January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897 Native Georgian Lafayette McLaws graduated 48th in the West Point class of 1842 and served in the Mexican…
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Great men (and women) make great leaders. This listing will provide us with some of the people that were of major importance in the Civil War.
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January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897 Native Georgian Lafayette McLaws graduated 48th in the West Point class of 1842 and served in the Mexican…
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November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865 Virginian Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill and his large Rebel division (six brigades), called the “Light Division” for…
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November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894 About six feet tall, but thin and stooped from arthritis, Jubal A. Early did not look like what…
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State Served: VirginiaHighest Rank: Brig-GenBirth Date: 1817Death Date: 1863Birth Place: New Berne, North CarolinaArmy: ConfederacyPromotions: Promoted to Full Colonel (57th VA Inf)Promoted to Full Brig-Gen…
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Born February 6, 1832 – Died January 9, 1904 John B. Gordon was born in Upson County, Ga. in 1832. He dropped out of the…
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John C. Pemberton was born to an old and influential Quaker family in Philadelphia in 1814 and graduated from West Point in 1837 at the…
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March 4, 1826 – December 16, 1863 Speaking for many of his peers, artilleryman Col. Charles Wainright described John Buford as “straight-forward, honest, conscientious, full…
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February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886 Union general during the American Civil War (1861-65), whose policies during Reconstruction military service in Louisiana and Texas…
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Elmer E. Ellsworth, born near Saratoga Springs, N.Y., left home and went to New York City at an early age. He then moved to Chicago,…
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John Fulton Reynolds was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1820, the son of John and Lydia Moore Reynolds. He graduated from West Point…