Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Stonewall Jackson
VIDEO | Watch the American Battlefield Trust's newest In4 with Chris Mackowski of Emerging Civil War detailing the life of famed Confederate General...
Wade Hampton
This is a biography of Confederate Lieutenant General Wade Hampton of Charleston, South Carolina.
Jefferson Davis
VIDEO | Bertram Hayes-Davis discusses the life of his great-great grandfather , Jefferson Davis. This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust...
Leonidas Polk
When the war came, Polk's friendship with West Point classmate Jefferson Davis won him a commission as a major general in the Confederate States Army...
Theodore Harvey Barrett
Theodore Harvey Barrett had the distinction of commanding Union forces in the last battle of the Civil War. Not much is known about Barrett's life. He...
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