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.

Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 - October 31, 1879), known as "Fighting Joe", was a career U.S. Army officer and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, he is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 - October 26, 1909) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theater, and served there successfully as a corps and army commander. After the war, he commanded troops in the West, …

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, …

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.

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.

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, …

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, …

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.

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.

George Pierce Doles (May 14, 1830 - June 2, 1864) was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps. George Doles was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of Josiah and Martha (Pierce) Doles. His father was a tailor by occupation. Doles was educated in the town's common schools.

Amiel Weeks Whipple (October 15, 1816 - May 7, 1863) was an American military engineer and surveyor. He served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War, where he was killed in action. Whipple was born to David and Abigail Pepper Whipple in Greenwich, Massachusetts. He attended Amherst College and West Point, graduating in the Class of 1841. His early career including surveying the Patapsco River, sounding and mapping the approaches to New Orleans, …

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.

William Watson (1837-1879), was a surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. During his duty in the Army of the Potomac, he took part in several battles including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Gettysburg notably. Major Watson is recognized most by his contribution to the understanding of soldier life during the Civil War, …

Robert Reily (1820 - 1863) was a Union Colonel of the 75th Ohio regiment during the Civil War. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Reily was the founder of the Village of Wyoming, Ohio. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Reily joined the 75th Ohio Regiment. He was mustered in as a Major but was promoted to Lt. Colonel and then Colonel. During the Battle of Chancellorsville, the 75th Ohio was part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division of the XI Corp in the Army of the Potomac.

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.

Although born in Pennsylvania, General William McComb became a Confederate general and commanded a brigade in the Third Corps. Born in Mercer County on November 21, 1828, McComb went to Tennessee in 1854 and took up residence in Clarksville. In Clarksville, McComb engaged in a variety of manufacturing interests including erecting a flour mill on the Cumberland River. Although of Northern birth, McComb chose to enlist in the Confederate army.

Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15 1831 - October 15 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth governor of Florida. Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Perry moved to Greenville, Alabama in 1853, after briefly attending Yale University. In Alabama, he taught and studied law with Hillary Herbert (who was a hero at Gettysburg and Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland).

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.

Francis Amasa Walker (July 2, 1840-January 5, 1897) was a United States economist and educator, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Walker was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Amasa Walker. He graduated from Amherst College in 1860, where he studied law. During the Civil War, he rose from the rank of sergeant-major to that of brevet brigadier general of volunteers-awarded him at the request of General Winfield Scott Hancock.

Camille Archibald Baquet (1842 - November 28, 1924) was an American Civil War Union Army officer who served in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry regiment, and was the author of the first history of the unit's brigade, the famed First New Jersey Brigade. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, he grew up in Burlington, New Jersey. He was mustered in as a Private in Company I, 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry on September 13, 1862.

Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski (July 8, 1824 - January 31, 1887) was a Polish military leader and a Union general in the American Civil War.

Thomas Wilson Bradley (April 6, 1844 - May 30, 1920) was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Born in Yorkshire, England, Bradley immigrated to the United States in 1846 with his parents, who settled in Walden, New York. He attended school until nine years of age. During the Civil War he entered the Union Army from Walden, New York, as a private.

Richard Conner (December 23, 1843 - November 4, 1923) was an American Civil War Union Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action. A 17 year old resident of Burlington, New Jersey when he enlisted in the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 7, 1861, he was mustered in for three years of service as a Private in Company F on August 26, 1861.

Samuel Penniman Bates (1827-1902) was an American educator, born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated at Brown University in 1851. In 1860 he was made deputy State superintendent of schools and in 1866, he was made historian of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His numerous lectures and reports did much to further the cause of education. His educational works include "Lectures on Moral and mental Culture" (1860), "Liberal Education" (1865), …

Romulus Zachariah Linney (26 December 1841 - 15 April 1910) was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1901. Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Linney attended common schools, York's Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen's School in Taylorsville, North Carolina. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia as a private in Company A of the 7th North Carolina Infantry.

Thomas Alfred Smyth (December 25, 1832 - April 9, 1865) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the last Federal general killed in the war. Smyth was born in Ballyhooly in Cork County, Ireland, and worked on his father's farm as a youth. He immigrated to the United States in 1854, settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was employed as a wood carver and coach and carriage maker. In 1858, he moved to Wilmington, Delaware.

Abner Monroe Perrin (February 2, 1827 - May 12, 1864) was a Confederate general in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania. Perrin was born in the Edgfield District of South Carolina. He fought in the Mexican-American War as a lieutenant in the infantry. Upon his return home, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854.

Joseph Bradford Carr (August 16, 1828 - February 24, 1895) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Carr was born in Albany, New York, and worked as a tobacconist. He was appointed colonel of the 2nd New York Infantry on May 14, 1861, and took part in the engagement at Big Bethel. He served under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan throughout the Peninsula Campaign and was promoted to brigadier general on September 7, 1862, for gallantry at Malvern Hill.

Forrester Lore Taylor (October 30, 1833 - April 21, 1907) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at the May 3, 1863 Battle of Salem Church. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a member of a Burlington, New Jersey militia company at the start of the Civil War.

George Frederick Baer was an American lawyer who was the President of the Reading Railroad and spokesman for the owners during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. George Baer was born in Lavansville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and attended first Somerset Institute then Somerset Academy for a High School Education. At the age of thirteen, Baer dropped out of school and became a "printer's devil" at a local type shop.

Mark Wilkes Collet (June 2, 1826 - May 3, 1863) was a Union Army officer who served during the American Civil War. He served as Colonel and commander of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry regiment, a unit he led from the Second Battle of Bull Run until the Chancellorsville Campaign. He was killed during his regiment's participation in the May 3, 1863 Battle of Salem Church during the campaign.

Hiram George Berry (1824-1863) was an American soldier. He was born in Rockland, (then a part of Thomaston) Me., and in early life served several terms in the State Legislature. At the beginning of the Civil War he joined the Union Army as colonel of the Fourth Maine Volunteers.

Westel Woodbury Willoughby (20 July 1867 - 25 March 1945), was an American academic. He was the twin brother to William F. Willoughby. They were the sons of Westel Willoughby and Jennie Rebecca (Woodbury) Willoughby, their father having been a Major in the Union Army with the New York Volunteers, injured at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Thomas McKee Bayne was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Bayne was born in Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He studied law. During the United States Civil War, he entered the Union Army in July 1862 as colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.