Oliver Otis Howard
November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909 Major General Oliver O. Howard, a Medal of Honor recipient, commanded Union troops in both the Eastern … Read more
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel
July 28, 1809 – October 30, 1862 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was a world-renowned astronomer and a Union major general during the American Civil War … Read more
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
March 16 or March 17, 1828 – November 30, 1864 Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was one of the Confederacy's leading general officers in … Read more
Philip Kearny
June 2, 1815 – September 1, 1862 Philip Kearny was a prominent Union general who was killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly … Read more
President Tyler’s Executive Order Appointing Winfield Scott as General of the Army
July 5, 1841 On July 5, 1841 U.S. President John Tyler issued an executive order appointing Major General Winfield Scott as General of the … Read more
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
March 1, 1842 In 1842, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the preeminence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 when it declared a … Read more
Quantrill’s Raiders
1861–1865 Quantrill's Raiders was a band of Confederate irregulars that employed guerrilla tactics to ambush Union army patrols and terrorize Northern sympathizers, primarily in … Read more
Richard Brooke Garnett
November 21, 1817 – July 3, 1863 In the American Civil War, Confederate Brigadier-General Richard B. Garnett was mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge at … Read more
Richard Kidder Meade
July 21, 1829 – March 18, 1920 A lieutenant in the Union army and later a major in the Confederate army, Richard K. Meade … Read more
Richard Stoddert Ewell
February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872 Richard Stoddert Ewell was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War who has been tarnished … Read more