Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
John Grubb Parke
John Grubb Parke was born in Pennsylvania on September 22, 1827 and at the age of eight, moved to Philadelphia with his family. Parke graduated second...
U.S. Grant Trail
Paducah, Kentucky | Paducah has 4.6 miles of Greenway Trail linking downtown to County Park Road running through Bob Noble Park and Stuart Nelson Park...
Franklin Gardner
In 1843 Franklin Gardner graduated from the United States Military Academy 17th in his class, the same year that future United States General Ulysses...
Lincoln, the Great Emancipator
Lithograph of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
The Lincoln Statue, or Emancipation Memorial
Drawing of the Emancipation Memorial, unveiled 1876 in Washington D.C.
George Washington Morgan
George Washinton Morgan was born to a prominent Pennsylvania family on September 20, 1820. At 16, he dropped out of college to join a militia unit...
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