- Robert E. Lee
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. - George B. McClellan
George Brinton McClellan (December 3 1826 - October 29 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union. However, although McClellan was meticulous in his planning and preparations, … - 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. - Thomas Welsh
Thomas Welsh (May 5, 1824 - August 14, 1863) was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and a brigadier general during the American Civil War. Welsh was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the town's common schools. He engaged in the lumber business before enlisting in the army to fight in the Mexican War, where he was wounded at the Battle of Buena Vista. Welsh received a promotion to lieutenant for gallantry. - Israel B. Richardson
Israel Bush Richardson (December 26, 1815 - November 3, 1862) was a United States Army officer during the Mexican-American War and Civil War, where he was a major general in the Union Army. Nicknamed "Fighting Dick" for his prowess on the battlefield, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland. - 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. - Edward L. Thomas
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. - George T. Anderson
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. - Max Weber
Max Weber (27 August 1824 - 15 June 1901) was a military officer in the armies of Germany and later the United States, most known for serving as a brigadier general in the Union army during the American Civil War. Born in Baden-Baden, in the German state of Baden, Weber served as an infantry lieutenant in the Grand Duke's army before the Revolutions of 1848 caused him to emigrate to America, … - John R. Brooke
John Rutter (or Ruller) Brooke (July 21 1838 - September 5 1926) was a Major General in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War. He served as a military Governor of Puerto Rico and Governor of Cuba. Brooke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was educated in nearby Collegeville and West Chester. His military career began when he joined the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry with the rank of captain in 1861. - Ambrose R. Wright
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. - David Lang
David Lang (May 9, 1838 - December 13, 1917) was a land surveyor, Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War, civil engineer, and Florida politician. Lang was born in Camden County, Georgia. He attended the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta, graduating in the Class of 1857 and ranked 4th of 16. He moved to Suwannee County, Florida, and became a surveyor. With the secession of Florida and the outbreak of the Civil War, … - William T. Wofford
William Tatum Wofford (June 28, 1824 - May 22, 1884) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Wofford was born in Habersham County, Georgia to William H. Wofford and Nancy M. Tatum, and became a lawyer, state legislator, and editor of the Cassville, Georgia, "Standard". He voted against secession, but offered his service to the Confederate Army, … - 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. - Thomas H. Carter
Thomas Henry Carter (June 13, 1831 - June 2, 1908) was an artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His battalion played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Carter was a member of an old and distinguished Virginia family, born the third of five children to Thomas Nelson Carter and Juliet (Gaines) Carter in King William County. His father was a first cousin to Robert E. Lee, … - Isaac P. Rodman
Isaac Peace Rodman (August 18, 1822 - September 30, 1862) was a Rhode Island banker and politician, and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Rodman was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island the son of Samuel Rodman and Mary Peckham. He was married to Sally Lyman Arnold, daughter of Rhode Island Governor Lemuel H. Arnold. - Joseph K. Mansfield
Joseph King Fenno Mansfield (December 22, 1803 - September 18, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam. - 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. - Orlando B. Willcox
Orlando Bolivar Willcox (April 16, 1823 - May 11, 1907) was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War. Willcox was born in Detroit, Michigan. He entered the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1843. Following graduation in 1847, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery. He would subsequently serve in the U.S. Army in various capacities over a period of forty years. - George W. Morell
George Webb Morell (January 8, 1815 - February 11, 1883) was a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the American Civil War. Morell was born in Cooperstown, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, first in his class of 56 cadets, in 1835 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He resigned from the Army on June 30, 1837, … - Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (November 28, 1820 - September 17, 1862) was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam. - Freeman McGilvery
Freeman McGilvery (October 17, 1823 - September 3, 1864) was a U.S. Army artillery officer during the American Civil War. He gained fame at the Battle of Gettysburg for taking the initiative to piece together a line of guns that greatly contributed to the Union victory. McGilvery was born in Prospect, Maine. Born with a love for the sea, he was a sailor and then a ship master. He was in Brazil at Rio de Janeiro when the Civil War erupted. - John Parke
John Grubb Parke (September 22, 1827 - December 16, 1900) was a U.S. Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Parke was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1849 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. As an engineer, he determined the boundary lines between Iowa and the Little Colorado River, surveyed routes for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, … - William Hays
William Hays (May 9, 1819 - February 7, 1875) was a career officer in the U.S. Army, serving as a general during the American Civil War. Hays was born in Richmond, Virginia, but moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Andrew Jackson appointed Hays to the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1840 alongside William T. Sherman and Richard S. Ewell. He as initially a brevet second lieutenant, and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1847, … - Alfred H. Colquitt
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. - Beverly Robertson
Beverly Holcombe Robertson (June 5, 1827 - December 12, 1910) was a cavalry officer in the United States Army on the Western frontier and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Robertson was born on a plantation in Amelia County, Virginia. He received an appointment to the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1849. Assigned to the 2nd U.S. Dragoons as a second lieutenant, he attended the cavalry school at Carlisle Barracks. - Albion P. Howe
Albion Parris Howe (March 13 1818 - January 25 1897) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe was born in Standish, Maine, in 1818. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1841. After serving in the 4th Artillery for two years, he taught mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy for 3 years. Howe served in the Mexican-American War and won a brevet promotion for gallantry during Winfield Scott's advance upon Mexico City. - Abram Duryée
Abram Duryée was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was New York City Police Commissioner. Duryée was born in New York City to a family of soldiers. His grandfather fought in the American Revolutionary War, and his father and two uncles were officers during the War of 1812. Graduating from the grammar school at Columbia College, … - George W. Getty
George Washington Getty (October 2, 1819 - October 1, 1901) was a career military officer in the United States Army, most noted for his role as a division commander in the Army of the Potomac during the final full year of the American Civil War. G. W. Getty was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, at the age of 16, and graduated 15th out of 42 graduates in the Class of 1840. - Ranald S. MacKenzie
Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (July 27, 1840 - January 19, 1889) was called the most promising young officer in the entire Union army. He was famous for his service in the American Civil War and the following Indian Wars. Mackenzie was born in Westchester County, New York, the nephew of Confederate States of America diplomat John Slidell and the brother of Lt. Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, U.S. Navy. - Henry Livermore Abbott
Henry Livermore Abbott (January 21, 1842 - May 6, 1864), the son of Josiah Gardner Abbott, a judge and United States congressman, was a brigadier general in the Union army during the American Civil War. A Harvard law student, Abbott joined the Massachusetts militia after the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter. In August 1861, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Abbott saw action at Balls Bluff, Virginia in 1861, … - Clement A. Evans
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. - Stonewall Jonathan Jackson
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
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), … - David Allen Russell
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 Mansfield
John Mansfield (August 1822 - May 6, 1896) was California's Lieutenant Governor from 1880 to 1883. He also was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as the last colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the famed Iron Brigade. Mansfield responded to President Lincoln's call to arms in 1861 following the secession of the eleven Southern states that comprised the Confederacy. - D. Wyatt Aiken
David Wyatt Aiken (March 17, 1828 - April 6, 1887) was a Confederate army officer during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term United States Congressman from South Carolina. Aiken was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and received his early education under private tutors. He attended the Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro and graduated from South Carolina College in Columbia in 1849. - Reuben Lindsay Walker
Reuben Lindsay Walker (May 29, 1827 - June 7, 1890) was a Confederate general who served in the artillery during the American Civil War. Born in Logan, Virginia, (now West Virginia), Walker graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1845. He then became a civil engineer, and later, a farmer in Virginia. When the Civil War began, Walker took command of the Purcell Artillery unit. - Aaron S. Daggett
Aaron Simon Daggett (June 14,1837 - May 14,1938) was the last surviving Union General of the American Civil War when he died at the age of 100. Daggett was born in Maine in 1837. He attended Bates College (then called the Maine State Seminary) in Lewiston, Maine, in 1860. Daggett enlisted as a private in the 5th Maine Volunteers on April 1861, and became a second lieutenant in May 1861. He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, and became a captain in August 1861.
|
| |