Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
This is a biography of Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson (Stonewall Jackson).
10 Facts: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War and one of the great figures in American history.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
The American Battlefield Trust's biography of Union Civil War general and Medal of Honor winner, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, decimosexto presidente de los Estados Unidos, nació cerca de Hodgenville, Kentucky, el 12 de febrero de 1809. Su familia se mudó a...
Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
On October 3, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation designating “the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.” Lincoln’s...
P. G. T. Beauregard
This is a biography of Civil War Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
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