roy Stone
Roy Stone (October 16, 1836 - August 5, 1905) was an army officer during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his stubborn defense of the McPherson Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. Stone was born in Plattsburg, New York, to Ithiel V. and Sarah Stone. His family had been among the early settlers of the region, and his father owned a large estate. As a young man, he was an engineer and lumberman before the Civil War. - J. H. Hobart Ward
John Henry Hobart Ward (June 17, 1823 - July 24, 1903) was a career soldier in the United States Army and the New York state militia, as well as a Union general during the American Civil War. His troops played a prominent role during the Battle of Gettysburg, where they held the left flank of the Union III Corps line on Devil's Den and Houck's Ridge. Ward was born in New York City to a family of military veterans. - Marcus Reno
Marcus Albert Reno (November 15, 1834 - March 30, 1889) was a career military officer in the American Civil War and in the Black Hills War against the Lakota (Sioux) and Northern Cheyenne. He is most noted for his role in the Battle of Little Big Horn. - Richard H. Anderson
Richard Heron Anderson (October 7, 1821 - June 26, 1879) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. - Orland Smith
Orland Smith (May 2, 1825 - October 3, 1903) was a railroad executive and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led a spirited bayonet charge during the Battle of Wauhatchie that took a significant Confederate position on a hill that now bears his name. Smith was born in New England in Lewiston, Maine. He was educated in the local schools and became a railroad agent, serving as station manager at Lewiston until 1852 when he moved to Ohio. - Adolphus Greely
Adolphus Washington Greely (1844 - 1935) was an American Polar explorer. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he entered the United States Army at the age of seventeen, after having been rejected twice before, and achieved the rank of Brevet Major by the end of the Civil War.Greely joined the regular Army in 1866 as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. In 1873, Greely was promoted to First Lieutenant and In 1878 he married Henrietta Nesmith. - Cadmus M. Wilcox
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 - December 2, 1890) was a career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. - 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. - William Clark
William Clark (August 1, 1770 - September 1, 1838) was an American explorer who accompanied Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. William Clark was born in Caroline, Virginia on August 1, 1770. He was the second-youngest of the ten children born to John and Ann Rogers Clark. When the Revolutionary War began, William Clark was the only male member of his family who did not go off to battle, as he was too young. When he was 12 he entered the Continental Army. - Henry Baxter
Henry Baxter (September 8, 1821 - December 30, 1873) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert Rodes's division, slaughtering hundreds in a surprise attack on Colonel Alfred Iverson's brigade, and held the north flank of the Union position for much of the day before retiring due to lack of ammunition. He was wounded four times during the war. - Norman J. Hall
Norman Jonathan Hall (1842 - May 26, 1867) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War, perhaps most noted for his defense of his sector of the Union line during Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg. Hall was born in New York, but when he was a young man, his family moved to London, Michigan, where his father, the Rev. William Hall, became pastor of a Presbyterian church. - Birkett D. Fry
Birkett Davenport Fry (June 24, 1822 - January 21, 1891) was an adventurer, soldier, lawyer, cotton manufacturer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. A survivor of four battle wounds, he commanded one of the lead brigades during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born April 29, 1946 in New York City) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District (map) since 1995. Frelinghuysen is a member of a family long prominent in New Jersey politics. He is the son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great grandson of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, …
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