Born into a poor Kentucky farming family, Lincoln became a lawyer in
Springfield, Illinois. He was returned to Congress from Illinois in 1846. He became a leader of the Republican party, which was formed in 1856 to oppose slavery.
He was ultimately given the Democratic nomination in 1860,
and he won the presidential election of 1861,
with less than half the popular vote.
The Southern states seceded after his election and Lincoln
oversaw the military campaign to restore the Union. The phrase "government
of the people, by the people, for the people" comes from his Gettysburg speech of 1863.
He faced re-election in 1864, and won against the popular Union General, George
@McClellan@. On April 14th, 1865, Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes
Booth. He died the next day.
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~hStanton,
Edwin McMasters
(1814-69)~
~jUnion War Minister~
Stanton was a lawyer and a Democrat who had served as Attorney
General in President James Buchanan's administration.
Stanton was against slavery, but he was also a strong supporter of
states' rights. Although a bitter opponent of @Lincoln@, Lincoln
believed him to be the ideal person to head the War Department.
In 1862 he was invited into the Cabinet as the new Secretary of
War, replacing Simon Cameron. There he ran a highly efficient
administration.
After the war Stanton remained in public office until 1868, dying
in 1869.
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~hScott,
Winfield
(1786-1866)~
~jUnion General-in-Chief~
Although he retired towards the end of 1861, Scott was the original
architect of the Union's victory.
He was probably the most important soldier of the war.
When the Civil War began, Scott was ill, and too stout to
mount a horse. A lone voice at the outset, he warned that the Union should not
expect a swift and almost bloodless victory. With remarkable
foresight, he devised the Anaconda Plan, which would relentlessly
squeeze the South by stages. When executed by @Grant@, Scott's strategy
won the war for the North and restored the Union.
Scott retired in November 1861, aged 75, and died in 1866.
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~hGrant,
Ulysses Simpson
(1822-85)~
~jUnion General~
Grant was a reluctant soldier, sent to West Point in 1839 against his own
wishes.
After an unsuccessful army career, Grant returned home to a string of
job failures, ending up as a clerk in the family business. When war broke out,
he offered his services to the Union, raising a volunteer unit in Illinois.
The regiment was sent south-west and at Belmont,
his first major battle, his badly disciplined troops failed him.
But, with increasingly larger forces, Grant went on to
victories at Forts Henry and Donelson.
Ultimately Grant became General-in-Chief of all Union Armies.
In a spirit of courteous chivalry, he allowed @Lee@ and his defeated army the
most generous of terms.
Grant's extraordinary military career was crowned by the
presidency. After serving two terms, from 1869 to 1876,
he retired and traveled around the world.
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~hBanks,
Nathaniel Prentiss
(1810-94)~
~jUnion General~
Banks was one of the few Democrats of note who supported @Lincoln@'s Republican government
at the beginning of the war. Consequently, he was given a generalship
as a political gesture.
It was an unfortunate appointment. A tactful, able politician, he
was unsuited to field command. Not lacking in courage, he
once won a back-handed compliment from @Jackson@: "He
is always ready to fight and generally gets whipped." Banks
returned to politics, serving his state long and well.
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~hBurnside,
Ambrose Everett
(1824-81)~
~jUnion General~
At the beginning of the Civil War he organized the Rhode
Island Infantry and served as a brigade commander at First Bull Run.
He became a Major General in
command of IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac. At @Antietam@ his determination to
follow orders proved a weakness. His repeated attacks across
Stone Bridge cost the Union valuable time and lives. Between September
1862 and early 1863 he was commander of the Army of
the Potomac.
After being relieved of senior command for a second time, a disillusioned
Burnside resigned his commission.
He went into politics, becoming three times Governor of Rhode
Island and a Senator.
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~hButler,
Benjamin Franklin
(1818-93)~
~jUnion General~
A Democratic politician from Massachusetts, Butler had backed the
States' Rights candidate against @Lincoln@ in the 1860 presidential
race. But within a week of war breaking out, he arrived in Washington
at the head of the 8th Massachusetts Regiment.
Like @Banks@, another political
General, Butler was a dismal failure in the field. He was finally relieved of his command
in 1864, after a string of failures. He returned to
politics as Congressman and Governor of Massachusetts.
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~hCanby,
Edward Richard Sprigg
(1817-73)~
~jUnion General~
A West Point graduate in 1839, Canby served as a
chief of staff in the Mexican War. He became commander of the Department of
New Mexico in May 1861, where he repulsed the attempted
Confederate invasion, winning the important battle
of Glorieta Pass / Apache Canyon, in 1862.
Canby was promoted and brought to Washington where
he became Assistant Adjutant General. In May 1864 he was promoted
and given command of the Military Division of West Mississippi.
Canby accepted the surrenders of Taylor and
Kirby Smith at the end of the war.
Canby continued his military career after the cessation of hostilities. In 1873 he was
killed by Indians during a peace mission at Siskiyou, Colorado.
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~hCuster,
George Armstrong
(1839-76)~
~jUnion General~
At the bottom of his class of 1861 at West Point, and
almost at the bottom in cavalry tactics, Custer nevertheless soon
joined @McClellan@'s staff. By June 1863, he had won a
reputation for courage and initiative, along with captain's rank in the
Regular Army.
His charge at @Gettysburg@ stopped the Confederate
cavalry's attempt to reach the Union rear and was an important contribution.
Custer completed the trap that closed
around @Lee@'s army at Appomattox.
After the war he returned to the Regular Army as Lieutenant
Colonel. In June
1876 he led his regiment, with typical impetuosity, against the Sioux and
Cheyenne at Little Big Horn. There, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
trapped and killed Custer and 186 of his men.
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~hFarragut,
David Glasgow
(1801-70)~
~jUnion Admiral~
David Farragut joined the navy as a boy in 1810, when only nine
years old. He served with his mentor, Captain David Porter, through
the war of 1812. By the age of 20 he was already an accomplished officer; by the
time Civil War broke out, four decades later, he was an immensely
experienced naval captain.
He became a rear admiral, and played
a key role in the Vicksburg campaign, running his fleet under cover
of night through the gauntlet of Vicksburg's guns. After the fall of
Vicksburg, he successfully took Mobile. A Vice-Admiralty followed.
After the war he became the United States' first Admiral, commanding
the European Squadron.
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~hHalleck,
Henry W.
(1815-75)~
~jUnion General~
Halleck graduated third in the class of 1839 at West Point. After a career
of fifteen years he resigned his commission to become a lawyer and writer.
1861 saw his return, when he became Major General in the US
Army in the Department of Missouri.
In July 1862 he became General-in-Chief in Washington, and ultimately became
the Chief-of-Staff. After the
war he commanded the Divisions of the Pacific and of the
South.
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~hHancock,
Winfield Scott
(1824-86)~
~jUnion General~
Hancock graduated from West Point in 1844 and
served with distinction in the Mexican War. At the outbreak of the
Civil War Captain Hancock was made
Brigadier General in the Volunteers.
He was eventually promoted
to the command of II Corps, with whom he fought at @Gettysburg@.
Hancock was wounded, and it was six months before he
resumed his duties.
In 1864, troubled by his old wound, he took sick leave,
and never returned to a field command.
After the war, his personal
popularity made him the choice as the Democratic candidate for the
presidency in 1880, when he was only narrowly beaten by Garfield.
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~hHooker,
Joseph
(1814-79)~
~jUnion General~
Hooker graduated from West Point in 1837. On
the outbreak of the Civil War he
was appointed Brigadier General in the Volunteers.
After Fredericksburg, Hooker publicly criticized his commander,
@Burnside@, who told the War Department that one of them had
to go. It was Burnside who went, with Hooker replacing him as
Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
He rebuilt the morale of the badly beaten
Army of the Potomac, restoring it as a fighting force.
After @Chancellorsville@, Hooker was relieved of his Army
command, but went on to fight successfully as a corps commander
under @Sherman@.
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~hMcClellan,
George Brinton
(1826-85)~
~jUnion General~
After graduating from West Point in 1846
McClellan served in the Mexican War.
He resigned from the army in 1857 and worked for several
railroad companies. At the beginning of the Civil War he was
commissioned a Major General of the Volunteers.
After the first @Bull Run@ McClellan was given
command the Army of the Potomac.
In the Peninsula Campaign, McClellan led the Army of the Potomac
against Richmond, and was relieved of command because of his excessive caution.
In the 1864 presidential election, McClellan ran against @Lincoln@
as the Democratic nominee, and, ironically, as a Peace Candidate.
McClellan later averred that had he been elected, he would have
continued the war. In any event, McClellan was beaten.
However, he continued in politics, serving as governor
of New Jersey.
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~hMcDowell,
Irvin
(1818-85)~
~jUnion General~
McDowell graduated from West Point in 1838 and
served as a staff officer in the Mexican War of 1846-48.
Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers at the beginning
of the Civil War, he took part in the disastrous First @Bull Run@.
Subsequently, he was left in command in Washington, before
joining @Pope@'s army as a corps commander.
In July 1864 he was sent away from the war zone to
administer the Department of the Pacific.
After the war he returned to the Regular Army and held
several important administrative posts. He was made Major General in
1872, retiring in 1882.
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~hMeade,
George Gordon
(1815-72)~
~jUnion General~
Meade graduated from West Point in 1835, and saw
service in the Mexican War. He
served in the Peninsula Campaign where he was twice wounded.
He went on to lead the Army of the Potomac
at @Gettysburg@. Although he failed to follow up his advantage after the battle,
he remained in command until the end of the war at Appomattox.
Meade remained in the postwar army, commanding various
military departments until he died in 1872, aged only 57, as a
result of his war wounds.
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~hPope,
John
(1822-92)~
~jUnion General~
Pope, a descendant of George Washington, graduated
from West Point in 1838, aged only 16 years.
He was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers in June 1861, despite never
having had any command experience. He made his reputation at
the capture of Island No. 10 on the Mississippi and was
offered a command in Virginia, which he refused
until @Lincoln@ insisted.
Failure at Second Bull Run led to his removal to Minnesota.
After the war he commanded a
number of military departments until retiring in 1886.
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~hReynolds,
John Fulton
(1820-63)~
~jUnion General~
Reynolds graduated from West Point in 1841, and by 1859
he was Commandant there.
He was made Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Army in 1861 and eventually
appointed to command I Corps in the Army of the Potomac.
He took part in the @Fredericksburg@ battle, and led his corps
under @Hooker@ when @Lee@ began his march towards
@Gettysburg@. He initially commanded
there, but was shot and killed early on the morning of the first day of
the battle.
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~hRosecrans,
William Starke
(1819-98)~
~jUnion General~
Rosecrans graduated from West Point in 1842.
He saw Civil War service early, at the battle of Rich Mountain where
he beat @Lee@. In 1862 he was given command of the Army of the Cumberland.
At @Chattanooga@ he was relieved by @Grant@ in October 1863.
Rosecrans then commanded the Department of the Mississippi until
December 1864, when he went on leave until the end of the
war. He resigned in 1867.
In 1868, he became minister to Mexico, and eventually served
as the Treasury Registrar in the House of Representatives.
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~hSheridan,
Phillip Henry
(1831-88)~
~jUnion General~
Sheridan graduated from West Point in 1853, joining
the infantry. He was
appointed colonel of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment in May 1862.
Sheridan went on to lead XX Corps at @Chickamauga@ in September
1863, and came under the command of @Grant@ during the attack on
Missionary Ridge in the battle of @Chattanooga@.
@Grant@, impressed, gave him command of the three cavalry
divisions of the Army of the Potomac, and he was present at @Lee@'s surrender.
After the war, he became General-in-Chief of the United
States Army in 1884.
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~hSherman,
William Tecumseh
(1820-91)~
~jUnion General~
Graduating from West Point near the top of
his class, Sherman served in the
Mexican War of 1846. He resigned
from the army in 1851, working as a banker in New York, and practicing
law.
Sherman volunteered for service and was made Brigadier General of
Volunteers, in August 1861. He was promoted to Regular Army
Major General in August 1864 and became Commander in the West
after @Grant@'s departure eastwards.
His campaign in the Carolinas
in early 1865 dealt the final knockout blow of the Civil War.
He succeeded @Grant@ as General-in-Chief in 1869,
holding the post until 1883.
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~hThomas,
George Henry
(1816-70)~
~jUnion General~
Thomas graduated from the US Military
Academy in 1840. He was promoted to Major in 1855.
In January 1862 he won the
important strategic victory of Mill Spring, in Kentucky. After
@Shiloh@ he was promoted again. He served at the siege of
Corinth, was with Buell at Perryville, and with @Rosecrans@ at
@Murfreesboro@.
Thomas was given command of the Army of the Cumberland after
@Bragg@ was sacked, leading it with great success from
@Chattanooga@ to Atlanta.
In January 1865 Thomas was promoted to Major General in the Regular
Army. He remained in command of the Department of Tennessee
until 1867, and then led the Department of the Pacific until his
sudden death in 1870.
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~hDavis,
Jefferson Finis
(1808-89)~
~jPresident of The Confederate States~
Graduating from West Point in 1828, Davis resigned
his commission and became, ten
years later, a member of the House of Representatives.
Against his wishes, he was the compromise selection for the Confederate
presidency in 1861. Criticized as "utterly wanting in magnanimity", he was also
reluctant to compromise or to delegate.
He oversaw the entire Confederate
war effort until the final defeat. After the war he was imprisoned
in Fort Monroe, and eventually returned to live out his
days on a donated estate in Mississippi. He died in December 1889,
his reputation fully restored among most Southerners.
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~hLee,
Robert Edward
(1807-1870)~
~jConfederate General~
He graduated second in the class of 1829 at
West Point, and was commissioned into the engineers.
During the Mexican War he served on Winfield @Scott@'s staff.
In 1861 Lee was offered command of the Union Armies, but
declined until Virginia's position became clearer. When it
seceded from the Union, Lee resigned from the US Army. He
became a full General in the Confederate Army soon afterwards.
In 1862 Lee took over the Army of
Northern Virginia, retaining this field command until the surrender at
Appomattox. He was given overall command of the Confederate
forces in February 1865, but too late to retrieve the situation.
After the war Lee took charge of a small college in Virginia. He
urged reconciliation with the North and the peaceful rebuilding
of the South.
By the time of his death he had surpassed "Stonewall"
@Jackson@ as the most beloved soldier of the Confederacy.
One of his fellow Virginians wrote after his death, "It is impossible
to speak of General Lee without seeming to deal in hyperbole."
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~hBeauregard,
Pierre Gustav Toutant
(1818-93)~
~jConfederate General~
Pierre Beauregard hailed from Louisiana and the West Point
class of 1838. He served on Winfield @Scott@'s staff and was
wounded twice.
At the start of the War, he was soon made Brigadier
General in the Confederate Army. He took command at the Battle
of First Bull Run and after this success he was
promoted to General.
In June 1862 he became ill, passed over his command to
@Bragg@ and went home to recover. He returned to command
the coastal defenses in the Carolinas and Georgia.
Beauregard's force was later absorbed into Lee's Army of Northern
Virginia, and he ended the war in the Carolinas, under Johnston.
After the war he was offered the command of the Romanian and the
Egyptian Armies. He declined both offers, and became president of a
railway company instead.
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~hBragg,
Braxton
(1817-76)~
~jConfederate General~
A West Point graduate of 1837, Bragg eventually resigned from the
army, and became a planter.
At the beginning of the war Bragg was commissioned Brigadier
General in the Confederate Army. Promoted in
September 1861, he took command of II Corps.
Bragg was then given command
of the Army of Tennessee in 1862. Following
@Chattanooga@, he was replaced by @Joe Johnston@
When @Lee@ became General-in-Chief, Bragg
was given divisional command in Tennessee.
After the war Bragg became the state of Alabama's chief engineer.
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~hEarly,
Jubal Anderson
(1816-94)~
~jConfederate General~
Graduating from West Point, Early eventually became a Virginian
lawyer.
He voted against secession in 1861, but when Virginia
left the Union, Early's loyalty followed. He accepted a colonel's
commission and took command of the 24th Virginia Infantry.
He was
promoted to Brigadier General after First Bull Run. In 1863
he was promoted to Major General and served under
@Lee@ in the Army of North Virginia until the end of the war.
After the war he went abroad, but then returned to his Virginia
law firm.
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~hForrest,
Nathan Bedford
(1821-77)~
~jConfederate General~
From humble beginnings, by the time of the war he was
a successful planter and slave trader. He enlisted in the army as a
private, but he quickly received
a commission.
Forrest was an example of the possibilities of promotion by
merit, regardless of previous military experience. He was successively
a Brigadier General, a Major General and ended the war a Lieutenant. General. By
all accounts he was considered the best cavalry commander on either side.
After the war he returned to planting and in 1868
he became "Grand Wizard" of the Ku Klux Klan.
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~hHardee,
William Joseph
(1815-73)~
~jConfederate General~
From West Point class of 1839, Hardee served in
the Mexican War.
Born in Georgia, he joined the Confederate army and became a
Major General a few months later.
He earned a reputation as one of
the South's best Generals. He was promoted to Lieutenant
General in October 1862 and offered command of the Army of
the Tennessee after @Bragg@ left. He declined.
He ended the war as a corps commander, and afterwards he
became a planter in Selma, Alabama.
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~hHill,
Ambrose Powell
(1825-65)~
~jConfederate General~
"A.P", as he was known to his contemporaries, graduated from
West Point in 1847 and served in the Mexican Wars. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he accepted command of a Virginia Infantry Regiment.
In May 1862 he was promoted to Major General serving under "Stonewall"
@Jackson@.
After successes at Antietam and Chancellorsville,
Hill took command of III Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was killed
at Petersburg just before the end of the war.
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~hHood,
John Bell
(1831-79)~
~jConfederate General~
Hood was a member of West Point class of
1853, and he served in Texas until the start of the Civil War.
He then resigned his commission, and rose through Confederate ranks to become
a divisional commander in the Army of Northern Virginia.
He was badly wounded at @Gettysburg@ and again at @Chickamauga@. He recovered
and eventually took charge of the Army of Tennessee. He suffered major defeats
at Franklin and Nashville, and many believed that he had been over-promoted.
Hood died during a yellow fever epidemic in 1879.
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~hJackson,
Thomas Johnathan
(1824-63)~
~jConfederate General~
Born in Virginia, Jackson graduated from West Point
in 1846. After heroic service in the
Mexican War, he became a Professor of Artillery and Natural
Philosophy.
When the war began he was given
command at Harper's Ferry. In June 1861 he was promoted to
Brigadier General. At First @Bull Run@ he and his brigade earned
the epithet "Stonewall" for their courageous stand.
He became Major General in 1861, and helped to drive all
Union troops out of the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson defeated Pope
soundly at second Bull Run, capturing many supplies and driving
@Pope@'s army back into the Washington defenses.
The evening after a brilliant victory at
@Chancellorsville@, while scouting between the lines, he
was accidentally shot by one of his own sentries. His arm
had to be amputated and he died when pneumonia set in.
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~hJohnston,
Albert Sidney
(1803-62)~
~jConfederate General~
A.S. Johnston graduated from West Point in 1826. After a long military career,
he commanded the Department of the Pacific until
Civil War broke out.
He was immediately commissioned a full General and
given command of all troops west of the Alleghenies. He attacked
@Grant@ at @Shiloh@. There, he was hit
in the leg by a bullet and bled to death.
@Grant@ judged him harshly, as being "vacillating and undecided
in his actions". But Jefferson @Davis@ considered him to be among
the best soldiers of the war.
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~hJohnston,
Joseph Eggleston
(1807-91)~
~jConfederate General~
A West Point graduate in 1829, Johnston saw service in the Mexican Wars.
In 1861 he became a confederate Brigadier General. He
reached the First @Bull Run@ battlefield in time to secure victory.
He was promoted to Major General, and commanded in the Peninsula in 1862
against @McClellan@,
until he was wounded at the Seven Pines battle. He was then given command of
the Army of the Tennessee when
@Bragg@ was sacked.
Eventually he was replaced by Hood, and he saw no more action until
the last few months of the war.
Two weeks after @Lee@ had surrendered at Appomattox Johnston
brought the remnants of his army into
Goldsboro, North Carolina, to surrender to @Sherman@.
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~hKirby Smith,
Edmund
(1824-93)~
~jConfederate General~
A West Point graduate of 1845, Kirby Smith
served in the Mexican War. He took his
commission as a Confederate brigadier in June 1861.
He led his men at First @Bull Run@, where he was badly wounded.
In October 1862 he was given command of all forces west of the Mississippi.
In January 1863 he was ordered to Richmond and eventually was placed in command
of Texas, Louisiana. and Arkansas. In
June 1865, he surrendered the last military force of the Confederacy.
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~hLongstreet,
James
(1821-1904)~
~jConfederate General~
A graduate of West Point in 1842,
he was given a field command as Brigadier General in June 1861.
Noteworthy service at First @Bull Run@ and further battles
led to his appointment as Lieutenant General in 1862.
He was always criticized for acting slowly at @Gettysburg@, after which he
served under @Bragg@ at @Chickamauga@. He was with @Lee@ at Appomattox.
He died in 1904.
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~hMorgan,
John Hunt
(1825-64)~
~jConfederate General~
Morgan served in the Mexican War as a cavalry lieutenant. At
the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army.
After @Shiloh@ he was made colonel, and given his own
regiment. In July 1862 he made the first of his famous cavalry raids,
and in December 1862 he defeated
the Union garrison at Hartsville, Tennessee.
In July 1863 he entered Kentucky with 2,500 men and succeeded
in capturing Bardstown and Brandenburg. However, at
Buffington Island near Portland Morgan lost about 600 men, with
a similar number forced to surrender.
Morgan was eventually imprisoned,
but escaped in November 1863. In the spring of 1864 he was put
in virtual command of the whole of south-western Virginia.
In September 1864 he died after being shot in a garden at Greenville,
Tennessee. Apparently, he was betrayed to the Union.
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~hPickett,
George Edward
(1825-1875)~
~jConfederate General~
A native of Virginia, Pickett graduated at the bottom of his class
at West Point in 1846. Joining the infantry, he saw service in
the Mexican War.
Pickett did not resign his Union rank until June 1861, but
when he did he was made a colonel in the Confederate army.
In February 1862 he was promoted to Brigadier General, and fought in the
Peninsula war.
He was promoted to Major General in October 1862, and
commanded a division at the battle of @Fredericksburg@
in December 1862.
It was Pickett's force which lost at the battle of Five Forks, with the subsequent loss of
Richmond and @Lee@'s surrender at Appomattox.
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~hPemberton,
John Clifford
(1814-81)~
~jConfederate General~
Pemberton graduated from West Point in 1837 and had distinguished service
in the Mexican War.
At the outbreak of war he resigned, becoming
a Confederate Brigadier General and then Lieutenant General in 1862.
He was given command of the Department of Mississippi
and East Louisiana, and was ordered to hold Vicksburg by President Davis. He surrendered
on July 4, 1863.
Taken prisoner, he was later exchanged for a captive Union officer.
Since convention required no further "active" role on the part of
exchanged prisoners, Pemberton resigned his commission.
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~hPolk,
Leonidas
(1806-64)~
~jConfederate General~
Six months after graduating from the US Military Academy, Polk
resigned from the army to train for the ministry. He was consecrated
Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana in 1841. At the outbreak of war,
he accepted a commission in the Confederate Army.
He was given the very high rank of
Major General and sent to Kentucky, where he fortified Columbus
and held off @Grant@'s reconnaissance in strength at Belmont
in November 1861.
In 1862 "Bishop" Polk was given a field command, and in April
he was at @Shiloh@ as a corps commander under A.S.
@Johnston@, and then @Beauregard@. In October 1862, Polk
was promoted to Lieutenant General, commanding a corps in
@Bragg@'s Army of the Tennessee.
Polk was killed on June 4th 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign,
while reconnoitering near Marietta.
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~hSibley,
Henry Hopkins
(1816-86)~
~jConfederate General~
A West Point graduate of 1838, Sibley took
part in the Mexican Wars.
Commissioned a Major in May 1861, he
resigned and travelled south to seek a Confederate commission.
He planned to drive a force through New Mexico all the way
up to San Francisco, and persuaded Jefferson Davis that his scheme was worthwhile.
He never reached further than Santa Fe.
Later in the war, he was court-martialled for a command failure.
He never again held a command.
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~hStuart,
James Ewell Brown
(1833-64)~
~jConfederate General~
J.E.B. Stuart graduated from West Point in
1854. By 1862 he was a Major
General, commanding a corps-sized force in the Confederate Army.
The inexperience of the Union cavalry at the start of the war possibly
exaggerated his own performances. At Brandy Station he suffered much sterner opposition.
And at Gettysburg his naive tactics helped to contribute to the defeat of the Confederate army.
He was ultimately killed in battle against
@Sheridan@'s cavalry at Yellow Tavern.
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~hTaylor,
Richard
(1826-79)~
~jConfederate General~
Graduating from Yale University
in 1845, Richard Taylor became a
state senator.
In spite of no command experience, he made an impression at First Bull Run
and became a Major General in 1862, serving in Louisiana.
There Taylor repulsed @Banks@ and was
promoted to Lieutenant General. Later in the war he continued the fight in the
South while all around the Confederacy was falling apart.
On May 4th 1865, four weeks after the surrender at
