January 15, 1821 – July 24, 1897 Native Georgian Lafayette McLaws graduated 48th in the West Point class of 1842 and served in the Mexican…
Lafayette McLaws
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Civil War Leaders
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.
Ambrose Powell Hill
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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…
Jubal Anderson Early
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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…
Lewis Addison Armistead
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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…
John Brown Gordon
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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…
John Clifford Pemberton
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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…
John F. Buford
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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…
Winfield Scott Hancock
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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…
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
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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,…
John Fulton Reynolds
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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…