Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Samuel R. Curtis
Biography of Union General Samuel Ryan Curtis began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He was sent...
John Pegram
John Pegram was born in Petersburg, Virginia on January 24, 1832. His father was an attorney, militia brigadier general and bank president in Richmond...
Emory Upton
Emory Upton was one of the most influential military thinkers to emerge from the Civil War. Born in Batavia, New York in 1839, Upton attended Oberlin...
Robert S. Garnett
Robert Selden Garnett was born on December 16, 1819 on his family’s plantation in Essex County, Virginia. He attended the U. S. Military Academy at...
William "Extra Billy" Smith
William “Extra Billy” Smith was born on September 6, 1797, in King George County, Virginia. As a young child, Smith attended private schools in his...
Alfred T. A. Torbert
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert began his military career after graduating ranked 21 out of 34 from the United States Military Academy in 1855. He...
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