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Brigadier General Thomas M. Anderson

Anderson, Thomas MacArthur

Ohioan Thomas MacArthur Anderson rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War and remained in the regular army after the conflict, retiring as a brigadier general in January 1900. His father, William Marshall Anderson, was a Copperhead, while one of his uncles, Robert Anderson, was the Union commander at the Battle of Fort Sumter, the first engagement of the Civil War. Continue Reading »

James Longstreet

Longstreet, James

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John Potts Slough

Slough, John Potts - Portrait

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Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton

Stanton, Edwin McMasters

During the American Civil War, Ohioan Edwin McMasters Stanton served as President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War from 1862 and 1865. He remained in this same position from 1865 to 1868 during President Andrew Johnson's administration. Continue Reading »

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