Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
William W. Loring
A man whose military career spanned more than four decades and three different flags, William Wing Loring was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on...
John G. Walker
John George Walker was born in Missouri on July 22, 1821. His mother was the niece of Rachel Jackson, the wife of U. S. President Andrew Jackson, and...
George S. James
Not unlike the American Revolution’s “shot heard ’round the world” on Lexington Green, the first fire aimed at Fort Sumter took the Civil War past the...
Lincoln's Cottage and the Emancipation Proclamation
This article talks about how President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation at his cottage retreat in Washington, DC.
Joseph B. Kershaw
Confederate General Joseph Brevard Kershaw commanded a brigade in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia for the duration of the war. Born in Camden, South...
Frederick Douglass
National Park Service Ranger Mark Malloy of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site answers questions about the life of America's premiere black...
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