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Special Orders, No. 20 (Army of the Potomac)
January 20, 1863 On January 20, 1863, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside issued Special Orders, No. 20, (AOP) confirming the appointment of Major General Franz Sigel as commander of the Grand Reserve Division of the Army of the Potomac. Special Orders, No. 20 Headquarters Army of the Potomac. Camp near Falmouth, Va., January 20, 1863…
Special Orders, No. 249 (Headquarters of the Army)
June 3, 1863 On June 3, 1863, the Department of the Army issued Special Orders, No. 249 replacing Major General David Hunter with Brigadier General Quincy A. Gillmore as commander of the Department of the South. Special Orders, No. 249 Hdqrs. Of the Army, Adjt. General's Office Washington, June 3, 1863 V. By direction of…
Stand Watie
December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871 The only American Indian to achieve the rank of general on either side during the American Civil War, Stand Watie was also the last Confederate general to lay down his sword. Stand Watie was born on December 12, 1806 in Oothcaloga, Cherokee Nation (modern-day Gordon County, Georgia). Watie's…
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
November 29, 1815 – March 27, 1882 Stephen A. Hurlbut was a political general who had a checkered career serving in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Stephen Augustus Hurlbut was born in Charleston, South Carolina, November 29, 1815. He was the third of four children born to Martin Luther Hurlbut and Lydia…
Sterling Price
September 20, 1809 – September 29, 1867 Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Sterling Price was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia on September 20, 1809. He was the third son and the fourth of five children…
Stonewall Brigade
June 1861–May 1864 Populated by recruits from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, and originally commanded by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, the Stonewall Brigade participated in nearly every major campaign in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The history of the storied Stonewall Brigade begins with its legendary first commander, Thomas J. Jackson. In 1851, First…
Susan B. Anthony
February 15, 1820–March 13, 1906 Susan B. Anthony is frequently recognized as the most influential leader in the struggle for women's suffrage in America. Acclaimed suffragist Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was the second oldest of Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony's eight children. Anthony was raised in…
Thaddeus Stevens
April 4, 1792–August 11, 1868 One of the more powerful Congressional Representatives in U.S. history, Thaddeus Stevens was a dominant member of the Radical Republicans who crafted Congressional Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War. Thaddeus Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont, on April 4, 1792. He was the second of four sons of Joshua…
Thomas Corwin
July 29, 1794 – December 18, 1865 Long-time Ohio politician Thomas Corwin sponsored the Corwin Amendment in the U.S, House of Representatives in 1861 as an eleventh-hour attempt to avert the American Civil War. Thomas Corwin was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky on July 29, 1794. He was one of six children of Matthias and…
Thomas Ewing Jr.
August 7, 1829 – January 21, 1896 Thomas Ewing, Jr., was a prominent Ohio lawyer and politician who served as a Union general in the West during the American Civil War. He was a United States Congressman after the war. Thomas Ewing, Jr. was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 7, 1829. He was the…