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Erasmus Darwin Keyes
May 29, 1810 – October 14, 1895 A prominent Union general officer, Erasmus D. Keyes was one of the original five corps commanders of the Army of the Potomac. Erasmus Darwin Keyes was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts on May 29, 1810. He was one of three children of Justus Keyes and Betsy Corey. The elder…
Erastus Bernard Tyler
April 24, 1822–January 9, 1891 Brigadier General Erastus B. Tyler was a Union officer who participated in many of the major battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Erastus Bernard Tyler was born in West Bloomfield, New York on April 24, 1822. He was the son of Asahel Tyler and Maria Bernard…
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer
May 19, 1812 – January 19, 1862 Tennessee-native Felix Kirk Zollicoffer was a newspaperman, congressman, and Confederate general who was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs during the American Civil War. Born on May 19, 1812, Felix Kirk Zollicoffer was the son of John Jacob and Martha (Kirk) Zollicoffer. He was born on his…
Fighting McCooks
During the American Civil War many family members fought alongside one another, and it is believed that at least fifteen members of the McCook family of Ohio fought in the war. Daniel McCook, eight of his sons, his brother John McCook, and his five sons fought for the Union. During the American Civil War many…
Fitz John Porter
August 31, 1822 – May 21, 1901 Fitz John Porter was a corps commander with the Union Army, whose career was ruined by court martial proceedings over his performance at the Battle of Bull Run II. Fitz John Porter was born on August 31, 1832, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was the son of Captain…
Fitzhugh Lee
November 19, 1835–April 28, 1905 A nephew of Robert E. Lee and a Confederate major general, Fitzhugh Lee served one term as governor of Virginia before commanding U.S. troops as a brigadier general during the Spanish-American War. Fitzhugh Lee was born on his family's plantation, Clermont, in Fairfax County, Virginia, on November 19, 1835. He…
Francis Jay Herron
February 17, 1837 – January 8, 1902 Major General Francis J. Herron was a prominent Union officer who served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and commanded the Army of the Frontier in 1863. Francis Jay Herron was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1837. He was the third child of…
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875 U.S. Senator and Congressman from Missouri, Frank P. Blair was one of President Abraham Lincoln's more successful political generals, rising to command the 15th and 17th Army Corps during most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (more commonly…
Franz Sigel
November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902 During the American Civil War, Franz Sigel, one of President Abraham Lincoln's "political generals," achieved the rank of major general in the volunteer army and served as a corps commander with the Army of the Potomac. Franz Sigel was born in the town of Sinsheim, in the duchy…
Frederick Douglass
February 1818–February 20, 1895 After escaping from bondage on September 3, 1838, Frederick Douglass became a highly-acclaimed orator and writer supporting the abolition of slavery before the Civil War and the enactment of African American rights during Reconstruction. Acclaimed abolitionist and women's rights supporter Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, near…