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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…
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…
Jefferson Finis Davis
June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889 A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Mexican-American War veteran, U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in Christian County, Kentucky (now part of Todd…
John Alexander Logan
February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886 Often referred to as "Black Jack" by his men, Major General John A. Logan rose from a volunteer with the Illinois Infantry in 1861, to command the Union Army of the Tennessee by the end of the American Civil War. John Alexander Logan was born February 6, 1826,…
John Alexander McClernand
May 30, 1812–September 20, 1900 John A. McClernand was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Union general who Ulysses S. Grant relieved as commander of the Army of Tennessee prior to the surrender of Vicksburg. John A. McClernand was born on May 30, 1812 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. He and his family moved to Shawneetown,…
John Bell Hood
1831-1879 John Bell Hood was a prominent Confederate general who was known for his battlefield bravery during the American Civil War. During 1864, Hood’s army attempted to stop Ohioan and Union General William T. Sherman’s capture of Atlanta, Georgia. Hood was born on June 1 or June 29, 1831, at Owingsville, Kentucky. Hood’s parents were…
John Buchanan Floyd
June 1, 1806 – August 26, 1863 A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier-General John B. Floyd is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers. John Buchanan Floyd was born on his family's plantation Montgomery County, near Blacksburg, Virginia, on…
John Cabell Breckinridge
January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875 U.S. Vice-president John C. Breckinridge was an American political leader who represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and Senate before serving as a general officer in the Confederate Army and as the fifth, and final, Confederate Secretary of War. John Cabell Breckinridge was born on January 16, 1821,…