Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
John Gregg
John Gregg was born in Lawrence County, Alabama, on September 28, 1828. He studied law after studying at La Grange College, and moved to Fairfield...
George Bibb Crittenden
Biography of Civil War Confederate General George Bibb Crittenden
William Dorsey Pender
William Dorsey Pender, known to his friends as “Dorsey,” was born at Pender’s Crossroads in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He was the youngest of...
Alfred H. Terry
Alfred Howe Terry did not receive any formal military training before the outbreak of the Civil War. He spent some time studying at Yale Law School...
Alexander M. McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook was the highest ranking officer of the “Fighting McCooks”, fourteen members of one family who all participated in the Civil...
William R. Scurry
William Read Scurry was born in Gallatin, Tennessee, and moved to Texas at the age of sixteen. While in Texas he studied law, and served as a...
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