Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Henry W. Slocum
Henry Warner Slocum began his military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1852. He entered into service as a 2nd...
Battlefield Generals in the Civil War
VIDEO | Garry Adelman of the American Battlefield Trust discusses the role that each rank of general had during battles in the Civil War.
Joseph K.F. Mansfield
Civil War Trust Biography of Union General Joseph K.F. Mansfield
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Descended from one of the state’s “first families,” Benjamin Franklin Cheatham had important political connections. In addition, his father, Leonard...
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