Civil War Leaders
Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.
The Clara Barton Collection
VIDEO | Jake Wynn of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine joins this Civil War Trust War Department episode to talk about the museum's Clara...
William L. Cabell
William Lewis Cabell was born in January, 1827 in Danville, Virginia. He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1850 and served in...
St. John R. Liddell
St. John Richardson Liddell did not receive extensive military training before the American Civil War, and attended the United States Military Academy...
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...
William Cogswell
William Cogswell was born on August 23, 1838 in Bradford, Massachusetts. His father was a surgeon and a founder of the state Republican Party...
Francis J. Herron
The Civil War saw many common men elevated to the status of hero, and Francis Jay Herron was one of these men. Herron would rise from his position of...
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