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Edward Otho Cresap Ord
October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883 A career United States Army officer, Edward O.C. Ord played major leadership roles in both theaters of the American Civil War and as commander of the Department of the Ohio at the conclusion of hostilities. Edward Otho Cresap Ord was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on October 18, 1818.…
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873 A career United States Army officer, Major General Edward Canby commanded the victorious Union troops during the Battle of Fort Blakely, which is often cited as the last major infantry engagement east of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was born in…
Edwin Vose Sumner
January 30, 1797 – March 21, 1863 A prominent Union general officer, Edwin V. Sumner was the first new general to be appointed in the United States Army after the beginning of the American Civil War. Edwin Vose Sumner was born on January 30, 1797 at Boston, Massachusetts. He was one of seven children born…
Ely Samuel Parker
1828 – August 31, 1895 Ely Samuel Parker was General Ulysses S. Grant’s personal secretary for the last years of the American Civil War. He also served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs during Grant’s presidency. Just over thirty years before polarization between North and South reached its climax with the outbreak of the American Civil…
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…
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 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…