Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
Bradley T. Johnson
The man who perhaps did the most to promote Maryland’s involvement in the Confederate cause, despite the state remaining in the Union, Bradley Tyler...
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut had very little military experience before the Civil War. Born in Massachusetts, Hurlbut settled in Charleston, South...
John Sappington Marmaduke
John Sappington Marmaduke graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1857 after attending both Harvard and Yale. Marmaduke briefly served...
Joseph Finegan
Joseph Finegan, originally born in Ireland, arrived in Florida in his early twenties and established himself as a lawyer and farmer. He was involved...
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...
Richard James Oglesby
Richard James Oglesby was a statesman and three-time governor of Illinois who also served as a Union General during the Civil War. He is best known...
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