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Gideon J. Pillow
June 8, 1806 – October 8, 1878 A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier-General Gideon J. Pillow is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers. Gideon J. Pillow was born in Williamson County, Tennessee on June 10, 1806. He was…
Gordon Granger
November 6, 1821 – January 10, 1876 A career United States Army officer, Major General Gordon Granger held numerous commands and participated in many engagements in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Gordon Granger was born in Joy, in Wayne County, New York, on November 6, 1822. He was the only son and…
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
January 8, 1830 – August 8, 1882 Major General Gouverneur K. Warren was a prominent Union officer, who led the 5th Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, until Major General Philip Sheridan relieved him of his command following the Battle of Five Forks in 1865. Gouverneur Kemble Warren was born on January 8,…
Henry Christopher McCook
July 3, 1837 – October 31, 1911 Henry Christopher McCook was a member of the “Fighting McCooks,” fifteen family members who served the Union during the American Civil War. Henry Christopher McCook was born on July 3, 1837 in New Lisbon, Ohio. He was the third son of John James McCook and Catherine Sheldon McCook.…
Henry Warner Slocum
September 24, 1827 – April 14, 1894 One of the youngest major generals and corps commanders in the American Civil War, Henry Slocum led Union troops in many key battles of the Eastern and Western Theaters. Henry Warner Slocum was born on September 24, 1827 in Delphi Falls, New York, approximately twenty-five miles southeast of…
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
March 6, 1820 – July 2, 1899 A prominent general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Horatio Wright served briefly as commander of the Department of the Ohio from August 19, 1862 to March 12, 1863. Horatio Gouverneur Wright was born on March 6, 1820, at Clinton, Connecticut. He was the…
Hugh Boyle Ewing
October 31, 1826 – June 30, 1905 Hugh Boyle Ewing was a lawyer, writer, ambassador and soldier, who served the Union army as a general officer in the Eastern and Western theaters during the American Civil War. Hugh Boyle Ewing was born in Lancaster, Ohio on October 31, 1826. He was the fourth child and…
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
January 14, 1836 – December 4, 1881 A prominent Union cavalry officer, Major General Judson Kilpatrick served extensively in the eastern and western theaters of the Civil War. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was born on his family farm in Wantage Township, near Deckertown, New Jersey on January 14, 1836. He was the fourth child of Colonel…
Jacob Dolson Cox
October 27, 1828 – August 4, 1900 Jacob Cox was a nineteenth century American political and military leader who served as a brigadier general in the U.S. volunteer army during the American Civil War. Jacob Cox was born in Montreal, Canada, on January 8, 1866. Although his family lived in New York, Cox's father was…
James Abram Garfield
November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881 James Abram Garfield was an American political and military leader who rose to the rank of major general in the Union army during the American Civil War, and who served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator before being elected as the 20th President of the United States in 1880. James…