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Civil War Leaders

Learn more about the Union and Confederate leaders who defined the Civil War era.

John McCausland Jr.

John McCausland Jr. was born on September 13, 1836, in St. Louis, Missouri, to an Irish immigrant. When McCausland was left orphaned at the age of...

John B. Gordon

John Brown Gordon would become one of the most successful commanders in General Robert E. Lee ’s army, and would do so without any prior military...