On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic ... National Museum of American History Pin made of William T. Sherman uniform buttons National Museum of American History ...

At the outbreak of the Civil War, McClellan was sought by several northern states to lead their militia. An opponent of federal interference with slavery and a favorite of Confederate President ...

George McClellan ... Episcopal priest William Pendleton, who had been in the United States Army before going to seminary. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, and became Lee ...

“Had it not been for William Tecumseh Sherman, it is conceivable that the North would not have won the Civil War and that the Union would not have been preserved,” said Adam ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil ... War successes, a bloody draw at Antietam, and selection as general of all Union armies, succeeding his friend George ...