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ABBOT, HOWARD S. (1843-?) Union Lieutenant – 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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ABBOTT & COSTELLO American Comedy Duo

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ABBOTT, AMOS (1786-1868) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1843-49; A Founder of the Boston & Portland Railway

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ABBOTT, CHARLES, BARON TENTERDEN (1762-1832) Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench – 1818-32

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ABBOTT, JOSEPH C. (1825-81) Brevetted Union Brigadier General for the Capture of Fort Fisher; Union Colonel – 7th New Hampshire Infantry

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ABBOTT, LYMAN J. (1835-1922) American Congregationalist Theologian, Editor, and Author

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ABBOTT, RHODA MARY (1873-1946) Only surviving female passenger who went down with the RMS Titanic

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ABEL, ORAMEL H. (1834-1904) Union Lieutenant - 114th Illinois Infantry; City Clerk of Springfield, Illinois

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ABERCROMBIE, JOHN JOSEPH (1798-1877) Union Brigadier General

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ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES (1881-1938) English Poet & Critic

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ABERCROMBY, RALPH (1734-1801) Lieutenant General in the British Army, served in the Seven Years’ War and the French Revolutionary Wars; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Alexandria, died March 28, 1801; Governor of Trinidad – 1797

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ABERNETHY, JOHN (1764-1831) English Surgeon

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ACOSTA, JOSEPH (José) de (1539 or 1540-1600) Spanish Jesuit Missionary & Naturalist in Latin America

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ADAMS, ABIGAIL (1744-1818) U.S. First Lady – 1797-1801; Wife of U.S. President John Adams

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ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, III (1866-1954) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1929-33; Grandson of John Quincy Adams; Great-Grandson of John Adams

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ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, JR. (1835-1915) American Author & Historian; Union Brevet Brigadier General & Colonel – 5th Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War

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Son of Charles Francis Adams; Grandson of John Quincy Adams; Great-Grandson of John Adams

ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, SR. (1807-86) American Author & Diplomat; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1859-61; Appointed U.S. Minister to England by President Lincoln – 1861-68; Son of President John Quincy Adams; Grandson of President John Adams

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ADAMS, CHARLES HENRY (1824-1902) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-77; First Mayor of Cohoes, New York – 1870-72

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ADAMS, DANIEL WEISIGER (1821-72) Confederate Brigadier General

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ADAMS, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1801-29) American Attorney & Politician; Eldest Son of President John Quincy Adams

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ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826) Second U.S. President – 1797-1801; U.S. Vice President – 1789-97; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Continental Congress – 1774-78

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ADAMS, JOHN (1825-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee – November 30, 1864

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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848) Sixth U.S. President - 1825-29; U.S. Secretary of State 1817-25; U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1803-08; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1831-48

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ADAMS, LLEWELYN SHERMAN (1899-1986) White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower – 1953-58; Governor of New Hampshire – 1949-53; U.S. Representative – New Hampshire – 1945-47

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ADAMS, LOUISA CATHERINE (1775-1852) U.S. First Lady – 1825-29; Wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams

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ADAMS, ROBERT NEWTON (1835-1914) Union Brevet Brigadier General – 81st Ohio Infantry

# adamsrobertnewton

ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803) American Statesman & Founding Father; Governor of Massachusetts - 1794-97

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ADAMS, STEPHEN (1807-57) U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1852-57

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ADAMS, WILLIAM HERBERT (1861-1954) Governor of Colorado – 1927-33

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ADAMS, WILLIAM WIRT (1819-88) Confederate Brigadier General

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ADANSON, MICHEL (1727-1806) French Botanist & Naturalist

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ADDAMS, JANE (1860-1935) American Social Reformer & Feminist; Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize - 1931

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ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719) English Essayist & Politician

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ADE, GEORGE (1866-1944) American Writer & Newspaper Columnist

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ADELAIDE (1792-1849) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – 1830-37; Wife of King William IV

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ADENAUER, KONRAD (1876-1967) German Statesman; First Chancellor of West Germany – 1949-63

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ADLER, ALFRED W. (1870-1937) Austrian Medical Doctor and Psychotherapist

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ADLER, LARRY (1914-2001) American Musician

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ADOLPHUS, GUSTAVUS (1594-1632) King of Sweden - 1611-32

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ADRIAN VI (1459-1523) Dutch-Born Pope - 1522-23

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AFFRE, DENYS AUGUSTE (1793-1848) Archbishop of Paris – 1840-48

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AGASSIZ, JEAN LOUIS (1807-73) Swiss-Born Biologist & Geologist

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AGNUS, FELIX (1839-1925) French-born Sculptor, Newspaper Publisher, and Soldier; Union Brevet Brigadier General of the American Civil War

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AGUESSEAU, HENRI FRANCOIS D’ (1668-1751) Chancellor of France, three times from 1717-50

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AIKEN, DAVID WYATT (1828-87) Confederate Army Officer during the American Civil War; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1877-87

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AKIN, WARREN, SR. (1811-77) Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65

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ALBERT (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom & Husband of Queen Victoria – 1840-61

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ALBERT OF BRANDENBURG (1490-1545) German Cardinal & Elector; Archbishop of Mainz – 1514-45; Archbishop of Magdeburg – 1513-45

# albertofbrandenburg

ALBRIGHT, FONTAINE E. (1845-?) Prominent Attorney in Cairo & Murphysboro, Illinois

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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-88) American Novelist & Poet

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ALDEN, ALONZO (1834-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY (1836-1907) American Author & Editor

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ALEMBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE le ROND d’ (1717-83) French Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, and Music Theorist

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ALEXANDER I (1777-1825) Emperor of Russia – 1801-25

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ALEXANDER II (1818-81) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland – 1855-81; Emancipated the Serfs in 1861; Sold Alaska to the United States in 1867; Assassinated in St. Petersburg on March 13, 1881

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ALEXANDER III (circa 1100-1181) Italian-Born Pope – 1159-81

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ALEXANDER IV (circa 1185 or 1199-1261) Italian-born Pope – 1254-61

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ALEXANDER VI (1431-1503) Spanish-born Pope – 1492-1503

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ALEXANDER, ANDREW JONATHAN (1833-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Captain – 3rd U.S. Cavalry; Brevetted for Gallantry at the Cavalry Engagements at Ebenezer Church, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia

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ALEXANDER, BARTON S. (1819-78) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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ALEXANDER, EDWARD PORTER (1835-1910) Confederate Brigadier General

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ALEXANDER, JEDIAH FRANKLIN (1827-?) Officer in the St. Louis & Southeastern Railway; Resident of Greenville, Illinois

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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, LORD STIRLING (1726-83) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army

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ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK (1844-1925) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom - 1901-10; Wife of Edward VII

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ALFIERI, VITTORIO (1749-1803) Italian Dramatist & Poet

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ALGER, HORATIO, JR. (1832-99) American Writer

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ALGER, RUSSELL ALEXANDER (1836-1907) Union Officer of Michigan Cavalry in the American Civil War; Union Brevet Major General; U.S. Secretary of War – 1897-99; Governor of Michigan – 1885-87; U.S. Senator – Michigan – 1902-07

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ALLEN, ETHAN (1737-89) American Revolutionary War – Colonel in the Continental Army & Major General of Vermont Militia

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ALLEN, HENRY WATKINS (1820-66) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Governor of Louisiana – 1864-65

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ALLEN, IRA (1751-1814) A Founder of the State of Vermont; Leader of the Green Mountain Boys; Younger brother of Ethan Allen

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ALLEN, IRA WILDER (1827-?) Prominent Educator in Chicago, Illinois

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ALLEN, JONATHAN ADAMS (1825-?) Prominent Physician & Educator in Chicago, Illinois; Official Surgeon-in-Chief of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company

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ALLEN, ROBERT (1811-86) Union Brigadier General

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ALLEN, WILLIAM WIRT (1835-94) Confederate Major General - Alabama

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ALLEN, WILLIS (1806-59) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1851-55

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ALLENBY, EDMUND H.H. (1861-1936) British Field Marshal

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ALLISON, ABRAHAM K. (1814-93) Confederate State Senator – Florida - 1862-64; Captain of the Franklin Rifles during the Seminole War; U.S. Representative – Florida - 1845, 1847, and 1852; Governor of Confederate Florida - 1865

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ALLISON, WILLIAM BOYD (1829-1908) U.S. Senator – Iowa - 1873-1908; U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1863-71

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ALLSTON, BENJAMIN (1833-1900) Confederate Colonel – South Carolina

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ALLYN, ROBERT (1817-94) President of the Southern Illinois Normal University in Carbondale, Illinois

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ALTMAN, BENJAMIN (1840-1913) New York City Department Store Owner & Art Collector

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ALVORD, BENJAMIN (1813-84) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

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AMBLER, JACOB A. (1829-1906) U.S. Congressman - Ohio - 1869-73

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AMBOISE, GEORGES d' (1460-1510) French Roman Catholic Cardinal & Minister of State

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AMDAHL, BJARNE F. (1903-68) Norwegian Pianist, Composer, and Orchestra Conductor

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AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

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AMES, ADELBERT (1835-1933) Union Brigadier General – Maine; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1870-74; Governor of Mississippi – 1868-70 & 1874-76

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AMES, MARY CLEMMER/MRS. EDMUND HUDSON (1839-84) American Author & Journalist – Known for Her “Woman’s Letter from Washington”

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AMES, MINER THOMAS (1839-90) Prominent Businessman in Chicago, Illinois; Buried in Graceland Cemetery

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AMHERST, JEFFERY (1717-97) British Army Field Marshal; Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in North America – 1758-63 - during the Seven Years' War

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AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 1ST EARL AMHERST (1773-1857) British Diplomat; Governor-General of India – 1823-28

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AMMEN, DANIEL (1820-98) U.S. Rear Admiral; Union Naval Officer

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AMMEN, JACOB (1806-94) Union Brigadier General

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AMPERE, ANDRE-MARIE (1775-1836) French Physicist, founded and named the science of Electrodynamics

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AMYOT, JACQUES (1513-93), French Renaissance Writer & Translator

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ANCONA, SYDENHAM ELNATHAN (1824-1913) U.S. Representative - Pennsylvania – 1861-67

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ANCRUM, JOHN LAWRENCE (1839-1900) Confederate Navy Surgeon

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ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN (1805-75) Danish Author

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ANDERSON, GEORGE BURGWYN (1831-62) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg

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ANDERSON, GEORGE THOMAS “TIGE” (1824-1901) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

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ANDERSON, JAMES PATTON (1822-72) Confederate Major General - Florida

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ANDERSON, JOSEPH H. (1800-70) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-47

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ANDERSON, JOSEPH REID (1813-92) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Superintendent of the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia

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ANDERSON, JOSIAH McNAIR (1807-61) Pro-Secession U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1849-51; Murdered near Whitwell, Tennessee - November 8, 1861; Colonel of Tennessee Militia

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ANDERSON, MARIAN (1897-1993) African-American Contralto

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ANDERSON, RICHARD CLOUGH, SR. (1750–1826) American Revolutionary War – Lieutenant Colonel in the Virginia Militia; Father of Robert Anderson, Union commander at Fort Sumter during the opening engagement of the Civil War

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ANDERSON, RICHARD HERON (1821-79) Confederate Lieutenant General - South Carolina

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ANDERSON, ROBERT (1805-71) Union Brigadier General – Kentucky; Defender of Fort Sumter in the opening engagement of the American Civil War

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ANDERSON, ROBERT HOUSTON (1835-88) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

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ANDERSON, SAMUEL READ (1804-83) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Postmaster of Nashville, Tennessee – 1853-61

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM BLACK (1830-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 60th Illinois Infantry; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1871-75

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ANDERSON, WILLIAM EDWARD (1833-1908) Confederate General of Florida Militia

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ANDRE, JOHN (1750- 80) American Revolutionary War, Major in the British Army; Hanged as a spy by the Continental Army for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British

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ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-67) Governor of Massachusetts – 1861-66, instrumental in enlisting some of the first units of Colored Troops for the Union, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

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ANDREWS, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1829-1922) Union Brigadier General

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ANDREWS, ELIZA FRANCES (1840-1931) American Educator & Writer; Author of “Wartime Journal of a Georgia Girl: 1864-65”

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ANDREWS, GEORGE LEONARD (1828-99) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts

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ANDREWS, GEORGE LIPPITT (1828-1920) U.S. Army Officer – Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel & Colonel in the 17th U.S. Infantry for gallantry at the Battles of Second Bull Run and Chancellorsville

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ANGERSTEIN, JOHN JULIUS (1735-1823) English Businessman & Art Collector

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ANNE (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland – 1702-07; Queen of Great Britain – 1707-14

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ANNE OF FRANCE (1461-1522) French Princess, eldest daughter of King Louis XI; Served as Queen Regent – 1483-91 - during the minority of her brother, Charles VIII

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ANTHONY, HENRY B. (1815-84) U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1859-84; Governor of Rhode Island – 1849-51

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ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906) American Social Reformer

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ANTIETAM PAROLE

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ANTIN, DUKE OF, Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1664-1736) French Nobleman

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ANTOINETTE, MARIE (1755-93) Queen of France – 1774-92; Executed by guillotine in Paris on October 16, 1793

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ANVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON d’ (1697-1782) French Geographer and Cartographer

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APPLETON, JOHN (1815-64) U.S. Congressman – Maine – 1853-55; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State – 1857-60

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APPLETON, WILLIAM (1786-1862) Civil War U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts - 1861

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ARBOS, ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ (1863-1939) Spanish Violinist, Composer, and Conductor

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ARBUTHNOT, MARIOT (1711-94) British Admiral during the American Revolutionary War

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ARCHBOLD, JOHN D. (1848-1916) American Financier; Co-founder of Standard Oil Company

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ARCHER, JAMES JAY (1817-64) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

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ARCHER, WILLIAM (1856-1924) Scottish Writer & Theatre Critic

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ARISTA, MARIANO (1802-55) Mexican Army Commander during the Mexican-American War – 1846-48; President of Mexico – 1851-53

# aristamariano

ARKWRIGHT, RICHARD (1732-92) English Inventor

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ARLISS, GEORGE (1868-1946) English Actor, Author, Playwright, and Filmmaker, the first British actor to win an Academy Award

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ARMISTEAD, LEWIS ADDISON (1817-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

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ARMSTRONG, FRANK CRAWFORD (1835-1909) Confederate Brigadier General – Indian Territory; U.S. Indian Inspector – 1885-89; Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs – 1893-95

# armstrongfrankcrawford

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS (1901-71) American Jazz Trumpeter and Vocalist

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ARMSTRONG, NEIL ALDEN (1930-2012) American Astronaut; First man to walk on the Moon

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ARNAUD, FRANCOIS-THOMAS-MARIE de BACULARD d’ (1718-1805) French Writer & Playwright

# arnaudfrancoisthomas

ARNAULD, ANTOINE (1560-1619) French Attorney & Politician; Counsellor of State under Henry IV

# arnauldantoine

ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Defected to the British in 1780

# arnoldbenedict

ARNOLD, ISAAC NEWTON (1815-84) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1861-65

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ARNOLD, LEWIS GOLDING (1817-71) Union Brigadier General

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ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1833-88) British Author & Poet

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ARNOLD, RICHARD (1828-82) Union Brigadier General

# arnoldrichard

ARTHUR III, ARTHUR de RICHEMONT (1393-1458) Duke of Brittany – 1457-58

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ARTHUR, CHESTER A. (1830-86) Twenty-First U.S. President - 1881-85; U.S. Vice President – 1881; Civil War Quartermaster General of New York

# arthurchestera

ASBOTH, ALEXANDER (1811-68) Hungarian-born Union Brigadier General

# asbothalexander

ASHBY, TURNER (1828-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Killed-in-Action near Harrisonburg, Virginia – June 6, 1862

# ashbyturner

ASHLEY, JAMES MITCHELL (1824-96) Abolitionist U.S. Congressman – 1859-69; Governor of the Montana Territory – 1869-70

# ashleyjm

ASHLEY-COOPER, CROPLEY, 6th EARL OF SHAFTESBURY (1735-1823) British Politician; Member of Parliament – 1790-1811

# ashleycoopercropley

ASHMUN, GEORGE (1804-70) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1845-51; President of the 1860 Republican National Convention at Chicago; Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company

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Met with President Lincoln at the Executive Mansion on the evening of April 14, 1865, shortly before he departed for Ford’s Theater

ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (1763-1848) German-Born American Merchant, Fur Trader & Investor

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ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (1822-90) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of General George B. McClellan

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ASTRONAUTS

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ASTRONAUTS - APOLLO 11

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ASTRONAUTS - APOLLO 13

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ASTRONAUTS - APOLLO 9

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ASTRONAUTS - MERCURY

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ATCHISON, DAVID RICE (1807-1886) U.S. President – March 4, 1849 - as President-elect Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn-in on a Sunday; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1843-55; Confederate State Militia Officer

# atchisondr

ATKINS, JOHN DeWITT CLINTON (1825-1908) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1857-59 & 1873-83; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs – 1885-88

# atkinsjohndewittclinton

ATKINSON, ARCHIBALD (1792-1872) Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1843-49

# atkinsona

AUDEN, WYNSTAN HUGH (1907-73) British-American Poet

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AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851) Haitian-Born American Ornithologist, Naturalist & Painter; Published the “Birds of America,” 1827-38

# audubonjohnjames

AUGUR, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1821-98) Union Major General

# augurchristophercolumbus

AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, DUKE OF SUSSEX (1773-1843) Son of King George III & Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

# augustusfrederickdukeofsussex

AUGUSTUS II (1670-1733) King of Poland - 1697-1706 & 1709-33

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AUGUSTUS III (1696-1763) King of Poland - 1733-63

# augustusIII

AUSTEN, JANE (1775-1817) English Novelist; Author of “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Emma”

# austenjane

AUSTIN, HENRY SEYMOUR (1811-91) Prominent Attorney in Peoria and Chicago, Illinois; Agent for the Des Moines Land Company in the 1830s, instrumental in establishing the towns of Montrose and Keokuk, Iowa

# austinhenryseymour

AUSTIN, STEPHEN F. (1793-1836) Leader in the Texas Revolution; Texas Secretary of State – 1836

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AVERELL, ALBERT JAMES (1823-96) Steamboat Captain in California during the Gold Rush; Prominent Land Speculator in Chicago, Illinois

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AVERELL, WILLIAM WOODS (1832-1900) Union Brigadier General

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AVERETT, THOMAS H. (1800-55) Served as a Drummer Boy in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1849-53

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AVERILL, JOHN THOMAS (1825-89) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Minnesota - 1871-75

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AVERY, ROBERT (1839-1912) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 102nd New York Infantry

# averyrobert

AXTELL, SAMUEL BEACH (1819-91) U.S. Congressman – California – 1867-71; Governor of the New Mexico Territory – 1875-78

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AYER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1825-1903) Prominent Attorney & Chicago, Illinois Corporation Counsel – 1861-65; Burial in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

# ayerbenjaminfranklin

AYER, LEWIS MALONE, JR. (1821-95) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1862-65

# ayerlewismalonejr

AYRES, ROMEYN BECK (1825-88) Union Brigadier General

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BABBITT, EDWIN B. (1804-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Chief Quartermaster – Department of the Pacific

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BABCOCK, LEANDER (1811-64) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1851-53; Mayor of Oswego, New York – 1850-51

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BABCOCK, ORVILLE ELIAS (1835-84) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Personal secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant

# babcockorvilleelias

BACH, CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-88) German Musician & Composer; Son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach

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BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685-1750) German Composer & Musician

# bachjs

BACHE, ALEXANDER D. (1806-67) First President – National Academy of Sciences – 1863-67; Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey – 1843-67; A Founder of the Smithsonian Institution; Great-Grandson of Benjamin Franklin

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BACON, THOMAS GLASCOCK (1812-76) Confederate Colonel – 7th South Carolina Infantry

# baconthomasglascock

BADEAU, ADAM (1831-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General – New York; Served as Staff Officer to General Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War, later as Private Secretary to President Grant

# badeaua

BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT (1857-1941) Lieutenant General in the British Army; Veteran of the Boer War; Founder of the Boy Scouts

# badenpowellrobert

BADER, DOUGLAS (1910-82) British Officer in the Royal Air Force during World War II

# baderdouglas

BAGBY, ARTHUR PENDLETON, JR. (1833-1921) Confederate Major General; Confederate Colonel – 7th Texas Cavalry; Son of Alabama Governor Arthur Pendleton Bagby

# bagbyarthurpendletonjr

BAGBY, WILLIAM SLEIGHTON (?-1862) Confederate Private – Company B, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Second Manassas – August 30, 1862

# bagbyws

BAGLEY, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1826-1915) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-79

# bagleyga

BAGLEY, JOHN H., JR. (1832-1902) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-77 & 1883-85; Vice President of the Catskill Mountain Railway Company

# bagleyjhjr

BAILEY, JAMES EDMUND (1822-85) Confederate Colonel – 49th Tennessee Infantry; U.S. Senator - Tennessee – 1877-81

# baileyjamesedmund

* With Confederate General William A. Quarles.

BAILEY, JAMES MURRAY (1846-1921) Served in the 8th New York Heavy Artillery – 1863-64, severely wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor; Prominent Clergyman in Peoria, Illinois after the American Civil War; Buried in San Francisco, California

# baileyjamesmurray

BAILEY, JOHN W. (?-?) President of Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois – 1867-76

# baileyjohnw

BAILEY, JOSEPH (1825-67) Union Brigadier General

# baileyjoseph

BAILEY, THEODORUS (1805-77) U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War

# baileytheodorus

BAIRD, ABSALOM (1824-1905) Union Brigadier General; Medal of Honor Recipient

# bairdabsalom

BAKER, ALPHEUS (1828-91) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# bakeralpheus

BAKER, EDWARD DICKINSON (1811-61) Union Major General of Volunteers, Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff - October 21, 1861; Union Colonel – 71st Pennsylvania Infantry

# bakeredwarddickinson

Served in the Mexican War; U.S. Congressman – Illinois – 1845-47 & 1849-51; U.S. Senator – Oregon – 1860-61; Close friend of President Abraham Lincoln

BAKER, JAMES McNAIR (1821-92) Confederate Senator – Florida – 1862-65

# bakerjamesmcnair

BAKER, JOHN H. (1832-1915) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1875-81

# bakerjh

BAKER, JOSEPHINE (1906-75) American-born French Entertainer, French Resistance Agent, and Civil Rights Activist

# bakerj

BAKER, LAFAYETTE CURRY (1826-68) Union Spy; Provost Marshal & Chief of the National Police/U.S. Secret Service – 1862-63; Union Colonel – First Washington, DC Cavalry

# bakerlafayettecurry

BAKER, LAURENCE SIMMONS (1830-1907) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina

# balerlaurencesimmons

BAKER, NEWTON D., JR. (1871-1937) U.S. Secretary of War – 1916-21; Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio – 1912-15

# bakernewtondjr

BAKER, OSMYN (1800-75) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1840-45

# bakero

BAKER, SAMUEL A. (1874-1933) Governor of Missouri - 1925-29

# bakersamuela

BAKER, WILLIAM H. (1827-1911) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-79

# bakerwh

BALDWIN, ABRAHAM (1754-1807) American Revolutionary War, Continental Army Chaplain; Signer of the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1799-1807; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1789-99; Founder of the University of Georgia

# baldwinabraham

BALDWIN, FRANK DWIGHT (1842-1923) Union Officer – 19th Michigan Infantry; U.S. Army Brigadier General – Spanish-American War; Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

# baldwinfrankdwight

BALDWIN, JOHN BROWN (1820-73) Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1862-65

# baldwinjohnbrown

BALDWIN,WILLIAM EDWIN (1827-64) Confederate Brigadier General - Mississippi

# baldwinwilliamedwin

BALLIER, JOHN F. (1815-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 21st & 98th Pennsylvania Infantries; Member of the Military Commission which tried Confederate Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville

# ballierjohnf

BALLIER, JOHN F. (1815-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 21st & 98th Pennsylvania Infantries; Member of the Military Commission which Tried Confederate Captain Henry Wirz - Commandant of Andersonville

# ballierjohnf

BALLOCH, GEORGE W. (1825-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel – 5th New Hampshire Infantry; Chief Disbursing Officer – Freedmen’s Bureau – 1865-71

# ballochgw

BALUZE, ETIENNE (1630-1718) French Scholar & Historiographer, also known as Stephanus Baluzius

# baluzeetienne

BANGS, GEORGE H. (circa 1831-1883) Pinkerton Detective During the Civil War; Union Intelligence Officer and Secret Service Agent

# bangsgh

BANKS, JOSEPH (1740-1820) English Naturalist & Botanist

# banksjoseph

BANKS, JOSEPH (1743-1820) English Naturalist & Botanist; President of the Royal Society – 1778-1820

# banksjoseph

BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTICE (1816-94) Union Major General – Massachusetts; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1855-57; Governor of Massachusetts – 1858-61; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1853-57, 1865-73, 1875-79, and 1889-91

# banksnathanielprentice

BANNING, HENRY B. (1836-81) Union Brevet Major General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 125th Ohio Infantry; Union Colonel – 87th, 121st & 195th Ohio Infantries; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1873-79

# banninghb

BARBER, FRANCIS (1750-83) American Revolutionary War, Colonel in the Continental Army – 3rd New Jersey Regiment

# barberfrancis

Wounded at the Battles of Monmouth and Newton; Killed by a falling tree while on his way to dine with General Washington, February 2, 1783

 

BARBOUR, JAMES (1775-1842) U.S. Secretary of War – 1825-28; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1815-25; U.S. Minister to England – 1828-29; Governor of Virginia – 1812-14

# barbourj

BARING-GOULD, SABINE (1834-1924) Anglican Priest & Hymnwriter, best known for composing “Onward, Christian Soldiers”

# baringgouldsabine

BARKHORN, GERHARD (1919-83) German Officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II

# barkhorngerhard

BARKSDALE, ETHELBERT (1824-93) Confederate Congressman – 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1883-87

# barksdaleethelbert

BARKSDALE, WILLIAM (1821-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 3, 1863; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1853-61

# barksdalewilliam

BARLOW, FRANCIS CHANNING (1834-96) Union Major General

# barloowfrancischanning

BARLOW, JOEL (1754-1812) American Poet, Diplomat & Politician; Revolutionary War Chaplain in a Massachusetts Brigade

# barlowjoel

BARNARD, DANIEL D. (1797-1861) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1839-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia – 1850-53

# barnarddd

BARNARD, JOHN GROSS (1815-82) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts

# barnardjohngross

BARNAVE, ANTOINE PIERRE JOSEPH MARIE (1761-93) French Politician & Orator; Executed in Paris during the Reign of Terror, November 29, 1793

# barnaveantoine

BARNES, JAMES (1806-69) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts

# barnesjames

BARNES, JOSEPH K. (1817-83) Union Brigadier General; Surgeon General of the U.S. Army – 1864-82

# barnesjosephk

BARNEY, CHARLES D. (1844-1945) American Stockbroker; Founder of Charles D. Barney & Company, a predecessor of Smith Barney

# barneycharlesd

BARNUM, HENRY ALANSON (1833-92) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

# barnumhenryalanson

BARNUM, PHINEAS T. (1810-91) American Showman & Businessman; Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus; Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut – 1875-76

# barnumphineast

BARR, THOMAS J. (1812-81) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1859-61; New York City Police Commissioner – 1870-73

# barrtj

BARRET, JOHN R. (1825-1903) U.S. Congressman – Missouri – 1859-61

# barretjr

BARRIE, JAMES MATTHEW (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist and Playwright; Creator of Peter Pan

# barriejamesmatthew

BARRIGER, JOHN WALKER (1832-1906) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# barrigerjohnwalker

BARRINGER, DANIEL M. (1806-73) U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1843-49; Member of the Committee on Indian Affairs – 1847-49; Delegate to the 1861 Peace Convention

# barringerdanielm

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM (1717-93) British Politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer - 1761-62; Member of Parliament – 1740-78

# barringtonwilliam

BARRON, JAMES (1768-1851) Commodore in the United States Navy; Served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars

# barronjames

BARROW, CLYDE (1909-34) American Bank Robber & Criminal, partner of Bonnie Parker

# barrowclyde

BARRY, HENRY W. (1840-75) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery; U.S. Congressman – Mississippi – 1870-75

# barryhenryw

BARRY, MARIE JEANNE, MADAME DU (1743-93) Official Mistress of Louis XV of France; Executed in Paris during the Reign of Terror

# barrymariejeanne

BARRY, WILLIAM FARQUHAR (1818-79) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# barrywilliamfarquhar

BARRY, WILLIAM T. (1784-1835) U.S. Postmaster General – 1829-35; U.S. Senator – Kentucky - 1814-16

# barrywilliamt

BARRY, WILLIAM TAYLOR SULLIVAN (1821-68) Confederate Colonel – 35th Mississippi Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1853-55

# barrywilliamtaylorsullivan

BARSTOW, SIMON FORRESTER (1817-82) Union Officer, served on the staffs of Generals Frederick W. Lander, Irvin McDowell, Joseph Hooker, and George G. Meade

# barstowsimonforrester

BARSTOW, WILSON, JR. (1831-69) Union Brevet Brigadier General – 37th New York Infantry

# barstowwilsonjr

BART, JEAN (1650-1702) French Naval Commander & Privateer

# bartjean

BARTLETT, JOSEPH JACKSON (1834-93) Union Brigadier General - New York

# bartlettjosephjackson

BARTLETT, JOSIAH (1729-95) Signer of the Declaration of Independence & The Articles of Confederation; First Governor of New Hampshire - 1790-94

# bartlettjosiah

BARTLETT, THOMAS, JR. (1808–1876) U.S. Congressman - Vermont - 1851-53

# bartlettthjomasjr

BARTLETT, WILLIAM FRANCIS (1840-76) Union Brigadier General

# bartlettwilliamfrancis

BARTOK, BELA (1881-1945) Hungarian Composer & Pianist

# bartokbela

BARTON, CLARA (1821-1912) American Civil War Nurse; Founder of the Red Cross

# bartonc

BARTON, SETH MAXWELL (1829-1900) Confederate Brigadier General

# bartonsethmaxwell

BARTOW, FRANCIS STEBBINS (1816-61) Confederate Brigadier General of Georgia Militia; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of First Manassas – July 21, 1861

# bartowfrancisstebbins

BATCHELDER, RICHARD NAPOLEON (1832-1901) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

# batchelderrichardnapoleon

BATE, WILLIAM BRIMAGE (1826-1905) Confederate Major General; Governor of Tennessee – 1883-87; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1887-1905

# batewilliambrimage

BATES, EDWARD (1793-1869) U.S. Attorney General – 1861-64; U.S. Congressman – Missouri - 1827-29

# batesedward

BATES, JOHN COALTER (1842-1919) Union Captain & Brevet Major for service in the fall of Richmond; Veteran of the Indian Wars; U.S. Major General – Spanish-American War

# batesjohncoalter

BATHURST, HENRY, LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH (1744-1837) English Churchman; Bishop of Norwich – 1805-37

# bathursthenry

BATISTA, FULGENCIO (1901-73) President of Cuba - 1940-44; Cuban Dictator - 1952-59, overthrown by Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution

# batistafulgencio

BATSON, FELIX IVES (1819-71) Confederate Congressman – Arkansas – 1862-65

# batsonfelixives

BATTLE, CULLEN ANDREWS (1829-1905) Confederate Brigadier General - Alabama

# battlecullenandrews

BAUM, L. FRANK (1856-1919) American Author, best known for his Oz Series

# baumlfrank

BAXTER, DeWITT CLINTON (1829-81) American Artist & Engraver; Union Brevet Brigadier General of the American Civil War; Organized and led the 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, “Baxter’s Fire Zouaves”

# baxterdewittclinton

BAXTER, HENRY (1821-73) Union Brigadier General

# baxterhenry

BAYARD, GEORGE DASHIELL (1835-62) Union Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg – December 13,1862

# bayardgeorgedashiell

BAYARD, JAMES ASHETON, JR. (1799-1880) U.S. Senator – Delaware – 1851-64 & 1867-69

# bayardjamesashetonjr

BAYARD, PIERRE TERRAIL, CHEVALIER de (c. 1476-1524) French Knight at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

# bayardpierreterrail

BAYARD, THOMAS FRANCIS (1828-98) U.S. Secretary of State – 1885-89; U.S. Senator – Delaware – 1869-85

# bayardthomasfrancis

BAYLE, PIERRE (1647-1706) French Huguenot Philosopher, Author, and Lexicographer

# baylepierre

BAYLOR, GEORGE (1752-84) Colonel & Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army, American Revolutionary War; Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington

# baylorgeorge

BAYLOR, JOHN ROBERT (1822-94) Confederate Colonel; First Confederate Governor of Arizona Territory – 1861-62; Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1864-65

# baylorjohnrobert

BAYLY, THOMAS H. (1810-56) Brigadier General of Virginia Militia – 1837-42; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1844-56

# baylythomash

BEACH, JAMES ALFRED (1839-88) Union Captain – 59th Illinois Infantry, heavily engaged at the Battles of Pea Ridge & Perryville; Prominent citizen and banker in Bunker Hill, Illinois after the American Civil War

# beachjamesalfred

BEAL, GEORGE LAFAYETTE (1825-96) Union Brigadier General - Maine

# bealgeorgelafayette

BEALL, WILLIAM NELSON RECTOR (1825-83) Confederate Brigadier General - Arkansas

# beallwilliamnelsonrector

BEARDSLEY, AUBREY (1872-98) English Illustrator and Author

# beardsleyaubrey

BEATLES, THE - English Rock Band

# beatles

BEATTY, JOHN (1828-1914) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative - Ohio – 1868-73

# beattyjohn

BEATTY, SAMUEL (1820-85) Union Brigadier General

# beattysamuel

BEAUREGARD, PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT (1818-93) Confederate General - Louisiana

# beauregardpgt

BEAVER, JAMES ADDAMS (1837-1914) Union Brigadier General, wounded four times during the American Civil War; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1887-91; Acting President of Pennsylvania State University – 1906-08

# beaverjamesaddams

BECKHAM, FONTAINE (1788-1859) Mayor of Harpers Ferry, Virginia – killed during John Brown’s raid on the U.S. Arsenal, October 17, 1859

# beckhamfontaine

BECKWITH, AMOS (1825-94) Union Brevet Major General; Staff Officer to General William Tecumseh Sherman

# beckwithamos

BEE, BARNARD ELLIOTT, JR. (1824-61) Confederate Brigadier General - South Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of First Bull Run - July 21, 1861

# beebernardelliottjr

BEE, HAMILTON PRIOLEAU (1822-97) Confederate Brigadier General – Texas; Brother of Killed-in-Action Confederate General Barnard Bee; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives – 1855-57

# beehamiltonprioleau

BEEBE, GAYLORD DeWITT (1835-77) Prominent Physician in Chicago, Illinois; Appointed Brigade Surgeon by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861, served under Generals David Hunter, Henry W. Halleck, and George H. Thomas

# beebegaylorddewitt

BEECHER, HENRY WARD (1813-87) American Clergyman & Abolitionist; Brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

# beecherhenryward

BEEKMAN, CORNELIA CORTLANDT (1753-1847) Prominent American Revolutionary War Figure; Sister of Continental Army Brigadier General Philip Van Cortlandt

# beekmancorneliacortlandt

BEERS, FANNIE AMELIA (1832-94) Northern-born Confederate Nurse

# beersfannieamelia

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827) German Composer & Pianist

# beethovenlv

BELKNAP, WILLIAM W. (1829-90) Union Brigadier General – Iowa; U.S. Secretary of War – 1869-76

# belknapww

BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM (1847-1922) Scottish-Born Scientist; Inventor of the Telephone

# bellalexandergraham

BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819-1905) Scottish-Born Teacher & Researcher; Father of Alexander Graham Bell

# bellalexandermelville

BELL, HIRAM PARKS (1827-1907) Confederate Colonel – 43rd Georgia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1873-75 & 1877-79

# bellhiramparks

BELL, JOHN (1797-1869) U.S. Presidential Candidate – 1860 – Constitutional Union Party; U.S. Secretary of War – 1841; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1847-59

# belljohn

BELL, PETER HANSBOROUGH (1810-98) Confederate Colonel; Governor of Texas – 1849-53; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1853-57

# bellpeterhansborough

BELL, TYREE HARRIS (1815-1902) Confederate Brigadier General

# belltyreeharris

BELLONTE, MAURICE (1896-1984) French Aviation Pioneer

# bellontemaurice

BEN-GURION, DAVID (1886-1973) Principal Founder & Frist Prime Minister of Israel - 1948-63

# benguriondavid

BENEDICT XIV (1675-1758) Italian-born Pope – 1740-58

# benedictXIV

BENHAM, HENRY WASHINGTON (1813-84) Union Brigadier General

# benhamhenrywashington

BENJAMIN, JUDAH PHILIP (1811-84) Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War & Secretary of State; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1853-61

# benjaminjudahphilip

BENJAMIN, MARY A. (1905-98) American Dealer in Autographs & Manuscripts

# benjaminma

BENJAMIN, SAMUEL NICHOLL (1839-86) U.S. Army Officer; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service during the American Civil War

# benjaminsamuelnicholl

BENJAMIN, WALTER R. (1854-1943) American Rare Book & Autograph Dealer

# benjaminwr

BENNING, HENRY LEWIS (1814-75) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# benninghenrylewis

BENSLEY, JOHN RUSSELL (1833-1900) Prominent Resident of Chicago, Illinois

# bensleyjr

BENTHAM, JEREMY (1747-1832) English Philosopher, Jurist, and Social Reformer, regarded as the founder of modern Utilitarianism

# benthamjeremy

BENTON, CHARLES S. (1810-82) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-47; Register of the U.S. Land Office at La Crosse, Wisconsin – 1856-61

# bentoncs

BENTON, JACOB (1814-92) U.S. Congressman - New Hampshire - 1867-71

# bentonj

BENTON, WILLIAM PLUMMER (1828-67) Union Brigadier General

# bentonwilliamplummer

BERDAN, HIRAM (1824-93) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters

# berdanhiram

BERESFORD, WILLIAM-CARR, VISCOUNT BERESFORD (1768-1854) British Army General, served with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War; Governor of Jersey – 1821-54

# beresfordwilliamcarr

BERIA, LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH (1899-1953) Russian Politician; Head of the NKVD under Stalin

# berialavrentypavlovich

BERLIN, IRVING (1888-1989) Russian-born American Composer & Songwriter

# berlinirving

BERLINER, EMILE (1851-1929) German-American Inventor

# berlineremile

BERNARD, FRANCIS (1714-79) English Governor of the Massachusetts Colony - 1760-69

# bernardfrancis

BERNARD, THOMAS (1750-1818) English Social Reformer & Advocate for the Poor & Needy; Son of Sir Francis Bernard, British Colonial Governor of the Provinces of New Jersey & Massachusetts Bay

# bernardthomas

BERNHARDT, SARAH (1844-1923) French Stage Actress

# bernhardtsarah

BERRIAN, JAMES M. (1781-1856) U.S. Attorney General – 1829-31; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1825-29 & 1845-52; Captain of the Georgia Hussars – War of 1812

# berrianjm

BERRY, HIRAM GREGORY (1824-63) Union Major General – Maine; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chancellorsville – May 3, 1863

# berryhiramgregory

BEVERIDGE, JOHN LOURIE (1824-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Governor of Illinois – 1873-77; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1871-73

# beveridgejohnlourie

BIBB, SOPHIA LUCY ANN (1801-87) Confederate Nurse

# bibbsophialucyann

BICKERDYKE, MARY ANN BALL “MOTHER BICKERDYKE”(1817-1901) Union Nurse

# bickerdykemaryannball

BIDDLE, CHARLES JOHN (1819-73) Union Colonel – 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1861-63

# biddlecharlesjohn

BIDDLE, NICHOLAS (1786-1844) American Banker & Financier; President of the Second Bank of the United States – 1823-36

# biddlenicholas

BIDWELL, DANIEL DAVIDSON (1819-64) Union Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek – October 19, 1864

# bidwelldanieldavidson

BIERCE, AMBROSE G. (1842-1914?) Union Lieutenant – Indiana; American Author

# bierceambroseg

BIERSTADT, ALBERT (1830-1902) German-American Painter

# bierstadtalbert

BIGLER, WILLIAM (1814-80) Governor of Pennsylvania – 1852-55; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1856-61; President of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad

# biglerw

BINGHAM, HENRY HARRISON (1841-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional of Honor for action at the Battle of the Wilderness – May 6, 1864; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1879-1912

# binghamhenryharrison

BINGHAM, JOHN ARMOR (1815-1900) Assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators; House Prosecutor in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1855-63 & 1865-73

# binghamjohnarmor

BINGHAM, JUDSON DAVID (1831-1909) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel & Chief Quartermaster – Army of the Tennessee

# binghamjudsondavid

BINGHAM, KINSLEY S. (1808-61) Governor of Michigan – 1855-59; U.S. Senator – Michigan – 1859-61

# binghamks

BINGHAM, WILLIAM (1752-1804) Member of the Continental Congress; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania - 1795-1801; Founder of the Bank of North America; President of the Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike Company

# binghamwilliam

BIRAGUE, RENE DE (1506-83) Italian-born French Cardinal and Chancellor

# biraguerenede

BIRGE, HENRY WARNER (1825-88) Union Brigadier General

# birgehenrywarner

BIRNEY, DAVID BELL (1825-64) Union Major General

# birneydavidbell

BIRNEY, WILLIAM (1819-1907) Union Brigadier & Brevet Major General

# birneywilliam

BIZET, GEORGES (1838-75) French Composer

# bizetg

BLACK, JAMES (1793-1872) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1843-47

# blackj

BLACK, JAMES A. (1793-1848) U.S. Army Lieutenant in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1843-48

# blackja

BLACK, JEREMIAH S. (1810-83) U.S. Attorney General - 1857-60; U.S. Secretary of State - 1860-61

# blackjs

BLACK, JOHN CHARLES (1839-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1893-95

# blackjohncharles

BLACKBURN, JOSEPH CLAY STILES (1838-1918) Governor of the U.S. Panama Canal Zone - 1907-09; U.S. Senator – Kentucky; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel during the American Civil War

# blackburnjcs

BLACKWELL, ALICE STONE (1857-1950) American Feminist, Journalist & Human Rights Advocate

# blackwellalicestone

 

 

BLAINE, JAMES G. (1830-93) U.S. Secretary of State - 1881 & 1889-92; U.S. Congressman – Maine – 1863-76; U.S. Senator – Maine – 1876-81; U.S. Presidential Candidate – 1884

# blainejamesg

BLAIR, AUSTIN (1818-94) Governor of Michigan - 1861-65; U.S. Representative - Michigan - 1867-73

# blairaustin

BLAIR, CHARLES WHITE (1829-99) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 14th Kansas Cavalry

# blaircharleswhite

BLAIR, CHAUNCEY BUCKLEY (1810-91) President of the Merchants’ National Bank of Chicago, Illinois

# blairchaunceybuckley

BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON, JR. (1821-75) Union Major General – Missouri; U.S. Congressman – Missouri – 1857-62; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1871-73; Democratic Candidate for Vice President - 1868

# blairfrancisprestonjr

BLAIR, HENRY WILLIAM (1834-1920) Union Lieutenant Colonel – 15th New Hampshire Infantry; U.S. Senator – New Hampshire – 1879-91; U.S. Representative – 1875-79 & 1893-95

# blairhenrywilliam

BLAIR, MONTGOMERY (1813-83) U.S. Postmaster General - 1861-64; Brother of Francis P. Blair, Jr.; Mayor of St. Louis – 1842-43; Counsel for Dred Scott before the U.S. Supreme Court

# blairmontgomery

BLAIR, WILLIAM (1818-99) Prominent Merchant in Chicago, Illinois; Director of the Merchants Bank of Chicago and the Chicago Gas and Coke Company

# blairwilliam

BLAKE, E. NELSON (1831-?) Prominent Merchant in Chicago, Illinois; Co-Owner of the Dake Bakery; Member of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees

# blakeenelson

BLAKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1810-84) Union Brevet Major General; Served in the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# blakegeorgealexanderhamilton

BLANCHARD, ALBERT GALLATIN (1810-91) Confederate Brigadier General

# blanchardalbertgallatin

BLANDING, JAMES DOUGLAS (1821-1906) Confederate Colonel – 9th South Carolina Infantry

# blandingjamesdouglas

BLANEY, JAMES VAN ZANT (1820-1874) Union Surgeon & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, during the American Civil War; Served on the staff of General Philip H. Sheridan at the Battle of Winchester; Noted physician in Chicago, Illinois

# blaneyjamesvanzant

BLATCHFORD, SAMUEL M. (1820-93) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1882-93

# blatchfordsamuelm

BLENKER, LOUIS (1812-63) Union Brigadier General – New York

# blenkerlouis

BLIGH, WILLIAM (1754-1817) British Navy Officer; Commander of the HMS Bounty, mutinied in 1789; Governor of New South Wales – 1806-08

# blighw

BLISS, ARCHIBALD M. (1838-1923) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1875-83 & 1885-89; President & Vice President of the Bushwick Railroad Company – 1868-78; Director of the New York & Long Island Bridge Company

# blissarchibaldm

BLISS, ZENAS R. (1835-1900) Union Colonel – 7th & 10th Rhode Island Infantry; Medal of Honor Recipient for the Battle of Fredericksburg

# blisszenasr

BLOMBERG, WERNER VON (1878-1946) Minister of War & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Nazi Germany – 1935-38

# blombergwernervon

BLOUNT, WILLIAM (1749-1800) Signer of the U.S. Constitution; Governor of the Southwest Territory – 1790-96; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1796-97

# blountwilliam

BLOUNT, WILLIE (1768-1835) Governor of Tennessee – 1809-15

# blountwillie

BLOXHAM, WILLIAM DUNNINGTON (1835-1911) Governor of Florida - 1881-85 & 1897-1901

# bloxhamwulliamdunnington

BLUMENTHAL, WERNER MICHAEL (1926- ) U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1977-79

# blumenthalwernermichael

BLUNT, ASA PEABODY (1826-89) Union Brevet Brigadier General - Vermont

# bluntasapeabody

BLUNT, JAMES GILLPATRICK (1826-81) Union Major General

# bluntjamesgillpatrick

BOAS, NORMAN FRANCIS (1923-2016) American Author, Autograph Dealer, and Lincoln Scholar

# boasnormanfrancis

* With Charles Hamilton & Lloyd Ostendorf

BOCCAGE, ANNE-MARIE DU (1710-1802) French Writer & Playwright.

# boccageannemarie

BOCCHERINI, LUIGI (1743-1805) Italian-born Spanish Composer

# boccheriniluigi

BOCOCK, THOMAS S. (1815-91) Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives – 1862-65; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1847-61

# bocockthomass

BOEING, WILLIAM EDWARD (1881-1956) American Aviation Pioneer

# boeingwilliamedward

BOERHAAVE, HERMAN (1668-1738) Dutch Botanist & Chemist,

# boerhaaveherman

BOGGS, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1829-1911) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# boggswilliamrobertson

BOIES, HENRY MORRIS (1818-80) Prominent Merchant & Banker in Chicago, Illinois; Michigan State Senator

# boieshenrymorris

BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, NICOLAS (1636-1711) French Poet & Critic

# boileaudespreauxnicolas

BOMFORD, JAMES VOTY (1812-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 8th U.S. Infantry; Staff Officer to General Alexander M. McCook

# bomfordjamesvoty

BONAPARTE, CHARLES J. (1851-1921) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1905-06; U.S. Attorney General – 1906-09; Grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte

# bonapartecharlesj

BOND, JOHN RANDOLPH (1820-77) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# bondjohnrandolph

BOND, LESTER LEGRANT (1829-1903) Mayor of Chicago, Illinois – 1873; Illinois State Congressman – 1866-70; Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois

# bondlesterlegrant

BONDI, AUGUST (1833-1907) Jewish Austrian-born American Abolitionist & Revolutionary, fought with John Brown and James Lane in the Kansas Border War, notably at the Battle of Osawatomie; Union Sergeant – 5th Kansas Cavalry, in the American Civil War

# bondiaugust

BONHAM, MILLEDGE LUKE (1813-90) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative - South Carolina – 1857-60; Confederate Representative – 1862; Governor of South Carolina - 1862-64

# bonhammilledgeluke

BONNARD, PIERRE (1867-1947) French Painter & Illustrator

# bonnardpierre

BONNEVILLE, BENJAMIN LOUIS EULALIE DE (1796-1878) French-born American Explorer & U.S. Army Officer; Union Brevet Brigadier General

# bonnevillebenjaminlouiseulaliede

BONSALL, SPENCER (1816-88) Union Hospital Steward – 81st Pennsylvania Infantry; Saw action during the Peninsula Campaign and at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, where he was seriously injured.

# bonsallspencer

BOONE, DANIEL (1734-1820) American Pioneer, Frontiersman & Folk Hero - famous for the exploration and settlement of Kentucky

# boonedaniel

BOOTH, EDWIN (1833-93) American Shakespearean Actor; Older brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865

# boothe

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES (1838-65) American Stage Actor; Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865

# boothjw

BORGLUM, GUTZON (1871-1941) American Artist & Sculptor, known for sculpting Mount Rushmore

# borglumgutzon

BORLAND, SOLON (1811-64) Confederate Brigadier General of Arkansas Militia; U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1848-53

# borlandsolon

BORMANN, MARTIN (1900-45) Nazi Party Official; Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler

# bormannmartin

BOTELER, ALEXANDER R. (1815-92) Confederate Congressman - Virginia; Confederate Colonel & Aide-de-camp on the Staff of Stonewall Jackson; U.S. Representative – Virginia - 1859-61

# botelerar

BOTHA, PIETR WILLEM (1916-2006) Prime Minister of South Africa – 1978-84; President of South Africa – 1984-89

# bothapw

BOUCHARDON, EDME (1698-1762) French Sculptor

# bouchardone

BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-70) French Painter

# boucherf

BOUDINOT, ELIAS (1740-1821) President of the Continental Congress – 1782-83; U.S. Congressman – New Jersey – 1789-95

# boudinotelias

BOUDINOT, ELIAS CORNELIUS (1835-90) Confederate Officer – First Cherokee Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – Cherokee Nation – 1862-65; First Native American lawyer permitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court

# boudinoteliascornelius

BOUTON, EDWARD (1834-1921) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 59th U.S. Colored Infantry

# boutonedward

BOWEN, JAMES (1808-86) Union Brigadier General; President of Erie Railroad – 1841-43

# bowenjames

BOWEN, JOHN STEVENS (1830-63) Confederate Major General – Missouri

# bowenjohnstevens

BOWLLY, ALBERT A. (1898-1941) Mozambican-born South African/British Vocalist and Jazz Guitarist

# bowllyaa

BOYCE, WILLIAM WATERS (1818-90) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – South Carolina - 1853-60

# boycewilliamwaters

BOYD, ISABELLA MARIA “BELLE” (1844-1900) Confederate Spy during the American Civil War

# boydbelle

BOYD, JOHN H. (1799-1868) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1857-59

# boydjh

BOYD, LINN (1800-59) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1851-55; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1835-37 & 1839-55

# boydl

BOYINGTON, WILLIAM W. (1818-98) Prominent Architect in Chicago, Illinois; Mayor of Highland Park, Illinois

# boyingtonwilliamw

Designed dozens of buildings, large and small, in Chicago and across the Midwest, including the cities of Des Moines, Iowa; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Joliet, Peoria, and Springfield, Illinois, along with the fire-proof jail in Pike County, Pittsfield, Illinois 

 

BOYKIN, EDWARD MORTIMER (1820-91) Confederate Major – 7th South Carolina Cavalry; Post-war U.S. Marshal

# boykinedwardmortimer

BOYLE, JEREMIAH TILFORD (1818-71) Union Brigadier General; Appointed Military Governor of Kentucky by President Abraham Lincoln – May 1862

# boylejeremiahtilford

BOYNTON, HENRY VAN NESS (1835-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee – November 25, 1863; U.S. Army Brigadier General during the Spanish-American War

# boyntonhenryvanness

BRADFORD, AUGUSTUS WILLIAMSON (1806-81) Governor of Maryland – 1862-66

# bradfordaugustuswilliamson

BRADFORD, TAUL (1835-85) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 10th Alabama Infantry; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1875-77

# bradfordtaul

BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590-1657) English Puritan; A founder of Plymouth Colony, for which he served several terms as Governor – 1621-57

# bradfordw

BRADLEY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1825-97) Confederate Officer – First Battalion Kentucky Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1864-65

# bradleybenjaminfranklin

BRADLEY, DAVID (1811-99) Early Settler & Manufacturer of Agricultural Implements in Chicago, Illinois; Designed and manufactured a steel moldboard plow, “The Garden City Clipper,” in the 1830s

# bradleydavid

BRADLEY, LUTHER PRENTICE (1822-1910) Union Brigadier General

# bradleylutherprentice

BRADLEY, OMAR N. (1893-1981) U.S. Army General; Served in World War II and became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

# bradleyomarn

BRADLEY, THOMAS W. (1844-1920) Union Captain – 124th New York Infantry, the “Orange Blossoms” Regiment; Wounded at the Civil War Battles of Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Boydton Plank Road

# bradleythomasw

BRADSBY, RICHARD (1797-1875) Veteran of the Black Hawk War, served with Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Militia; Renowned judge in St. Clair County, Illinois

# bradsbyrichard

BRADY, THOMAS J. (1839-1904) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 117th & 140th Indiana Infantries; Staff Officer to General Eugene A. Carr

# bradythomasj

BRAGG, BRAXTON (1817-76) Confederate General - Louisiana

# braggbraxton

BRAGG, EDWARD STUYVESANT (1827-1912) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin – 1877-83 & 1885-87

# braggedwardstuyvesant

BRAGG, THOMAS (1810-72) Confederate Attorney General – 1861-62; U.S. Senator – North Carolina – 1859-61; Governor of North Carolina – 1855-59; Older brother of Confederate General Braxton Bragg

# braggthomas

BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601) Danish Astronomer & Writer

# brahet

BRAHMS, JOHANNES (1833-97) German Composer, Pianist, and Conductor

# brahmsj

BRAINARD, DANIEL (1812-66) Prominent Surgeon in Chicago, Illinois; Founder of Rush Medical College

# brainarddaniel

BRANCH, ANTHONY MARTIN (1823-67) Confederate Captain – 21st Texas Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1864-65

# branchanthonymartin

BRANCH, LAWRENCE O’BRYAN (1820-62) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Antietam – September 17, 1862; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1855-61

# branchlawrenceobryan

BRANDON, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1812-90) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi

# brandonwilliamlindsay

BRANNAN, JOHN MILTON (1819-92) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Third Seminole Wars

# brannanjohnmilton

BRANTLEY, WILLIAM FELIX (1830-70) Confederate Brigadier General - Mississippi

# brantleywilliamfelix

BRATTON, JOHN (1831-98) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1884-85

# brattonjohn

BRAYMAN, MASON (1813-95) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Idaho Territory – 1876-80

# braymanmason

BRECHT, BERTOLT (1898-1956) German Poet & Playwright

# brechtbertolt

BRECK, SAMUEL (1834-1918) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Adjutant General of the U.S. Army – 1897-98

# brecksamuel

BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN CABELL (1821-75) Confederate Major General – Kentucky; Confederate Secretary of War – 1865; Vice-President of the United States – 1857-61; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1851-55; U.S. Senator – Kentucky - 1861

# breckinridgejohncabell

BRECKINRIDGE, WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON (1837-1904) Confederate Colonel – 9th Kentucky Cavalry; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1885-95

# breckinridgewilliamcampbellpreston

BREMER, SIR JAMES JOHN GORDON (1786-1850) Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy; Commander-in-Chief of British Naval Forces during the First Anglo-Chinese War – 1839-41; Served in the Napoleonic Wars

# bremersjjg

BRENNAN, WILLIAM J., JR. (1906-97) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1956-90

# brennamwjjr

BRENT, GEORGE WILLIAM (1821-72) Confederate Colonel – 17th Virginia Infantry; Staff officer to Confederate Generals Braxton Bragg, P.G.T. Beauregard, and Joseph Johnston

# brentgeorgewilliam

BRENTANO, AUGUST (1828-86) Austrian-Born Newspaper Dealer in New York City

# brentanoa

BRENTON, SAMUEL (1810-57) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1851-53 & 1855-57

# brentons

BRETON, ANDRE (1896-1966) French Writer & Poet

# bretonandre

BREVARD, THEODORE WASHINGTON, JR. (1835- 82) Confederate Brigadier General - Florida

# brevardtheodorewashingtonjr

BREWER, DAVID J. (1837-1910) U.S. Supreme Associate Court Justice – 1889-1910

# brewerdj

BREWER, MARK S. (1837-1901) U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1877-81 & 1887-91

# brewerms

BREWSTER, DAVID (1781-1868) British Scientist, Inventor, and Author; Principal of the University of St. Andrews – 1837-59; Principal of the University of Edinburgh – 1859-68

# brewsterdavid

BREWSTER, HENRY A. (?-?) American Clergyman, instrumental in the founding of Howard University

# brewsterhenrya

BRICE, BENJAMIN W. (1806-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel & Paymaster General

# bricebenjaminw

BRIDGERS, ROBERT RUFUS (1819-88) Confederate Congressman – North Carolina - 1862-65

# bridgersrobertrufus

BRIDGMAN, LAURA D. (1829-89) Blind & Deaf-Mute Celebrity

# bridgmanl

BRIGGS, GEORGE NIXON (1796-1861) Governor of Massachusetts – 1844-51; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1831-43

# briggsgeorgenixon

BRIGGS, HENRY SHAW (1824-87) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts

# briggshenryshaw

BRIGHT, JOHN MORGAN (1817-1911) Confederate Brigadier General of Tennessee Militia – Served on the staff of Governor Isham G. Harris – 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1871-81

# brightjohnmorgan

BRINKERHOFF, JACOB (1810-80) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1843-47

# brinkerhoffjacob

BRINKERHOFF, ROELIFF (1828-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# brinkerhoffroeliff

BRINVILLIERS, MARIE-MADELEINE D’AUBRAY, MARQUISE DE (1630-76) French Aristocrat, convicted for the murder of her father and two of her sons, executed on July 16, 1676

# brinvilliersmareimadeleinedaubraymarquisede

BRISBIN, JAMES SANKS (1837-92) Union Brigadier General

# brisbinjamessanks

BRISCOE, JAMES C. (1835-69) Union Brevet Brigadier General – Brevetted to Rank for Gallantry in the Assault on Fort Gregg, Virginia; Union Captain – 40th New York Infantry; Union Colonel – 188th & 199th Pennsylvania Infantries

# briscoejc

BRISTOW, BENJAMIN HELM (1832-96) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1874-76; Union Colonel during the American Civil War, wounded at the Battle of Shiloh

# bristowbh

BROCK, WILLIAM EMERSON (1872-1950) U.S. Senator - Tennessee - 1929 to 1931

# brockwe

BROCKENBROUGH, JOHN WHITE (1806-77) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1861-62

# brockenbroughjohnwhite

BRODERICK, CASE (1839-1920) U.S. Representative – Kansas – 1891-99; Served in the 2nd Kansas Light Artillery Battery during the American Civil War

# broderickc

BRODHEAD, RICHARD (1811-63) U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1851-57; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1843-49

# brodheadr

BROGDEN, CURTIS H. (1816-1901) Governor of North Carolina – 1874-77; U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1877-79

# brogdench

BRONTE, ANNE (1820-49) English Novelist & Poet

# bronteanne

BRONTE, CHARLOTTE (1816-55) English Novelist & Poet, best known for “Jane Eyre” & “Villette”

# brontecharlotte

BRONTE, EMILY JANE (1818-48) English Novelist & Poet, best known for her only novel, “Wuthering Heights”

# bronteemilyjane

BROOKE, JOHN RUTTER (1838-1926) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Major General during the Spanish-American War

# brookejohnrutter

BROOKE, RUPERT CHAWNER (1877-1915) English Poet

# brookerupertchawner

BROOKE, WALKER (1813-69) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi - 1861-62; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1852-53

# brookewalker

BROOKS, PRESTON S. (1819-57) U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1853-57; Severely beat abolitionist Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Chamber on May 22, 1856

# brooksps

BROOKS, WILLIAM S. (1822-92) Prominent Businessman in Joliet, Illinois; President of the Joliet Iron and Steel Rolling Mills; Elected to the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1870, and the Illinois State Senate, 1872

# brooksws

BROOKS, WILLIAM THOMAS HARBAUGH (1821-70) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# brookswilliamthomasharbaugh

BROSS, WILLIAM J. (1813-90) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois – 1865-69; Early Republican Party supporter, campaigned for John C. Fremont in 1856 and Abraham Lincoln in 1860; Helped raise the 29th U.S. Colored Infantry during the American Civil War

# brosswilliamj

BROUGHAM, HENRY (1778-1868) English Politician; Member of Parliament – 1810-12 & 1815-68; Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain – 1830-34

# broughamhenry

BROWARD, MONTGOMERY LAFAYETTE (1833-98) Confederate Soldier; Prominent resident of Duval County, Florida

# browardmaontgomerylafayette

BROWN, ALBERT GALLATIN (1813-80) Confederate Congressman – 1862-65; Governor of Mississippi – 1844-48; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1854-61

# brownalbertgallatin

BROWN, EGBERT BENSON (1816-1902) Union Brigadier General

# brownegbertbenson

BROWN, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1815-95) Notable Inventor & Manufacturer in Galesburg, Illinois; Invented the “Brown Corn Planter” in 1851

# browngeorgewashington

BROWN, HARVEY (1795-1874) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# brownharvey

BROWN, IRA (1835-1921) Successful Merchant in Chicago, Illinois; Invested in large tracts of land in the suburbs of Chicago and San Diego, California

# brownira

BROWN, JOHN (1800-59) American Abolitionist; Seized the U.S. Arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, October 1859, and was hanged in Charlestown on December 2, 1859

# brownjohn

BROWN, JOHN CALVIN (1827-89) Confederate Major General – Tennessee; Governor of Tennessee 1871-75

# brownjohncalvin

BROWN, NATHAN WILLIAMS (1819-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# brownnathanwilliams

BROWN, PHILIP PERRY, JR. (1823-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# brownphilipperryjr

BROWN, SAMUEL LOCKWOOD (1825-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# brownsamuellockwood

BROWN, THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN (1835-1909) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Officer – 51st Illinois Infantry

# browntheodorefrelinghuysen

BROWNE, THOMAS M. (1829-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 7th Indiana Cavalry; U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1877-91

# brownethomasm

BROWNE, WILLIAM HENRY (1825-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# brownewilliamhenry

BROWNE, WILLIAM MONTAGUE (1823-83) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Secretary of State ad interim, February 17 - March 18, 1862

# brownewilliammontague

BRUCE, BLANCHE KELSO (1841-1898) First Full-Term Black U.S. Senator - Mississippi – 1875-81; Appointed Register of the U.S. Treasury - 1881

# bruceblanchekelso

Signatures as U.S. Senator from Mississippi.

BRUCE, ELI METCALFE (1828-66) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1862-65

# bruceelimetcalfe

BRUCE, NIGEL (1895-1953) English Actor

# brucenigel

BRUSH, DANIEL HARMON (1813-90) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 18th Illinois Infantry

# brushdanielharmon

BRUSTER, OBEDIAH FINLEY (1824-99) Confederate Officer during the American Civil War

# brusterof

BRYAN, GOODE (1811-85) Confederate Brigadier General

# bryangoode

BRYAN, SILAS LILLARD (1822-80) Prominent Attorney & Judge in Salem, Illinois; Illinois State Senator – 1853-59; Father of William Jennings Bryan

# bryansilaslillard

BUCHANAN, FRANKLIN (1800-74) Confederate Admiral; Served in the U.S. Navy – 1815-61

# buchananfranklin

BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868) Fifteenth U.S. President - 1857-61; U.S. Secretary of State – 1845-49; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1834-45; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1821-31

# buchananjames

BUCHANAN, ROBERT CHRISTIE (1811-78) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# buchananrobertchristie

BUCK, CLAYTON DOUGLASS (1890-1965) Governor of Delaware – 1929-37; U.S. Senator – Delaware – 1943-49

# buckclaytondouglass

BUCK, HORATIO BARDWELL (1832-?) Union Assistant Surgeon, served in the Army of the Potomac from Chancellorsville and Gettysburg through the Mine Run Campaign; Physician in Springfield, Illinois after the Civil War

# buckhoratiobardwell

BUCK, PEARL SYDENSTRICKER (1892-1973) American Writer & Novelist

# buckpearlsydenstricker

BUCKINGHAM, CATHARINUS PUTNAM (1808-88) Union Brigadier General - Ohio

# buckinghamcatharinusputnam

BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM ALFRED (1804-75) Governor of Connecticut – 1858-66; U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1869-75

# buckinghamwilliamalfred

BUCKLAND, RALPH POMEROY (1812-92) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1865-69

# bucklandralphpomeroy

BUCKNER, SIMON BOLIVAR (1823-1914) Confederate Lieutenant General – Kentucky

# bucknersimonbolivar

BUEHLER, JOHN (1831-1903) German-Born Brewer, Merchant, Banker, and Insurance Executive in Chicago, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois State Senate – 1874; Director of the Huck’s Brewing Company – 1864-71

# buehlerjohn

BUELL, DON CARLOS (1818-98) Union Major General - Ohio

# buelldoncarlos

BUFORD, ABRAHAM, II (1820-84) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky

# bufordabrahamII

BUFORD, JOHN (1826-63) Union Major General – Kentucky

# bufordjohn

BUFORD, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1807-83) Union Brigadier General

# bufordnapoleonbonaparte

BULLOCK, ROBERT (1828-1905) Confederate Brigadier General – Florida; U.S. Representative – Florida – 1889-93

# bullockrobert

BULLOCK, SETH (1849-1919) Member of the Montana Territorial Senate – 1871-72; Sheriff of Lewis and Clark County, Montana Territory – 1873

# bullocks

Moved to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he opened a hardware business with Sol Star in 1876, soon becoming the town sheriff; Portrayed by Timothy Oliphant in the HBO television series, “Deadwood”; Served as Captain of a Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War; Appointed U.S. Marshal for South Dakota by President Theodore Roosevelt, a longtime friend – 1909

BURBANK, SIDNEY (1807-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole War

# burbanksidney

BURBRIDGE, STEPHEN GANO (1831-94) Union Brigadier General - Kentucky

# burbridgestephengano

BURKE, EDMUND (1729-97) Irish Statesman & Philosopher; Member of the British Parliament – 1766-94

# burkeedmund

BURKE, EDMUND (1809-82) U.S. Congressman – New Hampshire – 1839-45; U.S. Commissioner of Patents – 1846-50

# burkeedmund

BURKE, MARTIN (1800-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# burkemartin

BURLESON, ALBERT S. (1863-1937) U.S. Postmaster General – 1913-21; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1899-1913

# burlesonalberts

BURNETT, HENRY CORNELIUS (1825-66) Confederate Colonel – 8th Kentucky Infantry; Confederate Senator – Kentucky – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Kentucky - 1855-61

# burnetthenrycornelius

BURNHAM, HIRAM (1814-64) Union Brigadier General – Maine; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, Virginia – September 29, 1864

# burnhamhiram

BURNHAM, JOHN (1816-98) Notable Citizen of Batavia, Illinois; Conceived & produced the self-regulating windmill, principle in the United States Wind Engine & Pump Company; Later moved to California, and is buried in Santa Ana, Orange County

# burnhamjohn

BURNS, JOHN L. (1793-1872) Civilian resident who fought with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg; Veteran of the War of 1812

# burnsjohnl

BURNS, ROBERT (1759-96) Scottish Poet & Lyricist; Author of “Auld Lang Syne”

# burnsrobert

BURNS, WILLIAM WALLACE (1825-92) Union Brigadier General

# burnswilliamwallace

BURNSIDE, AMBROSE EVERETT (1824-81) Union Major General - Rhode Island; Governor of Rhode Island – 1866-69; U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1875-81

# burnsideambroseeverett

BURR, AARON (1756-1836) U.S. Vice President – 1801-05; U.S. Senator – New York – 1791-97; Officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel on July 11, 1804

# burra

BURR, THEODOSIA (1783-1813) American Socialite; Daughter of Aaron Burr; Wife of Joseph Alston, Governor of South C arolina

# burrt

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) American Writer

# burroughsedgarrice

BUSCH, VALENTINE (1824-72) German-Born American Brewer; Principal in Valentin Busch Brewery, 1851-58, and Busch & Michael Brand Brewery, 1858-73, in Chicago, Illinois

# buschvalentine

BUSHNELL, DAVID (1740-1824/26) American Medical Doctor; Inventor of the Submarine

# bushnelldavid

BUSSEY, CYRUS (1833-1915) Union Brigadier General; Assistant Secretary of the Interior 1889-93

# busseycyrus

BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-93) Union Major General – Massachusetts; U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1867-75 & 1877-79; U.S. Presidential Candidate – Greenback Party - 1884

# butlerbenjaminfranklin

BUTLER, CHESTER PIERCE (1798-1850) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1847-50

# butlercp

BUTLER, JAMES WANDESFORD, MARQUIS OF ORMONDE (1774-1838) Irish Nobleman & Politician; Member of Parliament – 1796-1820; Colonel in the 14th Dragoons, British Army & the Kilkenny Militia

# butlerjameswandesford

BUTLER, MATTHEW CALBRAITH (1836-1909) Confederate Major General – South Carolina; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1877-95; Major General in the U.S. Army – 1898-99

# butlermatthewcalbraith

BUTLER, SMEDLEY DARLINGTON (1881-1940) U.S. Marine Corps Major General; Served from the Spanish-American War through World War I; Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; Author of “War is a Racket”

# butlersmedleydarlington

BUTTERFIELD, DANIEL ADAMS (1831-1901) Union Major General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia - June 27, 1862

# butterfielddanieladams

BUTTRICK, JOHN (1731-91) Major of Concord Militia during the Battle of Concord, April 19, 1775

# buttrickjohn

BUXTON, HARVEY PARRIS (1834-?) Served in the 15th Illinois Cavalry & 30th Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War; Prominent attorney in Carlyle & Belleville, Illinois

# buxtonharveyparris

BUXTON, THOMAS FOWELL (1786-1845) English Abolitionist & Social Reformer; Member of Parliament – 1819-37

# buxtonthomasfowell

BYFORD, WILLIAM HEATH (1817-90) Prominent Physician in Chicago, Illinois; Professor at Rush Medical College & Chicago Medical College; Founded Woman’s Medical College of Chicago in 1879

# byfordwilliamheath

BYRD, RICHARD E. (1888-1957) American Aviator & Polar Explorer; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

# byrdricharde

BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON (1778-1824) English Romantic Poet – Most remembered for “Don Juan” & “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”

# byronlordgeorgegordon

CABELL, GEORGE CRAIGHEAD (1836-1906) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 18th Virginia Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Virginia - 1875-87

# cabellgeorgecraighead

CABELL, WILLIAM LEWIS (1827-1911) Confederate Brigadier General; Mayor of Dallas, Texas – 1874-79 & 1883-85

# cabellwilliamlewis

CABLE, HERMON W. - Founder of the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company

# cablehermonw

CADWALADER, GEORGE (1806-79) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# cadwaladergeorge

CALDWELL, JOHN CURTIS (1833-1912) Union Brigadier General

# caldwelljohncurtis

CALDWELL, JOHN HENRY (1826-1902) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 10th Alabama Infantry; U.S. Representative - Alabama – 1873-77

# caldwelljohnhenry

CALHOUN, JAMES MONTGOMERY (1811-75) Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia – 1862-65; Recipient of the famous “War is Cruelty” letter from Union General William Tecumseh Sherman upon the surrender of the city, September 1864

# calhounjamesmontgomery

CALHOUN, JOHN C. (1782-1850) U.S. Vice President - 1825-32; U.S. Secretary of War - 1817-25; U.S. Secretary of State - 1844-45; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1811-17; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1845-50

# calhounjohnc

CALL, RICHARD K. (1792-1862) Florida Territorial Governor – 1835-40 & 1841-44; Aide to General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans; Brigadier General of West Florida Militia; U.S. Representative – 1823-25

# callrichardk

CALL, WILKINSON (1834-1910) U.S. Senator – Florida – 1879-97; Nephew of Richard Call, Florida Territorial Governor – 1836-39 & 1841-44; Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

# callwilkinson

CALLAHAN, SAMUEL BENTON (1833-1911) Confederate Soldier in the First Creek Mounted Volunteers; Confederate Congressman – Creek & Seminole Nations – 1864-65

# callahansamuelbenton

CALLENDER, FRANKLIN DYER (1817-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Commander of the St. Louis Arsenal; Chief of Ordnance – Department of the Missouri

# callenderfranklndyer

CAMERON, ANGUS (1826-97) U.S. Senator – Wisconsin – 1875-85

# cameronangus

CAMERON, DANIEL, JR. (1828-79) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Commander of Camp Douglas Military Prison, Chicago, Illinois

# camerondanieljr

CAMERON, JAMES DONALD (1833-1918) U.S. Secretary of War - 1876-77; U.S. Senator - Pennsylvania - 1877-97

# cameronjamesdonald

CAMERON, ROBERT ALEXANDER (1828-94) Union Brigadier General

# cameronrobertalexander

CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889) U.S. Secretary of War – 1861-62, during the American Civil War; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1845-49, 1857-61 & 1867-77

# cameronsimon

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CAMPAN, HENRIETTE GENET (1752-1822) French Educator & Writer; Lady’s Maid in the service of Marie Antoinette before and during the French Revolution; Appointed headmistress of the first "Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur" by Napoleon in 1807

# campanhg

CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER WILLIAM (1828-93) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Elected Mayor of Jackson, Tennessee - 1856

# campbellalexanderwilliam

CAMPBELL, ARCHIBALD (1739-91) Major General in the British Army; Governor of Georgia – 1778-79; Governor of Jamaica – 1781-84; Governor of Madras – 1786-89; Member of Parliament – 1774-80 & 1789-91

# campbellarchibald

CAMPBELL, CHARLES THOMAS (1823-95) Union Brigadier General

# campbellcharlesthomas

CAMPBELL, JACOB MILLER (1821-88) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1877-79 & 1881-87

# campbelljacobmiller

CAMPBELL, JAMES (1812-93) U.S. Postmaster General – 1853-57; Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania – 1852-53

# campbellj

CAMPBELL, JOHN (?-1845) U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1829-31 & 1837-45

# campbellj

CAMPBELL, JOHN ARCHIBALD (1811-89) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1853-61; Confederate Assistant Secretary of War – 1862-65

# campbellja

CAMPBELL, JOSIAH ABIGAIL PATTERSON (1830-1917) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 40th Mississippi Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62

# campbelljosiahabigailpatterson

CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777-1844) Scottish Poet & Author

# campbellthomas

CAMPBELL, WILLIAM BOWEN (1807-67) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Tennessee – 1851-53; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1837-43 & 1866-67

# campbellwilliambowen

CAMPELL, J.W. (?-?) Sheriff of Jefferson County, Virginia during the trial, imprisonment, and execution of John Brown in 1859

# campbelljw

CAMPISTRON, JEAN GALBERT de (1656-1723) French Dramatist

# campistronjeangalbertde

CAMUS, ALBERT (1913-60) French philosopher, Author, and Journalist

# camusalbert

CANBY, EDWARD RICHARD SPRIGG (1817-73) Union Major General; Killed by Modoc Indians in 1873; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# canbyedwardrichardsprigg

CANDY, CHARLES (1832-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 66th Ohio Infantry

# candycharles

CANFIELD, EUGENE (1837-?) Prominent Attorney in Aurora, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1872

# canfieldeugene

CANGE, CHARLES du FRESNE (1610-88) French Philologist & Historian

# cnagecharlesdufresne

CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827) British Prime Minister & Chancellor of the Exchequer – 1827; British Foreign Secretary – 1807-09 & 1822-27; Leader of the House of Commons – 1822-27

# canninggeorge

CAPERS, ELLISON (1837-1908) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# capersellison

CAPERS, FRANCIS WITHERS (1819-92) Confederate General of Georgia State Troops

# capersfranciswithers

CAPERTON, ALLEN TAYLOR (1810-76) Confederate Senator – Virginia – 1863-65; U.S. Senator – West Virginia – 1875-76

# capertonallentaylor

CAPONE, ALPHONSE G. (1899-1945) Prohibition-era American Gangster & Businessman

# caponealphonseg

CAPOTE, TRUMAN (1924-84) American Writer

# capotetruman

CAREY, WILLIAM, LORD BISHOP OF EXETER (1769-1846) English Churchman; Bishop of Exeter, 1820—30 & St. Asaph – 1830-46

# careywilliam

CARLETON, JAMES HENRY (1814-73) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# carletonjameshenry

CARLILE, JOHN SNYDER (1817-78) U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1855-57 & 1861

# carlilejohnsnyder

CARLIN, WILLIAM H. Illinois State Congressman, circa 1850s; Postmaster of Quincy, Illinois - 1858-61

# carlinwilliamh

CARLIN, WILLIAM PASSMORE (1829-1903) Union Brigadier General – Illinois; Namesake of Carlin, Nevada

# carlinwilliampassmore

CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1835-1919) Scottish-Born American Industrialist & Philanthropist

# carnegieandrew

CARNEGIE, WILLIAM, EARL OF NORTHESK (1756-1831) British Naval Officer during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary, and Napoleonic Wars; Rear Admiral of the United Kingdom – 1821-31

# carnegiewilliam

CARNES, WILLIAM WATTS (1841-1932) Served in the Confederate Army & Navy during the American Civil War; Sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee – 1896-97

# carneswilliamwatts

CARPENTER, JOHN NEWSOM (1825-93) Confederate Colonel – 2nd Alabama Cavalry

# carpenterjohnnewsom

CARPENTER, PHILO (1805-86) American Abolitionist; First pharmacist in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1832; A founder and leader of the Chicago chapter of the American Anti-Slavery Society

# carpenterphilo

CARR, EUGENE ASA NIEL (1830-1910) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas – March 7, 1862

# carreugeneasaniel

CARR, JOSEPH BRADFORD (1828-95) Union Brigadier General - New York

# carrjosephbradford

CARR, ROBERT JAMES, LORD BISHOP OF CHICHESTER (1774-1841) English Churchman; Bishop of Chichester – 1824-31; Bishop of Worcester - 1831-41

# carrrobertjames

CARRINGTON, HENRY BEEBEE (1824-1912) Union Brigadier General

# carringtonhenrybeebee

CARROLL, CHARLES OF CARROLLTON (1737-1832) Signer of the Declaration of Independence – Maryland – the Only Catholic & Last-Surviving Signer; Delegate to the Continental Congress – Maryland – 1776-78; U.S. Senator - Maryland – 1789-92

# carrollcharlesofcarrollton

CARROLL, DAVID WILLIAMSON (1816-1905) Confederate Colonel – 18th Arkansas Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Arkansas - 1865

# carrolldavidwilliamson

CARROLL, SAMUEL SPRIGG (1832-93) Union Brigadier General

# carrollsamuelsprigg

CARROLL, WILLIAM HENRY (1810-68) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# carrollwilliamhenry

CARSON, CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON “KIT” (1809-68) American Frontiersman & U.S. Army Officer; Union Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War

# carsonchristopherhouston

CARSON, JAMES MARSH (1831-88) Confederate Officer - South Carolina

# carsonjamesmarsh

CARTEAUX, JEAN BAPTISTE FRANCOIS (1751-1813) French Painter & General in the French Revolutionary Army; Commander-in-Chief of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army during the Siege of Toulon - 1793

# carteauxjeanbaptistefrancois

CARTER, JAMES EARL, JR. “JIMMY” (1924- ) Thirty-Ninth U.S. President – 1977-81; Governor of Georgia – 1971-75

# carterjamesearl

CARTER, JOHN CARPENTER (1837-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee - November 30, 1864

# carterjohncarpenter

CARTER, SAMUEL PERRY “POWHATAN” (1819-91) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

# cartersamuelperry

CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (ca1864-1943) African-American Agricultural Scientist & Inventor

# carvergeorgewashington

CARY, ALICE (1820-71) American Poet, the older sister of fellow poet Phoebe Cary

# caryalice

CARY, HETTY CARR MARTIN (1836-92) Wife of Confederate General John Pegram, Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run – February 6, 1865; Later married pioneer physiologist Henry Newell Martin

# caryhettycarrmartin

CARY, JEREMIAH EATON (1803-88) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# caryjeremiaheaton

CARY, SHEPARD (1805-66) U.S. Congressman – Maine – 1844-45

# caryshepard

CASE, CHARLES HOSMER (1829-?) Prominent Teacher, Merchant, and Insurance Executive in Warsaw & Chicago, Illinois

# casecharleshosmer

CASEY, SILAS (1807-82) Union Major General – Rhode Island

# caseysilas

CASHIER, ALBERT D.J., born JENNIE IRENE HODGERS (1843-1915) Irish-born Union Soldier, a woman serving in the identity of a man – 95th Illinois Infantry

# cashieralbertdj

CASTRO, FIDEL (1926-2016) Cuban Revolutionary & Politician; Prime Minister of Cuba - 1959-76; President of Cuba – 1976-2008

# castrofidel

CASTRO, RAUL (b. 1931) Cuban Military & Political Leader; First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba - 2011-21; Brother of Fidel Castro

# castroraul

CATHERINE OF ARAGON (1485-1536) Queen Consort of England – 1509-1533; First Wife of King Henry VIII

# catherineofaragon

CATON, JOHN DEAN (1812-95) Associate & Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court – 1843-64; Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois

# catonjohndean

CATTELL, ALEXANDER GILMORE (1816-94) U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1866-71

# cattellalexandergilmore

CAZNEAU, THOMAS NUGENT (1812-73) Confederate Guerrilla Fighter & Spy

# cazneauthomasnugent

CELESTINE IV (?-1241) Italian-born Pope - 1241

# celestineI

CEZANNE, PAUL (1839-1906) French Artist and Post-Impressionist Painter

# cezannepaul

CHALMERS, JAMES RONALD (1831-98) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1877-81 & 1884-85

# chalmersjamesronald

CHAMBERLAIN, FRANK O. (1829-1902) Member of the New York State Assembly from Ontario County, 1891-92; Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, New York

# chamberlainfranko

CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828-1914) Union Brigadier General – Maine; Colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Gettysburg; Governor of Maine – 1867-71

# chamberlainjoshualawrence

CHAMBERLAIN, THOMAS D. (1841-96) Union Lieutenant Colonel - 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry; Brother of Union General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

# chamberlainthomasd

CHAMBERS, HENRY COUSINS (1823-71) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1862-65

# chambershenrycousins

CHAMBERS, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1802-65) Major General of Texas Troops during the War for Independence with Mexico; Namesake of Chambers County, Texas

# chambersthomasjefferson

CHAMBLISS, JOHN RANDOLPH, JR. (1833-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Killed-in-Action at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia – August 14, 1864

# chamblissjohnrandolphjr

CHAMPION, THOMAS EMMET (1825-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 96th Illinois Infantry

# championthomasemmet

CHAMPLIN, STEPHEN GARDNER (1827-64) Union Brigadier General; Died of wounds from the battles of Seven Pines & Second Bull Run

# chajplinstephengardner

CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH (1813-79) U.S. Secretary of the Interior - 1875-77; U.S. Senator – Michigan - 1857-75 & 1879; Mayor of Detroit, Michigan – 1851-52

# chandlerzachariah

CHAPIN, EDWARD PAYSON (1831-63) Union Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana – May 27, 1863

# chapinedwardpayson

CHAPLIN, SIR CHARLES SPENCER “CHARLIE” (1889-1977) English Comic Actor, Filmmaker, and Composer

# chaplincharlie

CHAPMAN, AUGUSTUS A. (1803-76) Confederate Brigadier General of Virginia Militia; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1843-47

# chapmanaugustusa

CHAPMAN, GEORGE HENRY (1832-82) Union Brigadier General

# chapmangeorgehenry

CHAPMAN, REUBEN (1799-1882) Confederate Representative to France – 1862-65; U.S. Congressman – Alabama – 1835-47; Governor of Alabama – 1847-49

# chapmanreuben

CHARDIN, JEAN (1643-1713) French Jeweller & Traveller; Author of “The Travels of Sir John Chardin”

# chardinjean

CHARLEMAGNE (748-814) King of the Franks & Lombards; First Holy Roman Emperor – 800-814

# charlemagne

CHARLES, DUKE OF ORLEANS (1394-1465) French Nobleman & Medieval Poet

# charlesoforleans

CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA (1796-1817) Princess of Wales; Only child of King George IV of England; First wife of Leopold I of Belgium

# charlotteaugusta

CHASE, HENRY INGRAHAM (1820-96) Prominent Merchant & Grain Trader in Peoria, Illinois; Appointed Deputy Collector of the Fifth District of Illinois by President Abraham Lincoln

# chasehenryingraham

CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-73) U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1861-64; Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court - 1864-73; Governor of Ohio – 1856-60; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1849-55 & 1861

# chasesalmonportland

CHASE, SAMUEL (1741-1811) Member of the Continental Congress – Maryland – 1776-78; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1796-1811; Acquitted after being impeached by Congress, 1804-05

# chasesamuel

CHASTAIN, ELIJAH WEBB (1813-74) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 1st Georgia Infantry; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1851-55

# chastainelijahwebb

CHEATHAM, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1820-86) Confederate Major General –Tennessee

# cheathambenjaminfranklin

CHEKHOV, ANTON PAVLOVICH (1860-1904) Russian Writer & Playwright

# chekhovantonpavlovich

CHENEY, CHARLES EDWARD (1836-1916) American Bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church

# cheneycharlesedward

CHENOWETH, WILLIAM J. (1823-1915) Union Surgeon – 35th Illinois Infantry – 1861-62; Member of GAR Post #141 - Decatur, Illinois

# chenowethwilliamj

CHESNUT, JAMES, JR. (1815-85) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1858-60

# chesnutjamesjr

CHESNUT, MARY BOYKIN (1823-86) Southern Civil War Writer & Diarist; Wife of Confederate General & U.S. Senator James Chesnut, Jr.

# chesnutmaryboykin

CHETLAIN, AUGUSTUS LOUIS (1824-1914) Union Brigadier General

# chetlainaugustuslouis

CHEW, ROGER PRESTON (1843-1921) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – Virginia; Commander of Horse Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia

# chewrogerpreston

CHILDS, FREDERICK LYNN (1831-94) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel

# childsfredericklynn

CHILTON, ROBERT HALL (1815-79) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# chiltonroberthall

CHILTON, WILLIAM PARISH (1810-71) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1861-62

# chiltonwilliamparish

CHINIQUY, CHARLES (1809-99) Canadian-Born Catholic Priest; Settled in Kankakee, Illinois; Was defended in an 1855 libel lawsuit by Abraham Lincoln

# chiniquycharles

Denounced the Catholic Church in mid-life, warning that importing thousands of immigrants from Ireland, Germany, and France, the American Civil War, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were Vatican plots to take over the United States.

 

CHIPMAN, HENRY LAURENS (1823-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 102nd U.S. Colored Infantry

# chipmanhenrylaurens

CHITTENDEN, SIMEON B. (1814-89) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1874-81

# chittendensimeonb

CHRISMAN, JAMES STONE (1818-81) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1853-55

# chrismanjamesstone

CHRISTENSEN, CHRISTIAN THOMSEN (1832-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# christensenchristianthomsen

CHRYSLER, MORGAN HENRY (1822-90) Union Brigadier General

# chrylsermorganhenry

CHRYSLER, WALTER PERCY (1875-1940) American Automotive Pioneer; Founder of the Chrysler Corporation

# chryslerwalterpercy

CHURCHILL, CLEMENTINE S. (1885-1977) Wife of Winston Churchill

# churchillclementines

CHURCHILL, THOMAS JAMES (1824-1905) Confederate Major General – Arkansas; Governor of Arkansas – 1881-83

# churchillthomasjames

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. (1874-1965) Prime Minister of England – 1940-45 & 1951-55

# churchillwinstons

CHURCHWELL, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY (1826-62) Confederate Colonel – 34th Tennessee Infantry; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1851-55

# churchwellwilliammontgomery

CIENFUEGOS, CAMILO (1932-59) Prominent Figure in the Cuban Revolutionary Army

# cienguegoscamilo

CINQUE, JOSEPH (circa 1814-79) Kidnapped West African, led the revolt aboard the "Amistad" in 1839

# cinquej

CIST, HENRY MARTYN (1839-1902) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# cisthenrymartyn

CLAIBORNE, JOHN M. (1839-1909) Confederate Officer – 8th Texas Cavalry, known as Terry’s Texas Rangers; Served under Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler, and John Wharton, and was wounded three times during the Civil War

# claibornejohnm

Joined President Jefferson Davis and General John C. Breckinridge after they fled Richmond, and was captured by Union Troops near Cedartown, Georgia on May 15, 1865; Editor of a Texas newspaper, the “New Birmingham Times,” in the 1890s

CLAIBORNE, WILLIAM CHARLES COLE (1775-1817) First Governor of Mississippi Territory – 1801; First Governor of Orleans Territory – 1804-12; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1817; Veteran of the Battle of New Orleans

# claibornewilliamcharlescole

CLANTON, JAMES HOLT (1827-71) Confederate Brigadier General – Alabama

# clantonjamesholt

CLARK, CHARLES (1811-77) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; Confederate Governor of Mississippi – 1863-65

# clarkc

CLARK, DANIEL (1809-91) U.S. Senator – New Hampshire – 1857-66

# clarkdaniel

CLARK, JAMES BEAUCHAMP “CHAMP” (1850-1921) U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1893-95 & 1897-21; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1911-19

# clarkjamesbeauchamp

CLARK, JOHN BULLOCK, JR. (1831-1903) Confederate Brigadier General – Missouri; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1873-83

# clarkjohnbullockjr

CLARK, JOHN BULLOCK, SR. (1802-85) Confederate General of Missouri State Troops; Confederate Congressman & Senator – Missouri – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1857-61

# clarkjohnbullocksr

CLARK, LINCOLN (1800-86) U.S. Congressman – Iowa – 1851-53

# clarklincoln

CLARK, WALLIS OLWIN (1854-1914) U.S. Army Officer, graduated from West Point in 1877; Served with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in the western Indian Wars

# clarkwallisolwin

CLARK, WILLIAM (1770-1838) American Soldier & Explorer, famous for the “Lewis & Clark Expedition”; Governor of Missouri Territory – 1813-20

# clarkwilliam

CLARK, WILLIAM THOMAS (1831-1905) Union Brigadier General – Iowa; U.S. Congressman – Texas – 1870-72

# clarkwilliamthomas

CLARKE, HENRY FRANCIS (1820-87) Union Brevet Major General; Brevetted Brigadier General for Gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg; Aide on the Staff of General George B. McClellan

# clarkehenryfrancis

CLARKE, JOHN HOPKINS (1789-1870) U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1847-53

# clarkejohnhopkins

CLARKE, WILLIAM JOHN (1819-86) Confederate Colonel – 24th North Carolina Infantry

# clarkewilliamjohn

CLAUSSENIUS, HENRY (1825-96) German Consul in Chicago, Illinois, circa 1870

# clausseniushenry

CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903) Union Major General – Kentucky; U.S. Minister to Russia - 1861-62 & 1863-69

# claycassiusmarcellus

CLAY, CLEMENT CLAIBORNE, JR. (1816-82) Confederate Senator – Alabama – 1862-64; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1853-61

# clayclementclaibornejr

CLAY, HENRY (1777-1852) U.S. Secretary of State - 1825-29; U.S. Presidential Candidate - 1824, 1832 & 1844

# clayhenry

U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42 & 1849-52; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1813-14, 1815-21 & 1823-25; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1811-14, 1815-20 & 1823-25

CLAY-CLOPTON, VIRGINIA (1825–1915) Wife of U.S. Senator Clement Claiborne Clay of Alabama; Early activist in the United Daughters of the Confederacy & the Women’s Suffrage Movement

# claycloptonvirginia

CLAYTON, ALEXANDER MOSBY (1801-89) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi - 1861

# claytonalexandermosby

CLAYTON, HENRY DeLAMAR, SR. (1827-89) Confederate Major General - Alabama

# claytonhenrydelamarsr

CLAYTON, POWELL FOULK (1833-1914) Union Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 5th Kansas Cavalry; Governor of Arkansas – 1868-71; U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1871-77; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico – 1897-1905; President of the Eureka Springs Railroad – 1883-99

# claytonpowellfoulk

CLEBURNE, PATRICK RONAYNE (1828-64) Confederate Major General – Arkansas; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee – November 30, 1864

# cleburnepr

CLEM, JOHN LINCOLN “JOHNNY” (1851-1937) Union Lance Sergeant - 22nd Michigan; Served at Chickamauga; Wounded twice during the Atlanta Campaign

# clemjohnny

"The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga"

CLEMENS, OLIVIA LANGDON (1845-1904) Wife of American Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain

# clemensolivialangdon

CLEMENS, ORION (1825-97) Secretary of the Nevada Territory – 1861-64; Older brother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, famous author who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain

# clemensorion

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910) American Author, also known as Mark Twain

# clemenssamuellanghorne

CLEVELAND, FRANCES FOLSOM (1864-1947) U.S. First Lady – 1886-89 & 1893-97

# clevalandfrancesfolsom

CLEVELAND, GROVER (1837-1908) Twenty-Second & Twenty-Fourth U.S. President - 1885-89 & 1893-97; Governor of New York – 1883-85; Mayor of Buffalo, New York - 1882

# clevelandgrover

CLEVELAND, ROSE ELIZABETH (1846-1918) Sister of Grover Cleveland; Served as functional First Lady during her brother’s time as New York Governor and as U.S. President before his marriage to Frances Folsom

# clevelandroseelizabeth

CLIFFORD, NATHAN (1803-81) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1858-81; U.S. Attorney General – 1846-48; U.S. Representative – Maine – 1839-43

# cliffordnathan

CLINCH, DUNCAN LAMONT (1787-1849) U.S. Brevet Brigadier General - Commanded at the Seminole Indian War Battle of Withlacoochie; Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Representative – Georgia - 1845-46

# clinchduncanlamont

CLINGMAN, THOMAS LANIER (1812-1897) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – North Carolina – 1858-61; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1843-45 & 1847-58

# clingmanthomaslanier

CLITZ, HENRY BOYNTON (1824-88) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# clitzhenryboynton

CLOPTON, DAVID (1820-92) Confederate Soldier – 12th Alabama Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1859-61

# cloptondavid

CLUSKEY, MICHAEL WALSH (1832-73) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1864-65

# cluskeymichaelwalsh

COBB, AMASA (1823-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin – 1863-71; Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska – 1875-76

# cobbamasa

COBB, HOWELL (1815-68) Confederate Major General – Georgia; Confederate Congressman – 1861-62; U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1857-60; U.S. Congressman – Georgia – 1843-51 & 1855-57; Governor of Georgia – 1851-53

# cobbhowell

COBB, THOMAS READE ROOTES (1823-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Confederate Congressman – 1861-62; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia – December 13, 1862

# cobbthomasreaderootes

COBB, WILLIAMSON ROBERT WINFIELD (1807-64) U.S. Representative - Alabama – 1847-61

# cobbwilliamsonrobertwinfield

COBDEN, RICHARD (1804-65) British Manufacturer & Radical; Liberal Member of Parliament – 1841-48, 1852-57 & 1859-65

# cobdenrichard

COBURN, JOHN (1825-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 33rd Indiana Infantry; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1869-75

# coburnjohn

COCHRANE, JOHN (1813-98) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – New York – 1857-61

# cochranejohn

COCHRANE, JOHN CROMBIE (1833-87) Renowned Architect in Chicago, Illinois; Designed the State Capitol Buildings in Springfield, Illinois & Des Moines, Iowa

# cochranejohncrombie

COCKE, PHILIP ST. GEORGE (1809-61) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia

# cockephilipstgeorge

COCKRELL, FRANCIS M. (1834-1915) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1875-1905

# cockrellfrancism

CODRINGTON, EDWARD (1770-1851) British Admiral; Saw action in the French Revolutionary Wars and at the Battles of Trafalgar and Navarino, during the Napoleonic Wars

# codringtonedward

CODY, WILLIAM F. “Buffalo Bill” (1846-1917) American Showman

# codywilliamf

COGSWELL, WILLIAM (1838-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 2nd Massachusetts Infantry; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1887-95; Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts – 1867-69 & 1873-74

# cogswellwilliam

COLBERT, WALLACE BRUCE (1834-65) Confederate Colonel – 40th Mississippi Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina – March 21, 1865

# colbertwallacebruce

COLCOCK, CHARLES JONES (1820-91) Confederate Colonel – 3rd South Carolina Cavalry

# colcockcharlesjones

COLES, RUSSELL J., JR. (?-1928) Noted American Shark Expert & Hunter

# colesrusselljjr

COLES, WALTER (1790-1857) Second Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Light Dragoons in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1835-45

# coleswalter

COLLAMER, JACOB (1791-1865) U.S. Postmaster General – 1849-50; U.S. Senator – Vermont – 1855-65

# collamerjacob

COLLIER, BARRON G. (1873-1939) American Entrepreneur, instrumental in the development of southwestern Florida; Namesake of Collier County, Florida

# collierbarrong

COLLIER, HENRY W. (1801-55) Governor of Alabama – 1849-53; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama – 1837-49

# collierhenryw

COLLINGWOOD, CUTHBERT (1748-1810) British Naval Officer during the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; Admiral of the Royal Navy – 1804-10

# collingwoodcuthbert

COLLINS, FRANCIS D. (1841-91) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1875-79

# collinsfrancis

COLLINS, THOMAS LeROY (1909-91) Governor of Florida - 1955-61; U.S. Navy Lieutenant – 1944-46

# collinsthomasleroy

COLLIS, CHARLES HENRY TUCKER (1838-1902) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 114th Pennsylvania Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Fredericksburg

# collischarleshenrytucker

COLLYER, ROBERT (1823-1912) English-Born American Unitarian Clergyman in Chicago, Illinois

# collyerrobert

COLQUITT, ALFRED H. (1824-1894) Confederate Brigadier General –Georgia; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1853-55; Governor of Georgia – 1877-82; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1883-94

# colquittalfredh

COLSTON, RALEIGH EDWARD (1825-96) Confederate Brigadier General

# colstonraleighedward

COLTON, CHAUNCEY SILL (1800-85) Union Quartermaster – 83rd Illinois Infantry, 1862-63, the unit being heavily engaged in the attack of Nathan Bedford Forrest and Joseph Wheeler on Fort Donelson, Tennessee – February 3, 1864

# coltonchaunceysill

COLYAR, ARTHUR ST. CLAIR (1818-1907) Confederate Congressman – 1864-65

# colyararthurstclair

COMSTOCK, ANTHONY (1844-1915) American Anti-Obscenity Crusader, created the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; Union Army Private – 17th Connecticut Infantry

# comstockanthony

CONKLIN, JAMES TALLMADGE (1829-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# conklinjamestallmadge

CONNER, JAMES (1829-83) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# connerjames

CONNOR, PATRICK EDWARD (1820-91) Union Brigadier General; Officer in the Texas Foot Riflemen during the Mexican War; Veteran of the Seminole & Western Indian Wars

# connorpatrickedward

CONNOR, SELDEN (1839-1917) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Maine – 1876-79

# connorselden

CONRAD, CHARLES MAGILL (1804-78) Confederate Congressman – 1862-65; U.S. Secretary of War – 1850-53; Acting U.S. Secretary of State – 1852; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1842-43; U.S. Representative – 1849-50

# conradcharlesmagill

CONROW, AARON HACKETT (1824-65) Confederate Congressman – Missouri – 1861-65; Confederate Colonel of Missouri State Guard; Murdered by bandits in Mexico – August 15, 1865

# conrowaaronhackett

COOK, JAMES (1728-79) British Naval Officer & Explorer; Known for voyages to Australia, New Zealand & The Hawaiian Islands, where he was killed by natives in 1779

# cookjames

COOK, JOHN POPE (1825-1910) Union Brigadier General; Elected Mayor of Springfield, Illinois - 1855

# cookjohnpope

COOK, PHILIP (1817-94) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1873-83

# cookphilip

COOKE, GILES BUCKNER (1838-1937) Confederate Officer, served on the staff of Robert E. Lee

# cookegilesbuckner

COOKE, JOHN ROGERS (1833-91) Confederate Brigadier General; Son of Union General Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate Major General Jeb Stuart

# cookejohnrogers

COOKE, PHILIP ST. GEORGE (1809-95) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Black Hawk & Mexican Wars; Father-in-law of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart

# cookephilipstgeorge

COOKE, WILLIAM WINER (1846-76) U.S. Army Officer during the American Civil War & Indian Wars; Served as adjutant for 7th Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn – June 25, 1876

# cookewilliamwiner

COOLIDGE, CALVIN (1872-1933) Thirtieth U.S. President - 1923-29; U.S. Vice President – 1921-23; Governor of Massachusetts – 1919-21

# coolidgecalvin

COOLIDGE, GRACE (1879-1957) U.S. First Lady - 1923-29; Wife of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge

# coolidgegrace

COON, DATUS ENSIGN (1831-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 2nd Iowa Cavalry

# coondatusensign

COOPER, ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841) British Surgeon & Anatomist

# cooperastleypaston

COOPER, DOUGLAS HANCOCK (1815-79) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; Served in the Mexican War; Federal Indian Agent to the Choctaw & Chickasaw Nations in the 1850s

# cooperdouglashancock

COOPER, JAMES (1810-63) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1849-55; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1830-43

# cooperjames

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851) American Author; Wrote “The Last of the Mohicans” & “The Deerslayer”

# cooperjamesfenimore

COOPER, JOSEPH ALEXANDER (1823-1910) Union Brigadier General

# cooperjosephalexander

COOPER, SAMUEL (1798-1876) Confederate General – Virginia

# coopersamuel

COPELAND, JOSEPH TARR (1813-93) Union Brigadier General

# copelandjosephtarr

COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON, BARON LYNDHURST (1772-1863) British Lawyer & Politician; American-born son of painter John Singleton Copley; Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain – 1827-30, 1834-35, and 1841-46; Member of Parliament – 1818-27

# copleyjohnsingleton

CORBETT, BOSTON (1832-94?) Union Sergeant – 16th New York Cavalry; Killed Lincoln Assassin John Wilkes Booth, April 26 1865

# corbettboston

CORBIN, HENRY CLARK (1842-1909) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant – 83rd & 79th Ohio Infantries; Union Colonel – 14th U.S. Colored Troops; Spanish-American War General

# corbinhenryclark

CORCORAN, MICHAEL (1827-63) Union Brigadier General - New York

# corcoranmichael

CORDAY, CHARLOTTE (1768-93) French Revolution – Assassinated Jacobin Leader Jean-Paul Marat & was executed by guillotine on July 17, 1793

# cordaycharlotte

CORNELL, PAUL (1822-1904) Prominent Attorney, Real Estate Developer, and Insurance Executive in Chicago, Illinois; Founder of Hyde Park & Cornell, early suburbs of Chicago

# cornellpaul

CORNING, ERASTUS (1794-1872) American Industrialist – New York Central Railroad Founder; U.S. Congressman – 1857-59 & 1861-63

# corningerastus

CORNWALLIS, CHARLES (1738-1805) American Revolutionary War, British General; Surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia - October 19, 1781

# cornwallischarles

CORSE, JOHN MURRAY (1835-93) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th Iowa Infantry

# corsejohnmurray

CORSE, MONTGOMERY DENT (1816-95) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# corsemontgomerydent

COSBY, GEORGE BLAKE (1830-1909) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky

# cosbygeorgeblake

COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-97) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# couchdariusnash

COUCH, IRA (1806-57) Notable Businessman in Chicago, Illinois; Opened the Tremont House Hotel in 1836; Burial in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois; Brother of James Couch

# couchira

COUCH, JAMES (1800-91) Businessman & Proprietor of Tremont House in Chicago, Illinois; Brother of Ira Couch

# couchjames

COULTER, RICHARD, SR. (1827-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# coulterrichardsr

COUZINS, PHOEBE WILSON (1842-1913) Union Nurse; First Female Law Graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri – 1871, afterward active in the Suffrage Movement

# couzinsphoebewilson

COWAN, EDGAR (1815-85 U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1861-67

# cowanedgar

COWDIN, ROBERT (1805-74) Union Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 1st Massachusetts Infantry

# cowdinrobert

COX, JACOB DOLSON, JR. (1828-1900) Union Major General; Governor of Ohio – 1866-68; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1869-70; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1877-79

# coxjacobdolsonjr

COX, SAMUEL SULLIVAN (1824-89) U.S. Representative – Ohio - 1857-65; U.S. Representative – New York – 1869-89; U.S. Minister to Turkey – 1885-86

# coxsamuelsullivan

COX, WILLIAM RUFFIN (1831-1919) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1881-87; Secretary of the U.S. Senate – 1893-1900

# coxwilliamruffin

CRAGIN, AARON HARRISON (1821-98) U.S Representative – New Hampshire – 1855-59; U.S Senator – New Hampshire – 1865-77

# craginaaronharrison

CRAIG, JAMES (1817-88) Union Brigadier General – Missouri; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1857-61; Veteran of the Mexican War

# craigjames

CRAIGE, FRANCIS BURTON (1811-75) Confederate Congressman – 1861-62; Ordnance of Secession Signer; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1853-61

# craigefrancisburton

CRAM, THOMAS J. (1804-83) Union Brevet Major General; Staff Officer to General John Wool

# cramthomasj

CRANE, HAROLD HART (1899-1932) American Poet

# cranehart

CRANSTON, ROBERT BENNIE (1791-1873) U.S. Representative - Rhode Island – 1837-43 & 1847-49

# cranstonrobertbennie

CRATTY, THOMAS (1833-?) Prominent Attorney in Peoria, Illinois

# crattythomas

CRAWFORD, GEORGE WALKER (1798-1872) U.S. Secretary of War – 1849-50; Governor of Georgia – 1843-47; U.S. Representative – Georgia - 1843

# crawfordgeorgewalker

CRAWFORD, MARTIN JENKINS (1820-83) Confederate Congressman – Georgia; Confederate Colonel – 3rd Georgia Cavalry; Served on the staff of General Howell Cobb; U.S. Congressman – Georgia – 1855-61

# crawfordmartinjenkins

CRAWFORD, SAMUEL WYLIE (1829-92) Union Brigadier General – Pennsylvania; U.S. Army Surgeon

# crawfordsamuelwylie

CRAWFORD, WILLIAM HARRIS (1772-1834) U.S. Secretary of War - 1815-16; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury - 1816-25; U.S. Senator - Georgia - 1807-13

# crawfordwilliamharris

CREIGHTON, J. BLAKELEY (1822-83) Union Navy Officer; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

# creightonjblakeley

CRESWELL, JOHN A.J. (1828-91) U.S. Postmaster General – 1869-74; U.S. Senator – Maryland – 1865-67

# creswelljohnaj

CRITTENDEN, GEORGE BIBB (1812-80) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky; Brother of Union General Thomas L. Crittenden

# crittendengeorgebibb

CRITTENDEN, JOHN JORDAN (1787-1863) U.S. Attorney General - 1841 & 1850-53; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1861-63; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1817-19, 1835-48 & 1855-61; Governor of Kentucky – 1848-50; Veteran of the War of 1812

# crittendenjohnjordan

CRITTENDEN, THOMAS LEONIDAS (1819-93) Union Major General – Kentucky; Veteran of the Mexican War; Brother of Confederate General George B. Crittenden

# crittendenthomasleonidas

CRITTENDEN, THOMAS TURPIN (1825-1905) Union Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 6th Indiana Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# crittendenthomasturpin

CROCKER, MARCELLUS MONROE (1830-65) Union Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 13th Iowa Infantry

# crockermarcellusmonroe

CROCKETT, DAVID "DAVY" (1786-1836) American Frontiersman & Folk Hero; U.S. Congressman - Tennessee - 1827-31; Killed at the Battle of the Alamo, during the Texas Revolution

# crockettdavid

CROKER, JOHN WILSON (1780-1857) Anglo-Irish Statesman & Author; Member of Parliament – 1807-32; First Secretary to the Admiralty – 1809-27

# crokerjohnwilson

CROOK, GEORGE (1828-90) Union Major General; Commanded the U.S. Army forces which captured Apache leader Geronimo in 1886

# crookgeorge

CROSMAN, GEORGE HAMPDEN (1799-1882) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican & Second Seminole Wars

# crosmangeorgehampden

CROWELL, JOHN (1801-83) U.S. Representative - Ohio – 1847-51; Major General of Ohio Militia

# crowelljohn

CROXTON, JOHN THOMAS (1836-74) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia – 1873-74

# croxtonjohnthomas

CRUFT, CHARLES (1826-83) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 31st Indiana Infantry; President of the St. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute Railroad – 1855-58

# cruftcharles

CRUGER, LOUIS (?-?) Comptroller of the Confederate Treasury

# crugerlouis

CRUIKSHANK, MARCUS HENDERSON (1826-81) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1864-65; Mayor of Talladega, Alabama - 1850

# cruikshankmarcushenderson

CUDWORTH, WARREN HANDEL (1825-83) Union Chaplain - 1st Massachusetts Infantry; Unitarian Pastor; Authored “History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry),” published in 1866

# cudworthwarrenhandel

CUHL, PETER (1833-89) Prussian-Born Commission Merchant in Cairo, Illinois

# cuhlpeter

CULLUM, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1809-92) Union Brigadier General

# cullumgeorgewashington

CUMMING, ALFRED (1829-1910) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# cummingalfred

CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN (1791-1839) English Botanist & Explorer

# cunninghamallan

CUNNINGHAM, JAMES ADAMS (1830-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General - Massachusetts

# cunninghamjamesadams

CURIE, MARIE (1867-1934) Polish-born French Physicist & Chemist

# curiemarie

CURRAN, JOHN PHILPOT (1750-1817) Irish Politician & Orator; Member of Parliament – 1783-98 & 1800-01; Master of the Rolls in Ireland – 1806-14

# curranjohnphilpot

CURRIER, CHARLES LOYAL (1828-?) Prominent Insurance Executive in Chicago, Illinois; Official in the American Insurance Company

# curriercharlesloyal

CURRY, JABEZ LAMAR MONROE (1825-1903) Confederate Congressman - Alabama – 1861-64; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry; U.S. Representative – Alabama 1857-61; Mexican War – Private in the Texas Rangers

# curryjabezlamarmonroe

CURTIN, ANDREW GREGG (1817-94) Governor of Pennsylvania – 1861-67; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1881-87

# curtinandrewgregg

CURTIS, NEWTON MARTIN (1835-1910) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service at Fort Fisher, North Carolina on January 15, 1865; U.S. Representative – New York – 1895-97

# curtisnewtonmartin

CURTIS, SAMUEL RYAN (1805-66) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1857-61

# curtissamuelryan

CUSTER, BOSTON (1848-76) Brother of George Armstrong & Thomas Custer; Killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876

# custerboston

CUSTER, ELIZABETH BACON (1842-1933) Wife of 7th Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer; Author of Numerous Books on Her Husband and the American West

# custerelizabethbacon

CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-76) Union Major General of Cavalry – Michigan; Lieutenant Colonel – 7th U.S. Cavalry – Killed-in-Action at Little Big Horn

# custergeorgea

CUSTER, THOMAS W. (1845-76) U.S. Army Officer; Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the American Civil War; Younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, in whose command he was killed-in-action at the Battle of Little Big Hor

# custerthomasw

CUSTIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE (1781-1857) American Author; Grandson of Martha Washington; Father-in-Law of Robert E. Lee; Owner of Arlington House

# custisgeorgewashingtonparke

CUTLER, AUGUSTUS W. (1827-97) U.S. Congressman – New Jersey – 1875-79

# cutleraugustusw

CUTLER, LYSANDER (1807-66) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, part of the “Iron Brigade”

# cutlerlysander

D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE, PRINCE OF MONTENEVOSO (1863-1938) Italian Poet, Orator, Journalist, Politician, and Army Officer during World War I

# dannunziogabriele

DACIER, ANNE LE FEVRE (1651-1720) French Scholar, Translator, and Editor

# dacierannelefevre

DADE, FRANCIS L. (ca.1793-1835) U.S. Army Officer; Ambushed and killed during the Second Seminole War near present-day Ocala, Florida, in what came to be known as the "Dade Massacre"

# dadefrancisl

DAGGETT, AARON SIMON (1837-1938) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1901

# daggettaaronsimon

DAGUERRE, LOUIS (1787-1851) French Artist & Photographer, recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype

# daguerrelouis

DAHLGREN, JOHN ADOLPH (1809-70) Union Rear Admiral - Pennsylvania

# dahlgrenjohnadolph

DAHLGREN, MADELEINE VINTON (1825-89) American Writer, Translator, and Anti-Suffragist; Married U.S. Admiral John A Dahlgren in 1865

# dahlgrenmadeleinevinton

DALE, RICHARD (1756-1826) American Revolutionary War, Officer in the Continental Navy; U.S. Navy Commodore – First Barbary War

# dalerichard

DALLAS, ALEXANDER J. (1759-1817) U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1814-16; Acting U.S. Secretary of War - 1815

# dallasalexanderj

DALLAS, GEORGE M. (1792-1864) U.S. Vice President – 1845-49; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1831-33; Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1828-29; Namesake of Dallas Counties in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas

# dallasgeorgem

DALTON, TRISTRAM (1738-1817) U.S. Senator - Massachusetts - 1789-91; Close friend of George Washington

# daltontristram

DANA, AMASA (1792-1867) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# danaamasa

DANA, CHARLES A. (1819-97) Assistant U.S. Secretary of War – 1864-65; Publisher & Editor of the “New York Sun”

# danacharlesa

DANA, NAPOLEON JACKSON TECUMSEH (1822-1905) Union Major General; Saw action from Ball’s Bluff to Antietam; Veteran of the Mexican War

# dananapoleonjacksontecumseh

DANDY, GEORGE BROWN (1830-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 100th New York Infantry; Veteran of the antebellum western Indian Wars

# dandygeorgebrown

* With Generals Alfred H. Terry, Edward Worthington Smith

DANE, NATHAN (1752-1835) Delegate to the Second Continental Congress – Massachusetts – 1785-88

# danenathan

DANIELS, JOSEPHUS (1862-1948) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1913-21; American Diplomat and Newspaper Editor

# danielsjosephus

DARROW, CLARENCE S. (1857-1938) American Attorney, most remembered for his role as defense attorney in the “Scopes Monkey Trial”

# darrowclarences

DARWIN, CHARLES (1809-82) English Naturalist, Geologist, and Biologist; Proponent of the Theory of Evolution

# darwincals

DAVENPORT, BAILEY (1823-90) Early Settler & Wealthy Landowner in Rock Island, Illinois; Mayor of Rock Island, Illinois – 1861-66, 1873-74, and 1875-76; Son of Colonel George Davenport

# davenportbailey

DAVENPORT, GEORGE (1783-1845) English-Born American Explorer, Frontiersman, and Indian Trader; U.S. Army Soldier, served in the War of 1812

# davenportgeorge

Early settler of the Iowa Territory and Rock Island, Illinois; Namesake of Davenport, Iowa, part of the present-day “Quad Cities”; Murdered at his home in Rock Island, Illinois by members of a Midwestern ruffian gang, the “Banditti of the Prairie,” on July 4, 1845

DAVIDSON, HENRY BREVARD (1831-99) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee

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DAVIDSON, JOHN WYNN (1825-81) Union Brigadier General; Post-war Lieutenant Colonel of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, known as the Buffalo Soldiers; Veteran of the Mexican War

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DAVIE, WILLIAM RICHARDSON (1756-1820) American Revolutionary War, Colonel of North Carolina Militia; Governor of North Carolina – 1798-99; Founder of the University of North Carolina

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DAVIES, HENRY EUGENE (1836-94) Union Major General – New York

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DAVIES, THOMAS ALFRED (1809-99) Union Brigadier General

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DAVIS, DAVID (1815-86) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1862-77 – Appointed by Abraham Lincoln; U.S. Senator – Illinois – 1877-83

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DAVIS, EDMUND JACKSON (1827-83) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Texas – 1870-74

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DAVIS, GARRETT (1801-72) U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1861-72; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1839-47

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DAVIS, GEORGE (1820-96) Confederate Senator – North Carolina – 1862-64; Confederate Attorney General – 1864-65

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DAVIS, JAMES HOUSTON “JIMMIE” (1899-2000) Governor of Louisiana – 1944-48 & 1960-64; Singer & Songwriter, known for “You Are My Sunshine”

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DAVIS, JEFFERSON C. (1828-79) Union Brigadier General – Indiana; Killed Union General William Nelson in a Louisville hotel – September 29, 1862

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DAVIS, JEFFERSON F. (1808-89) Confederate President – 1861-65; U.S. Secretary of War – 1853-57; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1847-51 & 1857-61; Colonel of the First Mississippi Volunteers during the Mexican War

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DAVIS, REUBEN (1813-90) Confederate Brigadier General of Mississippi State Troops; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1857-61

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DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING (1864-1916) Journalist & Writer, the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War

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DAVIS, VARINA ANNE (1864-1898) Daughter of Jefferson & Varina Davis; Known as the “Daughter of the Confederacy”

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DAVIS, VARINA HOWELL (1826-1906) First Lady of the Confederacy; Wife of Confederate President Jefferson F. Davis

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DAVIS, WILLIAM GEORGE MACKEY (1812-98) Confederate Brigadier General

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DAVIS, WILLIAM HOPE (1835-?) Prominent Physician in Springfield, Illinois

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DAVIS, WILLIAM WATTS HART (1820-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General – Raised & organized the 104th Pennsylvania Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

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DAVIS, ZIMMERMAN (1834-1910) Confederate Colonel – 5th South Carolina Cavalry

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DAVY, HUMPHREY (1778-1829) British Chemist & Inventor

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DAWES, HENRY L. (1816-1903) U.S. Congressman & Senator - Massachusetts - 1857-93; Commission Chairman for the Five Civilized Tribes - Indian Territory – 1893-1903

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DAY, HENRY MARTYN (1827-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 91st Illinois Infantry

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DAY, WILLIAM R. (1849-1923) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1903-22; U.S. Secretary of State - 1898

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DE LA CHAISE, FRANCOIS (1624-1709) French Jesuit Priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France

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DE LA MARE, WALTER (1873-1956) English Poet, Short Story Writer, and Novelist

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DE LAGNEL, JULIUS ADOLPHUS (1827-1912) Confederate Brigadier General

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DE LEON, EDWIN (1818-91) Confederate Diplomat, Writer, and Journalist

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DE RIDDER, SIMON (1765-1832) Major General of New York State Militia; Served in the War of 1812; Resident of Washington County, New York

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DE RUSSY, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS (1818-91) Union Brigadier General – New York; Veteran of the Mexican War

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DE SAUSSURE, WILMOT GIBBS (1822-86) Confederate Brigadier General of South Carolina Militia

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DE TROBRIAND, PHILIPPE REGIS DE KEREDERN (1816-97) Union Brigadier General

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DEAN, EZRA (1795-1872) War of 1812 - Served in the 11th U.S. Infantry - Commissioned Lieutenant for meritorious conduct at the sortie of Fort Erie; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1841-45

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DEANE, CHARLES HENRY (1827-82) Union Brevet Lieutenant Colonel – 86th Illinois Infantry, heavily engaged at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia – June 27, 1864; Prominent citizen and businessman in Peoria, Illinois after the Civil War

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DEARING, JAMES (1840-65) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded during the Appomattox Campaign - April 6, 1865

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DEAS, GEORGE (1816-70) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel; Assistant Confederate Secretary of War; U.S. Army Officer, served on the staff of General John Wool during the Mexican War

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DEAS, ZACHARIAH CANTEY (1819-82) Confederate Brigadier General - Alabama

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DEBERRY, EDMUND (1787-1859) U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1829-31, 1833-45, and 1849-51

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DEBRAY, XAVIER BLANCHARD (1818-95) Confederate Brigadier General

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DEBS, EUGENE VICTOR (1855-1926) American Socialist, Political Activist, and Trade Unionist; A founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World; Five-time Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. President

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* Image courtesy and by permission of the Eugene V. Debs Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana.

DEBUSSY, CLAUDE (1862-1918) French Composer

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DECATUR, STEPHEN (1779-1820) U.S. Navy Commodore – Barbary Wars & The War of 1812; Namesake of Decatur, Illinois

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DeCLOUET, ALEXANDER ETIENNE, SR. (1812-90) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-62

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DEE, JOHN (1527-1608 or 1609) English Mathematician, Astronomer, and Astrologer; Advisor & court astronomer to Elizabeth I

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DEERE, JOHN (1804-86) American Inventor & Businessman; Founder of Deere & Company; Invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837

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DEERING, NATHANIEL C. (1827-87) U.S. Congressman – Iowa – 1877-83

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DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731) English Writer, Journalist, and Pamphleteer

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DEITZLER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1826-84) Union Brigadier General, afterward Major General of Kansas Militia; Elected Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas - 1860

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DeJARNETTE, DANIEL COLEMAN, SR. (1822-81) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1859-61

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DeKAY, JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE (1836-86) Union Staff Officer

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DELAFIELD, RICHARD (1798-1873) U.S. Brigadier General; Union Brevet Major General; Superintendent of the United States Military Academy – 1838-45 & 1856-61

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DEMMOND, MARTIN HAWLEY (1803-54) Prominent Merchant & Early Real Estate Investor in Joliet, Illinois

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DENISON, DUDLEY CHASE (1819-1905) U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1875-79

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DENNIS, ELIAS SMITH (1812-94) Union Brigadier General - Illinois

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DENNISON, WILLIAM (1815-82) U.S. Postmaster General – 1864-66; Governor of Ohio – 1860-62

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DENT, FREDERICK TRACY (1820-92) Union Brigadier General of Volunteers – Missouri; Brother-in-Law & Aide-de-Camp to General Ulysses S. Grant – 1864-65; Military Secretary to President Grant – 1869-73

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DENT, WILLIAM BARTON WADE (1806-55) U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1853-55

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DENVER, JAMES WILLIAM (1817-92) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Kansas Territory – 1857-58; U.S. Representative – California – 1855-57; Namesake of Denver, Colorado

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DERBY, GEORGE HORATIO (1823-61) U.S. Army Officer, Corps of Topographical Engineers; West Point Graduate – 1846; Veteran of the Mexican War; Early California Humorist

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DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650) French Philosopher, Scientist, and Mathematician

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DESHA, ROBERT (1791-1849) U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1827-31; Captain in the 24th U.S. Infantry during the War of 1812

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DESHLER, JAMES (1833-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 20, 1863

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DEVENS, CHARLES, JR. (1820-91) Union Brigadier General – Massachusetts; U.S. Attorney General – 1877-81

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DEVIN, THOMAS CASIMER (1822-78) Union Brigadier General – New York

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DEWEIN, VALENTINE (1817-91) German-Born Merchant, Railroad Company Director, and Banking Executive in Peoria, Illinois

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DEWEY, JOEL ALLEN (1840-73) Union Brigadier General

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DIBRELL, GEORGE GIBBS (1822-88) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1875-85

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DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-70) English Writer & Social Critic

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DICKERSON, MAHLON (1770-1853) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1834-38; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1829-33; Governor of New Jersey – 1815-17

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DICKINSON, ANNA E. (1842-1932) American Abolitionist, Author & Orator

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DICKINSON, JAMES SHELTON (1818-82) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1864-65

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DIDION, JOAN (1934- ) American Writer

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DIETRICH, MARLENE (1901-92) German-born American Actress & Singer

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DIEUDONNE, COSTE (1892-1973) French Aviator; Fighter Ace during World War I

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DIGBY, SIR KENELM (1603-65) English Courtier, Diplomat, and Natural Philosopher; His father, Sir Everard, was executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder Plot

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DILLINGER, JOHN H. (1903-34) American Bank Robber of the Great Depression Era

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DILLINGHAM, PAUL, JR. (1799-1891) Governor of Vermont – 1865-67; U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1843-47

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DIMICK, JUSTIN (1800-71) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

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DIMMICK, MILO M. (1811-72) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1849-53

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DIMMOCK, CHARLES (1800-63) Confederate Brevet Brigadier General of Virginia Militia

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DISNEY, WALTER ELIAS “WALT” (1901-66) American Entrepreneur, Animator, and Film Producer

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DIX, JOHN A. (1798-1879) Union Major General – New York; Governor of New York – 1873-75; U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1861; U.S. Senator – New York - 1845-49; Namesake of Fort Dix, New Jersey

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DIXON, WILLIAM DUNLOP (1833-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania Reserves

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DOAN, AZARIAH WALL (1824-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 79th Ohio Infantry

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DOBBIN, JAMES C. (1814-57) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1853-57; U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1845-47

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DOCKERY, THOMAS P. (1833-98) Confederate Brigadier General

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DODGE, AUGUSTUS CAESAR (1812-83) Served in the Black Hawk War; U.S. Congressman – Iowa Territory – 1840-46; U.S. Senator – Iowa – 1848-55; Mayor of Burlington, Iowa – 1874-75

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DODGE, CHARLES CLEVELAND (1841-1910) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th New York Cavalry

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DODGE, GEORGE SULLIVAN (1838-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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DODGE, GRENVILLE MELLEN (1831-1916) Union Major General – Iowa; Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad – 1866-70; U.S. Congressman – Iowa – 1867-69

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DOLES, GEORGE PIERCE (1830-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Killed-in-Action at Bethesda Church, Virginia – June 2, 1864

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DONALDSON, JAMES LOWRY (1814-85) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican and Second Seminole Wars

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DONELSON, ANDREW JACKSON (1799-1871) U.S. Diplomat; Candidate for U.S. Vice President – 1856; Nephew, Aide-de-Camp, and Private Secretary to Andrew Jackson

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DONELSON, DANIEL SMITH (1801-63) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

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DONKIN, RUFANE SHAWE (1772-1841) British Lieutenant General; Served in the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars; Member of Parliament – 1832-37 & 1839-41

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DONNELL, FORREST C. (1884-1980) Governor of Missouri – 1941-45; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1945-51

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DOOLITTLE, CHARLES CAMP (1832-1903) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 18th Michigan Infantry

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DOOLITTLE, JAMES ROOD (1815-97) U.S. Senator – Wisconsin – 1857-69

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DORAT, CLAUDE JOSEPH (1734-80) French Writer

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DORE, GUSTAVE (1832-83) French Illustrator

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DORE, JOHN CLARK (1822-1900) Elected Superintendent of Public Schools in Chicago, Illinois - 1854; Elected President of the Chicago Board of Trade - 1866; Illinois State Senator – 1868-72

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DORR, THOMAS WILSON (1805-54) American Politician & Reformer, best known for leading the Dorr Rebellion; Governor of Rhode Island – 1842-43

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DORSEY, STEPHEN WALLACE (1842-1916) Union Captain – 1st Ohio Light Artillery; U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1873-79

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DORTCH, WILLIAM THEOPHILUS (1824-89) Confederate Senator - North Carolina – 1862-65; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 6th North Carolina Infantry - 1861

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DORVAL, MARIE (1798-1849) French Actress

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DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR (1821-81) Russian Novelist, Philosopher, Essayist, and Journalist

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DOUBLEDAY, ABNER (1819-93) Union Major General – New York; Popularly credited with inventing the game of Baseball

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DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (1813-61) Democratic U.S. Presidential Candidate – 1860; Well known for the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858; U.S. Senator – Illinois – 1847-61; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1843-47

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DOUGLASS, FREDERICK (1817-95) American Social Reformer, Abolitionist, Orator, Writer, and Statesman

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DOW, NEAL (1804-97) Union Brigadier General – Maine; Colonel of the 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry; Wounded and Captured during the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana on June 30, 1863

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DOW, SAMUEL KNIGHT (1828-1903) Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1872

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DOWDELL, JAMES FERGUSON (1818-71) U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1853-59; President of East Alabama College – now known as Auburn University – 1868-70

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DOWNS, SOLOMON W. (1801-54) U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1847-53

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DOYLE, CHARLES WILLIAM (1770-1842) British Army Officer, served in the Napoleonic Wars; Promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1837

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DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN (1859-1930) British Writer & Physician

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DRAKE, GEORGE BERNARD (1838-1921) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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DRAPER, ALONZO GRANVILLE (1835-65) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 36th U.S. Colored Troops

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DRAPER, WILLIAM F. (1842-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant – 25th Massachusetts Infantry; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 36th Massachusetts Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1893-97

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DRAYTON, THOMAS FRANCIS (1809-91) Confederate Brigadier General - South Carolina

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DROMGOOLE, GEORGE COKE (1797-1847) U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1835-41 & 1843-47

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DRUM, RICHARD COULTER (1825-1909) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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DUDLEY, ANNE DALLAS (1876-1955) American Suffragette

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DUFF, JAMES (1752-1839) British Army Officer, served in the Napoleonic Wars; Promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1801 & general in 1809; Member of Parliament – 1784-89

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DUFF, WILLIAM LATIMER (1822-94) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery; Served on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant

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DUFFIE, ALFRED NAPOLEON ALEXANDER (1833-80) French-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry

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DUKE, BASIL W. (1838-1916) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky

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DULLES, JOHN FOSTER (1888-1959) U.S. Secretary of State – 1953-59; U.S. Senator – New York - 1949

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DUMONT, EBENEZER (1814-71) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Indiana - 1863-67

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DUNCAN, ADAM (1731-1804) British Admiral; Served in the Seven Years’ War; Commander-in-Chief of the British North Sea Fleet – 1795-1801

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DUNCAN, ALEXANDER (1788-1853) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1837-41 & 1843-45

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DUNCAN, JOHNSON KELLY (1827-62) Confederate Brigadier General

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DUNCAN, JOSEPH (1794-1844) Governor of Illinois – 1834-38; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1827-34; Major General of Illinois State Militia during the Black Hawk War

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DUNCAN, THOMAS (1819-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Major – 3rd U.S. Cavalry

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DUNDAS, HENRY, VISCOUNT MELVILLE (1742-1811) Scottish Politician; Close Associate of British Prime Minister William Pitt; Secretary of War – 1794-1801; First Lord of the Admiralty – 1804-05

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DUNDAS, ROBERT, LORD CHIEF BARON OF SCOTLAND (1758-1819) Scottish Judge; Member of Parliament – 1790-1801; Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland – 1801-19

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DUNLAP, HENRY CLAY (1828-72) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Infantry (Union)

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DUNLAP, ROBERT P. (1794-1859) Governor of Maine – 1834-38; U.S. Congressman – Maine – 1843-47

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DUNN, WILLIAM McKEE (1814-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel & Assistant Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army; Served on the staff of General George B. McClellan; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1859-63

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DUPRE, LUCIUS JACQUES (1822-69) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1862-65; Confederate Soldier – 18th Louisiana Infantry

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DURHAM, MILTON J. (1824-1911) U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1873-79; First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury – 1885-89

# durhammiltonj

DURKEE, CHARLES (1805-70) Governor of Utah Territory – 1865-69; U.S. Senator – Wisconsin – 1855-61

# durkeecharles

DUVAL, ISAAC HARDIN (1824-1902) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman – West Virginia – 1869-71

# duvalisaachardin

DUVAL, WILLIAM P. (1784-1854) Governor of the Florida Territory – 1822-34; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1813-15; Namesake of streets in Tallahassee, Key West, and Jacksonville, Florida

# duvalwilliamp

DUVALL, GABRIEL (1752-1844) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1811-35; First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury – 1802-11; U.S. Representative – Maryland – 1794-96

# duvallgabriel

DWAN, JOHN - Founder of the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company

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DWIGHT, JEREMIAH W. (1819-85) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1877-83; Vice President of the Southern Central Railroad

# dwightjerremiahw

DWIGHT, WILLIAM, JR. (1831-88) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 70th New York Infantry

# dwightwilliamjr

DYE, EVA EMERY (1855-1947) American Historian, Suffragist, and Writer; Best known as the author of “Conquest: The True Story of Lewis & Clark”

# dyeevaemery

DYER, ALEXANDER BRYDIE (1815-74) U.S. Army Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# dyeralexanderbrydie

EADS, JAMES B. (1820-87) American Civil Engineer & Inventor, built Ironclads for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War

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EARHART, AMELIA MARY (1897-1937) American Aviation Pioneer

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EARLY, JUBAL A. (1816-94) Confederate Lieutenant General – Virginia

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EARLY, STEPHEN T. (1889-1951) White House Press Secretary under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-45, and Harry S. Truman, 1950; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense – 1949-50; Grandson of Confederate General Jubal A. Early

# earlystephent

EARP, JOSEPHINE SARAH "JOSIE" (1861-1944) Wife of Old West Lawman Wyatt Earp

# earpjosephine

EARP, WYATT S. (1848-1929) American Old West Lawman

# earpwyatt

EASTMAN, BEN C. (1812-56) U.S. Congressman – Wisconsin – 1851-55

# eastmanbenc

EASTMAN, GEORGE (1854-1932) American Inventor, Industrialist, & Philanthropist; Founder of Eastman Kodak

# eastmangeorge

EASTMAN, SETH (1808–75) Union Brevet Brigadier General; American Artist, Mapmaker, and Illustrator

# eastmanseth

EATON, AMOS BEEBE (1806-77) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# eatonamosbeebe

EATON, JOHN HENRY (1790-1856) Governor of Florida Territory – 1834-36; U.S. Secretary of War – 1829-31; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1818-29

# eatonjh

EATON, JOSEPH HORACE (1815-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# eatonjosephhorace

EATON, WILLIAM W. (1816-98) U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1875-81; U.S. Representative – Connecticut - 1883-85

# eatonwilliamw

ECHOLS, JOHN (1823-96) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# echolsjohn

ECHOLS, JOSEPH HUBBARD (1816-85) Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65

# echolsjosephhubbard

ECKERT, THOMAS THOMPSON (1825 -1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War – 1866-67; President of the Western Union Telegraph Company – 1893-1900

# eckertthomasthompson

ECTOR, MATTHEW DUNCAN (1822-79) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# ectormatthewduncan

EDBROOKE, WILLOUGHBY JAMES (1843-96) Architect & Builder in Chicago, Illinois; Supervisory Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department – 1891-92; Oversaw construction of all government buildings erected for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

# edbrookewilloughbyjames

EDGERTON, ALFRED P. (1813-97) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1851-55; General Manager of the Wabash & Erie Canal – 1859-68

# edgertonalfredp

EDISON, CHARLES (1890-1969) American Politician, Businessman, Inventor, and Animal Behaviorist; Governor of New Jersey – 1941-44; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1939-40; Son of Thomas Alva & Mina Miller Edison

# edisoncharles

EDISON, THOMAS A. (1847-1931) American Inventor

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EDMUNDS, GEORGE FRANKLIN (1828-1919) U.S. Senator - Vermont – 1866-91

# edmundsgeorgefranklin

EDMUNDSON, HENRY ALONZO (1814-90) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 25th Virginia Cavalry & 54th Virginia Infantry; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1849-61

# edmundsonhenryalonzo

EDOUARD, LOUIS, CARDINAL DE ROHAN

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EDWARD, DUKE OF KENT & STRATHEARN (1767-1820) Fourth Son of King George III of England; Father of Queen Victoria

# edwarddukeofkentandstrathearn

EDWARDS, CYRUS (1793-1877) Served in the Black Hawk War; Illinois State Congressman & Senator; Prominent Attorney in Upper Alton, Illinois

# edwardscyrus

EDWARDS, JOHN (1815-94) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Arkansas – 1871-72

# edwardsjohn

EDWARDS, OLIVER (1835-1904) Union Brigadier General

# edwardsoliver

EDWARDS, RICHARD (1822-1908) Welsh-Born Educator in Bloomington, Illinois; President of Illinois State University, then known as Illinois State Normal University - 1862-76

# edwardsrichard

EGAN, THOMAS WILBERFORCE (1836-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 40th New York Infantry, the Mozart Regiment

# eganthomaswilberforce

EGERTON, FRANCIS, DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER (1736-1803) British Nobleman; 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

# egertonfrancis

EINSTEIN, ALBERT (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist; Acknowledged for developing the Theory of Relativity

# einsteinalbert

EINSTEIN, ELSA (1876-1936) Second Wife of Albert Einstein

# ensteinelsa

EINSTEIN, MORRIS (1826-1916) German-Born Jewish Businessman & Clothing Merchant in Chicago, Illinois

# einsteinmorris

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID “IKE” (1890-1969) 34th U.S. President – 1953-61; U.S. Army General & Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II

# eisenhowerdwightdavid

EKIN, JAMES ADAMS (1819-91) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Member of the Military Commission which tried the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

# ekinjamesadams

ELIZABETH (1709-62) Empress of Russia - 1741-62

# elizabethIofrussia

ELIZABETH I (1533-1603) Queen of England - 1558-1603

# elizabethI

ELIZABETH OF YORK (1466-1503) Queen Consort of England – 1486-1503; Wife of King Henry VII & Mother of King Henry VIII

# elizabethofyork

ELIZABETH, MARCHIONESS OF STAFFORD (1765-1839) Duchess-Countess of Sutherland

# elizabethmarchionessofstafford

ELLERY, FRANK (1794-1871) U.S. Navy Officer; Commander of the USS Rendezvous during the American Civil War

# elleryfrank

ELLERY, WILLIAM (1727-1820) Signer of the Declaration of independence

# ellerywilliam

ELLET, ALFRED WASHINGTON (1820-95) Union Brigadier General; Commander of the U.S. Ram Fleet & the Mississippi Marine Brigade

# elletalfredwashington

ELLINGTON, EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” (1899-1974) American Composer & Jazz Orchestra Leader

# ellingtonduke

ELLIOTT, JOHN MILTON (1820-79) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1853-57

# elliottjohnmilton

ELLIOTT, STEPHEN, JR. (1830-66) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# elliottstephenjr

ELLIOTT, WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE (1825-88) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# elliottwashingtonlafayette

ELLIS, ALMON D. (1823-?) Union Lieutenant – 10th Michigan Infantry – 1861-63; Tobacco manufacturer in Chicago, Illinois after the Civil War

# ellisalmond

ELLIS, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE AGAR, 1ST BARON DOVER (1797-1833) British Politician & Man of Letters; Member of Parliament – 1818-31

# ellisgeorgejamesagarellis

ELLIS, GEORGIANA AGAR (1783-1858) British Noblewoman

# ellisgeorgianaagar

ELLIS, HENRY HAVELOCK (1859-1939) English Physician & Eugenicist

# ellishenryhavelock

ELLIS, HENRY WELBORE AGAR, VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (1761-1836) Irish Politician; Member of Parliament of Ireland – 1783-89; Member of British Parliament – 1793-1802

# ellishenrywelboreagar

ELLSWORTH, OLIVER (1745-1807) Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court - 1796-1800; Continental Congress Delegate; U.S. Constitutional Congress Member; U.S. Senator – Connecticut - 1789-96

# ellswortholiver

ELMORE, FRANKLIN HARPER (1799-1850) U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1836-39; U.S. Senator – South Carolina - 1850

# elmorefranklinharper

ELPHINSTONE, GEORGE KEITH, 1st VISCOUNT KEITH (1746-1823) British Naval Officer during the Napoleonic Wars; Admiral of the Red

# elphinstonegeorgekeith

ELUARD, PAUL (1895-1952) French Surrealist Poet

# eluardpaul

ELY, EDWARD (1830-?) Prominent Tailor & Clothing Merchant in Chicago, Illinois

# elyedward

ELZEVIER, DANIEL (1617-80) Dutch Printer & Publisher

# elzevierd

ELZEY, ARNOLD (Jones Jr.) (1816-71) Confederate Major General

# elzeyarnold

EMMERSON, LOUIS LINCOLN (1863-1941) Governor of Illinois – 1929-33

# emmersonll

EMORY, WILLIAM HEMSLEY (1811-87) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# emorywilliamhemsley

ENDECOTT, JOHN (ca 1600-1664/65) Early Five-Term Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

# endecottjohn

ENGLISH, WILLIAM H. (1822-96) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1853-61; Regent of the Smithsonian Institution – 1853-61

# englishwilliamh

ERNEST-AUGUSTUS (1771-1851) King of Hanover – 1837-51

# ernestaugustus

ESTAING, CHARLES HENRI HECTOR, COMTE d’ (1729-94) French General & Admiral, serving the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War

# estaingcharleshenri

ESTEY, GEORGE PEABODY (1829-81) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th Ohio Infantry

# esteygeorgepeabody

ETTER, SAMUEL M. (?-?) Prominent Resident of Bloomington, Illinois; Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois – 1875-79

# ettersamuelm

EULER, LEONHARD (1707-83) Swiss Mathematician, Physicist, and Astronomer

# eulerleonhard

EUSTIS, GEORGE (1860-1927) Prominent City Official in Birmingham, Alabama

# eustisgeorge

EUSTIS, HENRY LAWRENCE (1819-85) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 10th Massachusetts Infantry

# eustishenrylawrence

EUSTIS, WILLIAM (1753-1825) Military Surgeon during the American Revolutionary War; U.S. Secretary of War – 1809-13; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1801-05 & 1820-23; Governor of Massachusetts – 1823-25

# eustiswilliam

EVANS, CLEMENT ANSELM (1833-1911) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# evansclementanselm

EVANS, ISAAC NEWTON (1827-1901) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1877-79 & 1883-87

# evansisaacnewton

EVANS, JAMES LA FAYETTE (1825-1903) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1875-79

# evansjamesl

EVANS, JOHN GARY (1863-1942) Governor of South Carolina – 1894-97; U.S. Army Officer during the Spanish-American War

# evansjohngary

EVANS, NATHAN GEORGE “SHANKS” (1824-68) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# evansnathangeorge

EVERETT, EDWARD (1794-1865) U.S. Secretary of State – 1852-53; Governor of Massachusetts – 1836-40; U.S Senator - Massachusetts

# everettedward

EVERTS, WILLIAM WALLACE (1814-90) Prominent Clergyman in Chicago, Illinois

# evertswilliamwallace

EWELL, RICHARD STODDERT (1817-72) Confederate Lieutenant General

# ewellrichardstoddert

EWEN, JOHN (1810-77) Brigadier General of New York State Militia

# ewenjohn

EWING, CHARLES (1835-83) Union Brigadier General

# ewingcharles

EWING, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1808-88) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1861-65

# ewinggeorgewashington

EWING, HUGH BOYLE (1826-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 30th Ohio Infantry

# ewinghughboyle

EWING, PRESLEY UNDERWOOD (1822-54) U.S. Representative - Kentucky – 1851-54

# ewingpu

EWING, THOMAS, JR. (1829-96) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Kansas Infantry; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1877-81; Personal Secretary to President Zachary Taylor

# ewingthomasjr

EWING, THOMAS, SR. (1789-1871) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1841; U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1849-50; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1831-37 & 1850-51; Adopted father of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman

# ewingthomassr

FAGAN, JAMES FLEMING (1828-93) Confederate Major General - Arkansas

# faganjamesfleming

FAIRCHILD, LUCIUS (1831-96) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry; Governor of Wisconsin – 1866-72

# fairchildlucius

FALCONER, KINLOCH (1838-78) Confederate Major & Assistant Adjutant General; Staff Officer to Confederate Generals John B. Villepigue, Joseph Johnston, and Braxton Bragg

# falconerkinloch

FANNIN, JAMES WALKER, JR. (1804/1805 - 1836) Military Leader in the Texas Revolution – 1835-36; Executed, along with most of his command, by Santa Anna – March 27, 1836

# fanninjameswalkerjr

FARADAY, MICHAEL (1791-1867) English Scientist

# faradaymichael

FARGO, WILLIAM G. (1818-81) Founder of the American Express Company; Mayor of Buffalo, New York – 1862-66

# fargowilliamg

FARLEY, JAMES THOMPSON (1829-86) U.S. Senator – California – 1879-85

# farleyjamesthompson

FARNON, ROBERT JOSEPH (1917-2005) Canadian-born Composer, Conductor, Musical Arranger, and Trumpet Player

# farnonrobertjoseph

FARNSWORTH, ELON JOHN (1837-63) Union Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 3, 1863

# farnsworthelonjohn

FARNSWORTH, JOHN FRANKLIN (1820-97) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1857-61 & 1863-73

# farnsworthjohnfranklin

FARNSWORTH, JOHN GOSMAN (1832-95) Union Colonel – New York

# farnsworthjohngosman

FARRAGUT, DAVID GLASGOW (1801-70) Union Rear Admiral; U.S. Navy Admiral; Veteran of the War of 1812 & the Mexican War

# farragutdavidglasgow

FARROW, JAMES HAMILTON (1827-92) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1862-65

# farrowjameshamilton

FARWELL, WILLIAM WASHINGTON (1817-94) Prominent Attorney & Judge in Chicago, Illinois

# farwellwilliamwashington

FAUNTLEROY, THOMAS TURNER (1796-1883) Confederate Brigadier General of Virginia Militia

# fauntleroythomasturner

FAUSTIN I, SOULOUQUE (1782-1867) President of Haiti - 1847-49; Emperor of Haiti - 1849-59

# faustinI

FAWKES, GUY (1570-1606) English Catholic, executed for his role in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605

# fawkesguy

FEARN, THOMAS (1789-1863) Confederate Congressman – Alabama - 1861

# fearnthomas

FEATHERSTON, WINFIELD SCOTT (1820-91) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1847-51

# featherstonwinfieldscott

FELCH, ALPHEUS (1804-96) Governor of Michigan – 1846-47; U.S. Senator - Michigan – 1847-53

# felchalpheus

FELIBIEN, MICHEL (1665-1719) French Historian

# felibienmichel

FELL, JOHN (1721-98) American Revolutionary-Era Patriot; Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence and the Committee of Safety in Bergen County, New Jersey

# felljohn

FENTON, REUBEN EATON (1819-85) Governor of New York – 1865-68; U.S. Representative – New York – 1853-55 & 1857-64; U.S. Senator – New York – 1869-75

# fentonreubeneaton

FERGUSON, SAMUEL W. (1834-1917) Confederate Brigadier General

# fergusonsamuelw

FERGUSON, SAMUEL WRAGG (1834-1917) Confederate Brigadier General

# fergusonsamuelwragg

FERRERO, EDWARD (1831-99) Union Brigadier General – New York; Spanish-born Dance Instructor & Choreographer

# ferreroedward

FERRY, ORRIS SANFORD (1823-75) Union Brigadier General & Brevet Major General; U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1867-75; U.S. Representative – Connecticut – 1859-61

# ferryorrissanford

FESSENDEN, FRANCIS (1839-1906) Union Major General – Maine; Mayor of Portland, Maine - 1876

# fessendenfrancis

FESSENDEN, JAMES DEERING (1833-82) Union Brigadier General - Maine

# fessendenjamesdeering

FESSENDEN, WILLIAM PITT (1806-69) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1864-65; U.S. Senator – Maine – 1854-69; U.S. Representative – Maine – 1841-43

# fessendenwilliampitt

FIELD, CHARLES WILLIAM (1828-92) Confederate Major General

# fieldcharleswilliam

FIELD, KATE (1838-96) American Journalist, Lecturer & Actress

# fieldkate

FIELDING, HENRY (1707-54) English Novelist & Dramatist

# fieldingh

FIELDS, W.C. (1880-1946) American Actor & Comedian

# fieldswc

FILLMORE, CAROLINE CARMICHAEL McINTOSH (1813-81) Second Wife of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore, whom she married in 1858

# fillmorecarolinec

FILLMORE, MILLARD (1800-74) Thirteenth U.S. President - 1850-53; U.S. Vice President – 1849-50; U.S. Congressman – New York – 1833-35 & 1837-43

# fillmoremillard

FINEGAN, JOSEPH (1814-85) Confederate Brigadier General - Florida

# fineganjoseph

FINLEY, JESSE JOHNSON (1812-1904) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Florida – 1876-77, 1879, and 1881-82; Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee - 1845

# finleyjessejohnson

FISH, ELIZABETH STUYVESANT (?-?) Mother of New York Politician Hamilton Fish; Direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, a founder of New Amsterdam

# fishelizabethstuyvesant

FISH, HAMILTON (1808-93) U.S. Secretary of State - 1869-77; U.S. Representative - New York – 1843-45; Governor of New York - 1849-50; U.S. Senator – New York - 1851-57

# fishh

FISHER, CHARLES (1820-88) Druggist & Merchant, opened The Cash-Drug Store in Peoria, Illinois - 1854

# fishercharles

FISK, CLINTON BOWEN (1828-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Missouri Infantry; Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Kentucky & Tennessee; Prohibition Party Candidate for U.S. President – 1888; Namesake of Fisk University

# fiskclintonbowen

FITCH, THOMAS D. (1829-1901) Union Surgeon – 42nd Illinois Infantry, the unit being heavily engaged at the Battles of Stones River & Chickamauga; Noted Chicago, Illinois Physician after the American Civil War

# fitchthomasd

FITZCLARENCE, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF MUNSTER (1794-1842) English Soldier; Illegitimate Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

# fitzclarencegeorge

FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT (1896-1940) American Writer

# fitzgeraldfscott

FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH, 4th EARL FITZWILLIAM (1748-1833) British Whig Statesman

# fitzwilliamwilliamwentworth

FLAGLER, HENRY MORRISON (1830-1913) American Industrialist; A founder of Standard Oil Company; Founder of the Florida East Coast Railway; Instrumental in the development of Florida

# flaglerhenrymorrison

FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN (1806-63) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia; U.S. Secretary of War – 1857-60; Governor of Virginia – 1849-52

# floydjohnbuchanan

FLYNN, ERROL (1909-59) Australian-born American Actor

# flynnerrol

FOCH, FERDINAND (1851-1929) French General; Supreme Allied Commander during World War I

# fochferdinand

FOLARD, JEAN CHARLES, CHEVALIER DE (1669-1752) French Soldier & Military Author

# folardjeancharles

FOLGER, CHARLES JAMES (1818-84) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1881-84

# folgercharlesjames

FONDA, JOHN GILES (1822-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel - 118th Illinois Infantry

# fondajohngiles

FOOT, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS (1780-1846) Governor of Connecticut – 1834-35; U.S. Representative – Connecticut – 1819-21, 1823-25, 1833-34; U.S. Senator – Connecticut - 1827-33

# footsamuelaugustus

FOOT, SOLOMON (1802-66) U.S. Senator – Vermont – 1851-66; U.S. Representative – Vermont – 1843-47

# footsolomon

FOOTE, ANDREW HULL (1806-63) Union Rear Admiral

# footeandrewhull

FOOTE, HENRY STUART (1804-1880) Confederate Congressman; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1847-52; Governor of Mississippi – 1852-54

# footehenrystuart

FORBES, JOHN MURRAY (1813-98) American Railroad Magnate, Merchant, Philanthropist, and Abolitionist; President of the Michigan Central Railroad – 1846-55; Director & President of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

# forbesjohnmurray

FORCE, MANNING FERGUSON (1824-99) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 20th Ohio Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Atlanta, Georgia

# forcemanningferguson

FORD, SAMUEL C. (1882-1961) Governor of Montana – 1941-49; Attorney General of Montana – 1917-21

# fordsamuelc

FORNEY, JOHN HORACE (1829-1902) Confederate Major General

# forneyjohnhorace

FORNEY, JOHN WEISS (1817-81) American Journalist & Politician; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1851-56 & 1860-61; Secretary of the U.S. Senate – 1861-68

# forneyjw

FORNEY, WILLIAM HENRY (1823-94) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1875-93

# forneywilliamhenry

FORREST, NATHAN BEDFORD (1821-77) Confederate Lieutenant General – Tennessee

# forrestnathanbedford

FORSYTH, JAMES WILLIAM (1834-1906) Union Brigadier General; Commanded the 7th U.S. Cavalry at the Wounded Knee Massacre – Decembre 29, 1890

# forsythjameswilliam

FORSYTH, JOHN (1780-1841) U.S. Secretary of State - 1834-41; Governor of Georgia - 1827-29; U.S. Senator - Georgia - 1818-19 & 1829-34; U.S. Representative - Georgia - 1813-18 & 1823-27

# forsythjohn

FOSTER, GEORGE PERKINS (1835-79) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Vermont Infantry; United States Marshal for the District of Vermont – 1870-79

# fostergeorgeperkins

FOSTER, JOHN GRAY (1823-74) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# fosterjohngray

FOSTER, JOHN WELLS (1815-73) Notable Geologist & Archaeologist; Professor at the University of Chicago

# fosterjohnwells

FOSTER, ROBERT SANFORD (1834-1903) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th Indiana Infantry

# fosterrobertsanford

FOSTER, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1809-87) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1862-65

# fosterthomasjefferson

FOUCAULD CHARLES DE (1858-1916) French Army Cavalry Officer, Explorer, Geographer, Catholic Priest, and Hermit

# fpucaulfcharlesde

FOUCHE, JOSEPH (1759-1820) French Statesman, Revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte

# fouchejoseph

FOULKE, WILLIAM PARKER (1816–65) Natural Historian & Geologist, discovered the first full dinosaur skeleton in North America in Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1858

# foulkewilliamparker

FOUST, BENEZST FORST (1840-70) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# foustbenezstforst

FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806) British Whig Statesman; Member of Parliament - 1768-1806

# foxcharlesjames

FOX, HARRY (1826-83) Construction Engineer in Chicago, Illinois, known for work on the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada and the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville Railroad, along with countless bridges in the City of Chicago

# foxharry

FRANCIS de SALES, SAINT (1567-1622) Bishop of Geneva

# francisdesales

FRANCIS II (1768-1835) Last Holy Roman Emperor – 1792-1806; As Francis I, served as the first Emperor of Austria - 1804-35

# francisII

FRANKFURTER, FELIX (1882-1965) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - 1939-1962

# frankfurterfelix

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1705-90) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; American Inventor, Printer, Diplomat & Revolutionary-Era Patriot

# franklinbenjamin

FRANKLIN, JOHN (1786-1847) Rear Admiral in the British Royal Navy; Arctic Explorer

# franklinjohn

FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903) Union Major General

# franklinwilliambuel

FRAZER, JOHN WESLEY (1827-1906) Confederate Brigadier General

# frazerjohnwesley

FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK & ALBANY (1763-1827) British Soldier, promoted to Field Marshal – February 18, 1795; Second Son of King George III of England

# frederickdukeofyork&albany

FREEMAN, JOHN D. (1817-86) U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1851-53; Attorney General of Mississippi – 1841-50

# freemanjohnd

FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK THEODORE (1817-85) U.S. Secretary of State - 1881-85; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1866-69 & 1871-77

# frelinghuysenfreericktheodore

FREMONT, JESSIE BENTON (1824 -1902) American Writer; Wife of John C. Fremont; Daughter of Thomas Hart Benton

# fremontjb

FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES (1813-1890) Union Major General – Missouri; Military Governor of California – 1847; U.S. Senator – California – 1850-51; Governor of Arizona Territory – 1878-81; First Republican Candidate for U.S. President – 1856

# fremontjohncharles

FRENCH, JOHN CATE (1832-1900) Union Officer, served in the 1st & 8th New Hampshire Infantries; Founder & President of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company

# frenchjohncate

FRENCH, LIZZIE CROZIER (1851-1926) American Educator, Women's Suffragist, and Social Reform Activist

# frenchlizziecrozier

FRENCH, RICHARD (1792-1854) U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1835-37, 1843-45, and 1847-49

# frenchrichard

FRENCH, SAMUEL BASSETT (1820-98) Confederate Colonel & Staff Officer to Stonewall Jackson; Aide & Private Secretary to Confederate Governors Letcher, Smith, & Wise; Richmond, Virginia Attorney & Newspaperman

# frenchsamuelbassett

FRENCH, SAMUEL GIBBS (1818-1910) Confederate Major General

# frenchsamuelgibbs

FRENCH, WILLIAM HENRY (1815-81) Union Major General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# frenchwilliamhenry

FREUD, SIGMUND (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the founder of Psychoanalysis

# freudsigmund

FREW, CALVIN HAMILL (1836-1919) Early Settler of Paxton, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois State Legislature in 1868; Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois

# frewcalvinhamill

FRITCHIE, BARBARA (1766-1862) Civil War-Era Resident of Frederick, Maryland – poetically immortalized by John Greenleaf Whittier in the October 1863 edition of The Atlantic Monthly

# fritchiebarbara

FRITSCH, WERNER VON (1880-1939) Member of the High Command in Nazi Germany; Killed during the Siege of Warsaw, Poland on September 22, 1939

# fritschwernervon

FROST, DANIEL MARSH (1823-1900) Confederate Brigadier General - Missouri

# frostdanielmarsh

FRY, BIRKETT DAVENPORT (1822-91) Confederate Brigadier General – Alabama

# frybirkettdavenport

FRY, JAMES BARNET (1827-94) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# fryjamesbarnet

FRY, SPEED SMITH (1817-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Kentucky Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# fryspeedsmith

FULKERSON, SAMUEL V. (1822-62) Confederate Colonel – 37th Virginia Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gaines Mill – June 26, 1862

# fulkersonsamuelv

FULLER, BENONI S. (1825-1903) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1875-79

# fullerbenonis

FULLER, JOHN WALLACE (1827-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 27th Ohio Infantry

# fullerjohnwallace

FULLER, MELVILLE W. (1833-1910) Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court – 1888-1910

# fullermelvillew

FULLER, THOMAS CHARLES (1832-1901) Confederate Soldier – 1st North Carolina Infantry; Confederate Congressman – North Carolina – 1864-65

# fullerthomascharles

FULLER, THOMAS JAMES DUNCAN (1808-76) U.S. Representative – Maine – 1849-57

# fullerthomasjamesduncan

FULLERTON, WILLIAM, JR. (1854-88) American-born Composer

# fullertonwilliamjr

FULTON, ROBERT (1765-1815) American Inventor of the Steamboat

# fultonrobert

FUNSTEN, DAVID (1819-66) Confederate Colonel – 11th Virginia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1863-65

# funstendavid

FUQUA, HENRY LUSE, SR. (1865-1926) Governor of Louisiana -1924-26

# fuquahenryluse

GAGE, THOMAS (1718/19-1787) English General; Commander of British Forces in North America – 1763-75; Governor of Massachusetts Bay Province – 1774-75; Military Governor of Quebec - 1760-63

# gagethomas

GAILLARD, PETER CHEVES (CHARLES) (1812-89) Confederate Colonel – 27th South Carolina Infantry

# gaillardpetercheves

GALLOWAY, ANDREW JACKSON (1814-1903) Prominent Civil Engineer & Real Estate Investor in Chicago, Illinois; Known for work on the Illinois & Michigan Canal and the Illinois Central Railroad

# gallowayandrewjackson

GAMBLE, WILLIAM (1818-66) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 8th Illinois Cavalry

# gamblewilliam

GANDHI, MOHANDAS K., MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948) Indian Lawyer & Anti-Colonial Nationalist

# gandhimohandask

GANTT, EDWARD W. (1829-74) Confederate Brigadier General of Arkansas Militia; Confederate Colonel – 12th Arkansas Infantry

# ganttedwardw

GARBO, GRETA (1905-90) Swedish-born Actress

# garbogreta

GARDNER, ALAN HYDE, 2nd BARON GARDNER (1770-1815) British Navy Admiral

# gardneralanhydebaron

GARDNER, ALAN, 1st BARON GARDNER (1742-1809) British Royal Navy Officer, promoted to the rank of Admiral in 1795; Member of Parliament – 1790-1806

# gardneralanbaron

GARDNER, CHARLES KITCHELL (1787-1869) U.S. Assistant Postmaster General - 1829-37; Served in the War of 1812

# gardnercharleskitchell

GARDNER, FRANKLIN KITCHELL (1823-73) Confederate Major General

# gardnerfranklinkitchell

GARDNER, HENRY (1730-82) American Revolutionary-Era Politician

# gardnerhenry

GARDNER, MILLS (1830-1910) U.S. Congressman - Ohio - 1877-79

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GARFIELD, JAMES ABRAMS (1831-81) Twentieth U.S. President – 1881, Assassinated by Charles Guiteau; Union Civil War Major General – Ohio; U.S Representative – Ohio – 1863-80

# garfieldjamesabrams

GARLAND, AUGUSTUS HILL (1832-99) Confederate Representative & Senator – Arkansas – 1862-65; U.S. Attorney General – 1885-89; Governor of Arkansas – 1874-77; U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1877-85

# garlandaugustushill

GARLAND, HAMLIN H. (1860-1940) American Novelist & Poet; Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography - 1922

# garlandhamlinh

GARLAND, JAMES (1791-1885) U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1835-41

# garlandjames

GARLAND, RUFUS KING, JR. (1830-86) Confederate Officer – 4th Arkansas Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Arkansas – 1864-65

# garlandrufuskingjr

GARNETT, MUSCOE RUSSELL HUNTER (1821-64) Confederate Congressman – 1862-64; Delegate to the Virginia Secession & Constitutional Conventions of 1861; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1856-61

# garnettmuscorussellhunter

GARNETT, RICHARD BROOKE (1828-1863) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Killed-in-Action during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 3, 1863

# garnettrichardbrooke

GARNETT, ROBERT SELDON (1819-61) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Mortally wounded on July 13, 1861, the first general officer killed in the American Civil War

# garnettrobertseldon

GARRARD, KENNER (1827-79) Union Brigadier General – Kentucky; Colonel of the 146th New York Infantry

# garrardkenner

GARRARD, THEOPHILUS TOULMIN (1812-1902) Union Brigadier General – Kentucky; Veteran of the Mexican War

# garrardtheophilustoulmin

GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-79) American Journalist & Abolitionist; Founder of the Abolitionist Newspaper, “The Liberator”

# garrisonwilliamlloyd

GARROTT, ISHAM WARREN (1816-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Alabama; Killed-in-Action during the siege of Vicksburg – June 17, 1863

# garrottishamwarren

GARTRELL, LUCIUS JEREMIAH (1821-91) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1862-64; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1857-61

# gartrellluciusjeremiah

GARVEY, DAN EDWARD (1886-1974) Governor of Arizona – 1948-51; Arizona Secretary of State – 1942-48

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GARVEY, MARCUS MOSIAH, SR. (1887-1940) Jamaican Black Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, Political Activist, and Publisher

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GARY, ELBERT HENRY (1846-1927) Key Founder of U.S. Steel Corporation; Namesake of Gary, Indiana and Gary, West Virginia

# garyelberthenry

GARY, MARTIN WITHERSPOON (1831-81) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# garymartinwitherspoon

GASKELL, ELIZABETH C. (1810-65) English Novelist

# gaskellelizabethc

GASSENDI, PIERRE (1592-1655) French Philosopher, Catholic Priest, Astronomer, and Mathematician

# gassendip

GATES, ELIJAH (1827-1915) Confederate Colonel – 1st Missouri Cavalry; U.S. Marshal – Western District of Missouri; Missouri State Treasurer-1877-81

# gateselijah

GATES, HORATIO (1727-1806) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army

# gateshoratio

GATES, THEODORE B. (1825-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General – New York – Union Colonel – 80th New York Volunteer Infantry

# gatestheodoreb

GATLIN, RICHARD CASWELL (1809-96) Confederate Brigadier General

# gatlinrichardcaswell

GATLING, RICHARD J. (1818-1903) American Inventor of the Gatling Gun

# gatlingrichardj

GAVIN, JAMES (1830-73) Union Colonel – 7th, 76th, 104th, and 134th Indiana Infantries

# gavinjames

GAYLE, JOHN (1792-1859) Governor of Alabama – 1831-35; U.S. Congressman – Alabama – 1847-49

# gaylejohn

GEAR, JOHN HENRY (1825-1900) Governor of Iowa – 1878-82; U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1887-91 & 1893-95; U.S. Senator – Iowa – 1895-1900; Mayor of Burlington, Iowa - 1863

# gearjohnhenry

GEARY, JOHN WHITE (1819-1873) Union Brigadier General – Pennsylvania; First Mayor of San Francisco, California – 1850-51; Governor of Kansas Territory – 1856-57; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1867-73

# gearyjohnwhite

GEHRIG, HENRY LOUIS “LOU” (1903-41) Iconic American Professional Baseball Player for the New York Yankees - 1923-39

# gehrighenrylouis

GENTRY, MEREDITH POINDEXTER (1809-66) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-64; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1839-43 & 1845-53

# gentrymeredithpoindexter

GEORGE I (1660-1727) King of Great Britain - 1714-27

# georgeI

GEORGE II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain - 1727-60

# georgeIIofengland

GEORGE III (1738-1820) King of Great Britain & Ireland - 1760-1820

# georgeIIIofengland

GEORGE IV (1762-1830) King of Great Britain & Ireland - 1820-30

# georgeIVofengland

GEORGE V OF HANOVER (1819-78) King of Hanover – 1851-66

# georgeVofhanover

GEORGE, JAMES ZACHARIAH (1826-97) Confederate Brigadier General of Mississippi Militia; Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice; U.S. Senator – 1881-97

# georgejameszachariah

GEROMINO (1829-1909) American Apache Indian Leader

# geronimo

GERSHWIN, GEORGE (1898-1937) American Pianist & Composer

# gershwingeorge

GETTY, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1819-1901) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# gettygeorgewashington

GETTY, JOHN PAUL (1892-1976) American-born British Petroleum Industrialist; Founder of Getty Oil Company

# gettyjohnpaul

GHOLSON, SAMUEL JAMESON (1808-83) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1836-38

# gholsonsamueljameson

GHOLSON, THOMAS SAUNDERS (1808-68) Confederate Congressman - Virginia – 1864-65

# gholsonthomassaunders

GIBBON, EDWARD (1737-94) English Historian; Author of “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”; Member of Parliament – 1774-84

# gibbonedward

GIBBON, JOHN (1827-96) Union Major General – Pennsylvania; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# gibbonjohn

GIBBS, ALFRED (1823-68) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Apache Wars

# gibbsalfred

GIBSON, JOHN (1740-1822) Indian Fighter; Veteran of the French & Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812; Secretary of the Indiana Territory – 1800-16; Acting Governor of the Indiana Territory – 1812-13

# gibsonjohn

GIBSON, RANDALL LEE (1832-92) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative - Louisiana – 1875-83; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1883-92

# gibsonrandalllee

GIFFORD, WILLIAM (1756-1826) English Critic, Editor, and Poet

# giffordwilliam

GILBERT, CHARLES CHAMPION (1822-1903) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# gilbertcharleschampion

GILBERT, DAVIES (1767-1839) English Engineer, Author, and Politician; Member of Parliament – 1804-32

# gilbertdavies

GILBERT, JAMES ISHAM (1823-84) Union Brigadier General

# gilbertjamesisham

GILLEM, ALVAN CULLEM (1830-75) Union Brigadier General - Tennessee

# gillemalvancullem

GILLETT, JOHN DEAN (1819-88) Prominent Cattleman & Landowner in Elkhart, Illinois, known as the “Cattle King of Illinois”

# gillettjohndean

GILLETTE, FRANCIS (1807-79) U.S. Senator - Connecticut – 1854-55

# gillettefrancis

GILLMORE, QUINCY ADAMS (1825-88) Union Major General - Ohio

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* With Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson

GILMER, JEREMY FRANCIS (1818-83) Confederate Major General – North Carolina

# gilmerjeremyfrancis

GILMER, JOHN ALEXANDER, JR. (1838-92) Confederate Colonel – 27th North Carolina Infantry

# gilmerjohnalexanderjr

GIOVANNI, YOLANDE C. “NIKKI” (1943- ) African-American Poet

# giovanniyolandec

GIST, STATES RIGHTS (1831-64) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Franklin – November 30, 1864

# giststatesrights

GLADDEN, ADLEY HOGAN (1810-1862) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh

# gladdenadleyhogan

GLASGOW, SAMUEL L. (1838-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 23rd Iowa Infantry

# glasgowsamuell

GLENN, ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (1819-1901) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois – 1875-77; Prominent resident of Mount Sterling, Illinois - afterward moved to Wichita, Kansas

# glennarchibaldalexander

GLOSSBRENNER, ADAM J. (1810-89) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1843-47; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1843-47; Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1850-60

# glossbrenneraj

GOBIN, JOHN PETER SHINDEL (1837-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania – 1899-1903

# gobinjohnpetershindel

GODDARD, ALFRED M. (1841-1914) Union Officer – 33rd Massachusetts Infantry

# goddardalfredm

GODWIN, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL (1831-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia – September 19, 1864

# godwinarchibaldcampbell

GOEBBELS, JOSEPH (1897-1945) German Nazi Politician; Reich Minister of Propaganda – 1933-45; Chancellor of Germany – April 30 - May 1, 1945

# goebbelsjoseph

GOFF, NATHAN, JR. (1843-1920) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1881; U.S. Senator – West Virginia – 1913-19; U.S. Representative – West Virginia – 1883-89

# goffnathanjr

GOGGIN, JAMES MONROE (1820-89) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# gogginjamesmonroe

GOLDMAN, EMMA (1869-1940) Anarchist Political Activist, Social Reformer, and Writer

# goldmanemma

GOLDSBOROUGH, CHARLES WASHINGTON (1777–1843) Official in the U.S. Navy Department - 1798-1842

# goldsboroughcw

GOLDSBOROUGH, LOUIS MALESHERBES (1805-77) Union Rear Admiral; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy – 1853-57; Veteran of the Mexican War

# goldsboroughlouismalesherbes

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728-74) Irish-Born Poet & Novelist; Best Known for “The Vicar of Wakefield”

# goldsmitholiver

GOLDTHWAITE, GEORGE (1809-79) U.S. Senator - Alabama – 1871-77

# goldthwaiteg

GONELLA, NATHANIEL C. (1908-98) English Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Vocalist

# gonellanc

GONTAUT, ARMAND de, BARON de BIRON (1524-92) French Soldier; Killed at the siege of Epernay - July, 26, 1592

# gontautarmandde

GONTAUT, ARMAND LOUIS de, DUKE OF LAUZUN, later DUKE OF BIRON (1747-93) French Soldier & Politician; Served in the American Revolutionary War & the French Revolution; Executed in Paris on December 31, 1793

# gontautarmandlouis

GOODE, JOHN, JR. (1829-1909) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1875-81; Solicitor General of the United States – 1885-86

# goodejohnjr

GOODIN, JOHN R. (1836-85) U.S. Congressman – Kansas – 1875-77

# goodinjr

GOODMAN, WALTER A. (1830-83) Confederate Captain; Staff Officer to General James Chalmers; Delivered Nathan Bedford Forrest’s demand for the surrender of the Union Garrison at Fort Pillow

# goodmanwa

GOODWIN, RICHARD N. (1931-2018) American Writer & Presidential Advisor; Aide & Speechwriter to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and to Senator Robert F. Kennedy; husband of historian Doris Kearns Goodwin

# goodwinrichardn

GORDON, GEORGE HENRY (1823-86) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts; Veteran of the Mexican War

# gordongeorgehenry

GORDON, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1836-1911) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1907-11; Early member of the Ku Klux Klan

# gordongeorgewashington

GORDON, JAMES BYRON (1822-64) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Meadow Bridge, Virginia – May 12, 1864

# gordonjamesbyron

GORDON, JOHN (1824-1906) Prominent Merchant in Jacksonville, Illinois

# gordonj

GORDON, JOHN BROWN (1832-1904) Confederate Major General – Georgia; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1873-80 & 1891-97; Governor of Georgia – 1886-90

# gordonjohnbrown

GORGAS, JOSIAH (1818-83) Confederate Brigadier General

# gorgasjosiah

GORHAM, NATHANIEL (1738-96) Delegate to the Continental Congress – Massachusetts Bay Colony; Signer of the U.S. Constitution

# gorhamnathaniel

GORING, HERMANN (1893-1946) German Nazi Politician & Military Leader; Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe – 1935-45; President of the Reichstag – 1932-45

# goringhermann

GORKY, MAXIM (1868-1936) Russian Writer & Political Activist

# gorkymaxim

GORMAN, WILLIS ARNOLD (1816-76) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War; Governor of Minnesota Territory – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1849-53

# gormanwillisarnold

GOULD, JASON "JAY" (1836-92) American Railroad Magnate & Financial Speculator

# gpouldjay

GOVAN, DANIEL C. (1829-1911) Confederate Brigadier General

# govandanielc

GRACIE, ARCHIBALD, JR. (1832-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Alabama; Killed-in-Action at Petersburg, Virginia – December 2, 1864

# graciearchibaldjr

GRAHAM, CHARLES KINNAIRD (1824-89) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 74th New York Infantry, the “Excelsior Brigade”; Wounded & captured at the Battle of Gettysburg

# grahamcharleskinnaird

GRAHAM, LAWRENCE PIKE (1815-1905) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# grahamlawrencepike

GRAHAM, ROBERT FLADGER (1833-74) Confederate Colonel – 21st South Carolina Infantry

# grahamrobertfladger

GRAHAM, SAMUEL (1813-84) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 5th New York Heavy Artillery

# grahamsamuel

GRAHAM, THOMAS, 1st BARON LYNEDOCH ( 1748-1843) British Army Officer during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars, attained the rank of General

# grahamthomasbaronlynedoch

GRAHAM, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1804-75) Confederate Senator – North Carolina – 1864-65; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1850-52; Governor of North Carolina – 1845-49; U.S. Senator – North Carolina – 1840-43

# grahamwilliamalexander

GRAHAM, WILLIAM MONTROSE (1834-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Army Brigadier General in the Spanish-American War

# grahamwilliammontrose

GRANBURY, HIRAM BRONSON (1831-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee - November 30, 1864; Namesake of Granbury, Texas

# granburyhirambronson

GRANGER, GORDON (1822-1876) Union Major General – New York; Veteran of the Mexican War

# grangergordon

GRANGER, ROBERT SEAMAN (1816-94) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# grangerrobertseaman

GRANT, FREDERICK DENT (1850-1912) U.S. Army Major General; Veteran of the Spanish-American War; Son of Ulysses S. & Julia Dent Grant

# grantfrederickdent

GRANT, LEWIS ADDISON (1829-1918) Union Brigadier General – Vermont; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the capture of three regimental flags at the Battle of Chancellorsville

# grantlewisaddison

GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-85) Eighteenth U.S. President – 1869-77; Union Lieutenant General, during the American Civil War

# grantulyssess

GRANT, WILLIAM (1701-64) Scottish Politician & Judge; Member of Parliament – 1747-55

# grantwilliam

GRATIOT, CHARLES CHOUTEAU (1786-1855) U.S. Army Brevet Brigadier General; Family Namesake of the Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis Missouri

# gratiotcharleschouteau

GRATTAN, HENRY (1746-1820) Irish Politician; Member of the Irish Parliament – 1775-1801 ; Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom – 1805-20

# grattanhenry

GRAY, GEORGE W. (1834-?) Elected Professor of Mathematics at Quincy College in 1866, served as College President – 1867-72; President of Chaddock College, now Chaddock Boys’ School, also of Quincy, Illinois

# graygeorgew

GRAY, HENRY, JR. (1816-92) Confederate Brigadier General

# grayhenryjr

GRAY, ROBERT (1762-1834) English Bishop of Bristol

# grayrobertbishopofbristol

GRAYSON, JOHN BRECKINRIDGE (1806-61) Confederate Brigadier General

# graysonjohnbreckinridge

GRAYSON, KATHRYN (1922-2010) American Actress of Film, Stage, and Opera

# graysonkathryn

GREELEY, HORACE (1811-72) American Editor & Abolitionist; Founder of the New York Tribune; Democratic Candidate for U.S. President - 1872

# greeleyhorace

GREELY, ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON (1844-1935) U.S. Army Officer, promoted to the rank of Major General in 1906; Veteran of the American Civil War & the Spanish-American War; Arctic Explorer; Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor

# greelyadolphuswashington

GREEN, BYRAM (1786-1865) U.S. Representative – New York – 1843-45; Served in the War of 1812

# greenbyram

GREEN, DUFF CYRUS (1828-65) Brigadier & Quartermaster General of Alabama State Troops – 1861-65

# greenduffcyrus

GREEN, DWIGHT HERBERT (1897-1958) Governor of Illinois – 1941-49

# greendwightherbert

GREEN, FREDERICK W. (1816-79) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1851-55; Editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer – 1866-74

# greenfrederickw

GREEN, JAMES S. (1817-70) U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1857-61; U.S. Congressman – Missouri – 1847-51

# greenjamess

GREEN, JOSEPH FOSTER (1811-97) Union Navy Officer; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral

# greenjosephfoster

GREEN, MARTIN EDWIN (1815-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Missouri; Killed by a Union sharpshooter during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi – June 27, 1863

# greenmartinedwin

GREEN, THEODORE F. (1867-1966) Governor of Rhode Island – 1933-37; U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1937-61

# greentheodoref

GREEN, THOMAS (1814-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Texas; Clerk of the Texas Supreme Court – 1841-61

# greenthomas

GREENE, GEORGE SEARS (1801-99) Union Brigadier General

# greenegeorgesears

GREENE, JAMES DURRELL (1828-1902) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Inventor of the Greene Rifle

# greenejamesdurrell

GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-86) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army

# greenen

GREENE, OLIVER DUFF (1833-1904) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Antietam

# greeneoliverduff

GREENEBAUM, HENRY (1833-1914) German-Born Jewish Banker & Civic Leader in Chicago, Illinois; Founded the German National Bank in 1871; Namesake of Greenebaum Park

# greenebaumhenry

GREENWOOD, ALFRED BURTON (1811-89) Confederate Congressman – Arkansas – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Arkansas – 1853-59; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1859-61

# greenwoodalfredburton

GREER, ELKANAH B. (1825-77) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# greerelkanahb

GREER, JAMES AUGUSTIN (1833-1904) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to Rear Admiral

# greerjamesaugustin

GREGG, DAVID McMURTRIE (1833-1916) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the antebellum Indian Wars

# greggdavidmcmurtrie

GREGG, JOHN (1828-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Texas; Killed-in-Action near Richmond, Virginia – October 7, 1864

# greggjohn

GREGG, MAXCY (1814-62) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia – died on December 15, 1862

# greggmaxcy

GREGG, WILLIAM M. (1820-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 179th New York Infantry

# greggwilliamm

GREGORY IX (circa 1145/before 1170 – 1241) Italian-born Pope – 1227-41

# gregoryIX

GREGORY XIII (1502-85) Italian-born Pope – 1572-85; Namesake for the Gregorian Calendar

# gregoryXIII

GREGORY XIV (1535-91) Italian-born Pope – 1590-91

# gregoryXIV

GREGORY, EDGAR M. (1804-71) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 91st Pennsylvania Infantry

# gregoryedgarm

GREGORY, FRANCIS (1780-1866) Union Rear Admiral

# gregoryfrancis

GRENVILLE, THOMAS (1755-1846) British Soldier & Politician; Member of Parliament – 1779-1810 & 1813-18

# grenvillethomas

GRENVILLE, WILLIAM (1759-1834) British Prime Minister – 1806-07; British Member of Parliament – 1782-90

# grenvillewilliam

GRESHAM, WALTER QUINTIN (1832-95) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Postmaster General – 1883-84; U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1884; U.S. Secretary of State – 1893-95

# greshamwalterquintin

GRESSET, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS (1709-77) French Poet & Dramatist

# gressetjbl

GREY, BENJAMIN EDWARDS (?-?) U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1851-55

# greybe

GREY, CHARLES, 2nd EARL GREY (1764-1845) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – 1830-34; Member of Parliament – 1786-1807

# greycharles2ndearlgrey

GRIDER, HENRY (1796-1866) Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1843-47

# griderh

GRIDLEY, ASAHEL (1810-81) Brevet Brigadier General in the Black Hawk War – 1832; Illinois State Congressman – 1840-42 & Senator – 1850-54; Namesake of Gridley, Illinois

# gridleyasahel

GRIER, ROBERT C. (1794-1870) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1846-70

# grierrobertc

GRIERSON, BENJAMIN H. (1826-1911) Union Major General – Illinois

# grierrsonbenjaminh

GRIFFIN, CHARLES (1825-67) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican & antebellum Indian Wars

# griffincharles

GRIFFIN, SAMUEL MARVIN (1907-82) Governor of Georgia – 1955-59; Brigadier General of Georgia National Guard during World War II

# griffinsamuelmarvin

GRIFFIN, SIMON GOODELL (1824-1902) Union Brigadier General

# griffinsimongoodell

GRIFFITH, BENJAMIN MORDECAI (1831-98) Prominent Physician in Louisiana, Missouri and in Rockport & Springfield, Illinois

# griffithbenjaminmordecai

GRIFFITH, RICHARD (1814-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Savage’s Station – June 29, 1862

# griffithrichard

GRIGSBY, J. WARREN (1818-77) Confederate Colonel - 6th Kentucky Cavalry; Served with Confederate Generals John Hunt Morgan and Joseph Wheeler; Confederate Inspector General - Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee

# grigsbyjwarren

GRIMBALL, JOHN (1840-1922) Confederate Navy Officer, served aboard the CSS “Shenandoah”

# grimballjohn

GRIMES, BRYAN (1828-80) Confederate Major General – North Carolina

# grimesbryan

GRIMES, JAMES WILSON (1816-72) Governor of Iowa – 1854-58; U.S. Senator - Iowa – 1859-69

# grimesjameswilson

GRIMSTON, JAMES WALTER, 1st EARL OF VERULAM (1775-1845) British Politician; Member of Parliament – 1802-08

# grimstonjameswalter1stearlofverulam

GRINNELL, JOSEPH (1788-1885) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1843-51; President of the Boston & Providence Railroad – 1841-46

# grinnelljoseph

GROSVENOR, CHARLES HENRY (1833-1917) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1885-91 & 1893-1907

# grosvenorcharleshenry

GROVER, CUVIER (1828-85) Union Brigadier General; Post-war Colonel of the 1st U.S. Cavalry

# grovercuvier

GROW, GALUSHA AARON (1823-1907) U.S. Representative – 1853-61; Speaker of the U.S. Representatives – 1861-63 & 1894-1903

# growgalushaaaron

GRUBB, EDWARD BURD (1812-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 23rd & 37th New Jersey Infantries; Staff Officer to General George W. Taylor

# grubbedwardburd

GRUNDY, FELIX (1777-1840) U.S. Attorney General – 1838-39; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1829-40; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1811-14

# grundyfelix

GUEVARA, ERNESTO "CHE" (1928-67) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary, Physician, Writer, and Guerrilla Leader; Major figure in the Cuban Revolution

# guevaraernestoche

GUILLOTIN, JOSEPH-IGNACE (1738-1814) French Physician & Politician; Instrumental in the invention of the device which bore his name by proposing a more humane method of execution in France

# guillotinjosephignace

GUIZOT, FRANCOIS (1787-1874) French Historian, Orator, and Statesman; Prime Minister of France – 1847-48

# guizotfrancois

GUNN, MOSES (1822-87) Pioneering American Physician & Surgeon; Union Surgeon – 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, accompanied General George B. McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War

# gunnmoses

GURNEY, WILLIAM (1823-80) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 127th New York Infantry

# gurneywilliam

GWIN, WILLIAM McKENDREE (1805-85) U.S. Senator – California – 1850-55 & 1857-61; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1841-43

# gwinwilliammckendree

HABERSHAM, JOSEPH (1751-1815) American Revolutionary War - Colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment, Continental Army; U.S. Postmaster General – 1795-1801; Mayor of Savannah, Georgia – 1792-93

# habershamjoseph

HACKLEMAN, PLEASANT ADAM (1814-62) Union Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi - October 3, 1862

# hacklemanpleasantadam

HAGAN, JAMES (1824-1901) Confederate Brigadier General - Alabama

# haganjames

HAGNER, PETER VALENTINE (1815-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# hagnerpetervalentine

HAGOOD, JOHNSON (1829-98) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina; Governor of South Carolina – 1880-82

# hagoodjohnson

HAINES, THOMAS J. (1828-83) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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HALE, EDWARD EVERETT (1822-1909) American Unitarian Clergyman; Author of “The Man Without a Country”

# haleedwardeverett

HALE, STEPHEN FOWLER (1816-62) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1861-62; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 9th & 11th Alabama Infantries; Died on July 18, 1862 of wounds received at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill

# halestephenfowler

HALL, HILAND (1795-1885) Governor of Vermont - 1858-60; U.S. Representative – Vermont – 1833-43

# hallhiland

HALL, HIRAM SEYMOUR (1835-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 43rd U.S. Colored Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Virginia – June 27, 1862

# hallhiramseymour

HALL, ROBERT MONROE (1828-74) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 38th U.S. Colored Infantry

# hallrobertmonroe

HALLADAY, DANIEL (1826-1916) Prominent Engineer & Windmill Inventor in Batavia, Illinois; Buried in Santa Ana, California

# halladaydaniel

HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE (1790-1867) American Poet – Member of the Knickerbocker Group

# halleckfitzgreene

HALLECK, HENRY WAGER (1815-1872) Union Major General – New York

# halleckhenrywager

HALPINE, CHARLES GRAHAM (1829-1868) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# halpinecharlesgraham

HALSEY, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1827-94) U.S. Representative – New Jersey – 1867-69 & 1871-73

# halseygeorgearmstrong

HAMBLIN, JOSEPH ELDRIDGE (1828-70) Union Brigadier General

# hamblinjosepheldridge

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1789-95; Revolutionary War Captain & Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington; Killed in a duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804

# hamiltonalexander

HAMILTON, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-75) Union Brigadier General & Military Governor of Texas; Governor of Texas – 1865-69; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1859-61

# hamiltonandrewjackson

HAMILTON, ANTOINE (circa 1645-1720) Irish-Catholic Soldier & Writer; Fought with the French in the Franco-Dutch War, 1672–1678, and in the Irish Army in the Williamite War, 1688–1690

# hamiltonantoine

HAMILTON, CHARLES (1913-96) American Handwriting Expert, Author, and Autograph Dealer

# hamiltonc

HAMILTON, CHARLES SMITH (1822-91) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# hamiltoncharlessmith

HAMILTON, ELIZABETH SCHUYLER (1757-1854) American Socialite & Philanthropist; Wife of Alexander Hamilton

# hamiltonelizabethschuyler

HAMILTON, PAUL (1762-1816) U.S. Secretary of the Navy – 1809-13; Governor of South Carolina – 1804-06

# hamiltonpaul

HAMILTON, ROBERT (1809-78) U.S. Representative – New Jersey – 1873-77

# hamiltonrobert

HAMILTON, SCHUYLER (1822-1903) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War; Grandson of founding father Alexander Hamilton

# hamiltonschuyler

HAMILTON-GORDON, GEORGE, 4th EARL OF ABERDEEN (1784-1860) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – 1852-55

# hamiltongordongeorge4thearlofaberdeen

HAMLIN, HANNIBAL (1809-91) U.S. Vice President - 1861-65; Governor of Maine – 1857; U.S. Senator – Maine – 1848-61 & 1869-81; U.S. Representative – 1843-47

# hamlinhannibal

HAMMETT, DASHIELL (1894-1961) American Writer

# hammettdashiell

HAMMOND, JAMES HENRY (1807-64) Governor of South Carolina – 1842-44; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1835-36; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1857-60

# hammondjameshenry

HAMMOND, JOHN HENRY (1827-89) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 5th New York Cavalry; U.S. Congressman – New York - 1879-83

# hammondjohnhenry

HAMMOND, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1828-1900) Union Brigadier General; Surgeon General of the U.S. Army – 1862-64; Founder of the Army Medical Museum; Co-founder of the American Neurological Association

# hammondwilliamalexander

HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902) Confederate Lieutenant General– South Carolina; Governor of South Carolina – 1876-79; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1879-91

# hamptonwade

HANCOCK, ALMIRA RUSSELL (1832-93) Wife of Union Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock

# hancockar

HANCOCK, JOHN (1737-93) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; President of the Continental Congress; Governor of Massachusetts - 1780-85 & 1787-93

# hancockjohn

HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-86) Union Major General – Pennsylvania; Democratic Presidential Candidate - 1880

# hancockws

HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685-1759) German-born Baroque Composer

# handelgf

HANLY, THOMAS BURTON (1812-80) Confederate Congressman – Arkansas – 1861-65

# hanlythomasburton

HANNON, MOSES WRIGHT (1827-97) Confederate Colonel – 53rd Alabama Cavalry

# hannonmoseswright

HANSON, ROGER WEIGHTMAN (1827-63) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee – January 2, 1863

# hansonrogerweightman

HARDEE, WILLIAM JOSEPH (1815-73) Confederate Lieutenant General – Georgia

# hardeewilliamjoseph

HARDEMAN, WILLIAM POLK (1816-98) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# hardemanwilliampolk

HARDIE, JAMES ALLEN (1823-76) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the antebellum Indian Wars in the Northwest

# hardiejamesallen

HARDIN, MARTIN DAVIS (1837-1923) Union Brigadier General; Son of U.S. Congressman & Illinois Militia General John Jay Hardin

# hardinmartindavis

HARDING, ABNER CLARK (1807-74) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1865-69

# hardingabnerclark

HARDING, FLORENCE KLING (1860-1924) U.S. First Lady - 1921-23; Wife of U.S. President Warren G. Harding

# hardingflorencekling

HARDING, GEORGE TRYON (1843-1928) Father of President Warren G. Harding

# hardinggeorgetryon

HARDING, WARREN G. (1865-1923) Twenty-Ninth U.S. President - 1921-23; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1915-21

# hardingwarreng

HARKER, CHARLES G. (1835-64) Union Brigadier General - New Jersey; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain – June 27, 1864

# harkercg

HARLAN, JAMES (1820-1899) U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1865-66; U.S. Senator – Iowa - 1855-65 & 1867-73

# harlanjames

HARLAN, JOHN MARSHALL (1833-1911) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1877-1911

# harlanjohnmarshall

HARLAND, EDWARD (1832-1915) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 8th Connecticut Infantry

# harlandedward

HARLAY, ACHILLE de (1536-1616) French Politician; First Speaker of the Paris Parliament

# harlayachille

HARLLEE, WILLIAM WALLACE (1812-97) Confederate Brigadier General of South Carolina Militia

# harlleewilliamwallace

HARLOW, GEORGE HENRY (1830-1900) Illinois Secretary of State – 1873-81; Served as personal secretary to Illinois Governor Richard J. Oglesby and oversaw Camp Butler during the American Civil War

# harlowgeorgehenry

HARNEY, WILLIAM SELBY (1800-89) U.S. Army & Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War, the Kansas War, and the antebellum Indian Wars

# harneywilliamselby

HARPER, ALEXANDER (1786-1860) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1837-39 & 1843-47

# harpera

HARRIS, ANDREW LINTNER (1835-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 75th Ohio Infantry; Governor of Ohio – 1906-09; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio - 1906

# harrisandrewlintner

HARRIS, ISHAM GREEN (1818-97) Governor of Tennessee – 1857-62; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1877-97; U.S. Congressman – Tennessee – 1849-53

# harrisishamgreen

HARRIS, JEPTHA VINING (1816-99) Confederate Brigadier General of Mississippi Militia

# harrisjepthavining

HARRIS, NATHANIEL HARRISON (1834-1900) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi

# harrisnathanielharrison

HARRIS, SAMPSON WILLIS (1809-57) U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1847-57

# harrissampsonwillis

HARRIS, THOMAS MALEY (1817-1906) Union Brigadier General

# haristhomasmaley

HARRIS, WILEY POPE (1818-91) U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1853-55; Confederate Soldier – 1st Mississippi Light Artillery

# harriswileypope

HARRISON, BENJAMIN (1833-1901) Twenty-Third U.S. President - 1889-93; Union Brevet Brigadier General, during the American Civil War; Union Colonel – 70th Indiana Infantry; U.S. Senator – Indiana – 1881-87

# harrisonbenjamin

HARRISON, GEORGE PAUL, JR. (1841-1922) Confederate Brigadier General – 32nd Georgia Infantry; U.S. Representative - Alabama – 1894-97

# harrisongeorgepauljr

HARRISON, JAMES THOMAS (1811-79) Confederate Soldier – 14th Mississippi Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62

# harrisonjamesthomas

HARRISON, JOAN (1907-94) English Screenwriter & Producer

# harrisonjoan

HARRISON, THOMAS (1823-91) Confederate Colonel/Brigadier General – 8th Texas Cavalry

# harrisonthomas

HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773-1841) Ninth U.S. President – 1841; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1825-28; U.S. Representative – Northwest Territory – 1799-1800; Governor of the Indiana Territory – 1801-12; U.S. Army Major General – War of 1812

# harrisonwilliamhenry

HARROW, WILLIAM (1822-72) Union Brigadier General

# harrowwilliam

HARTRANFT, JOHN FREDERICK (1830-89) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1873-79

# hartranftjohnfrederick

HARTRIDGE, JULIAN (1829-79) Confederate Lieutenant – Georgia Chatham Light Artillery; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1875-79

# hartridgejulian

HARTSUFF, GEORGE LUCAS (1830-74) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole Wars

# hartsuffgeorgelucas

HARTWELL, CHARLES ATHERTON (1836-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry

# hartwellcharlesatherton

HASCALL, MILO SMITH (1829-1904) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 17th Indiana Infantry

# hascallmilosmith

HASKELL, ALEXANDER CHEVES (1839-1910) Confederate Colonel – 7th South Carolina Cavalry

# haskellalexandercheves

HASKELL, JOHN CHEVES (1841-1907) Confederate Lieutenant – 1st South Carolina Infantry

# haskelljohncheves

HASKIN, JOSEPH ABEL (1818-74) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# haskinjosephabel

HASTINGS, FRANCIS, MARQUIS, 1st MARQUESS OF HASTINGS (1754-1826) British Army Officer, promoted to the rank of General in 1803; Veteran of the American Revolutionary War; Governor-General of India – 1813-23; Governor of Malta – 1824-26

# hastingsfrancismarquis

HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818) British Colonial Administrator; Governor-General of India – 1773-85

# hastingswarren

HATCH, EDWARD (1832-89) Union Brigadier General; Civil War Colonel of the 2nd Iowa Cavalry & post-war 9th U.S. Infantry, Buffalo Soldiers

# hatchedward

HATCH, JOHN PORTER (1822-1901) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of South Mountain, September 1862; Veteran of the Mexican War & the western Indian Wars

# hatchjohnporter

HATCHER, ROBERT ANTHONY (1819-86) Confederate Army Officer; Confederate Congressman – Missouri – 1864-65; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1873-79

# hatcherrobertanthony

HATHORN, HENRY H. (1813-87) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1873-77; Discoverer of “Hathorn Mineral Spring”

# hathornhh

HATTON, ROBERT HOPKINS (1826-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia – May 31, 1862; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1859-61

# hattonroberthopkins

HAUPT, HERMAN (1817-1905) Union Brigadier General – Pennsylvania; Civil & Railroad Construction Engineer

# haupth

HAUY, RENE JUST, Abbe (1743-1822) French Priest & Mineralogist

# hauyrj

HAVEMEYER, WILLIAM F. (1804-74) Mayor of New York City – 1845-46, 1848-49, and 1873-74; American Businessman; President of the Bank of North America

# havemeyerwf

HAVEN, SOLOMON G. (1810-61) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1851-57; Mayor of Buffalo, New York – 1846-47

# havensg

HAWES, RICHARD, JR. (1797-1877) Confederate Governor of Kentucky – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1837-41

# hawesrichardjr

HAWKINS, JOHN PARKER (1830-1914) Union Brigadier General; Commander of the 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops at Fort Blakely & Mobile, Alabama

# hawkinsjohnparker

HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL (1826-1905) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Connecticut – 1866-67; U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1881-1905; U.S. Representative – Connecticut - 1872-77

# hawleyjosephroswell

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-64) American Novelist & Writer

# hawthornenathaniel

HAY, JOHN MILTON (1838-1905) Personal Secretary of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War; U.S. Secretary of State - 1898-1905

# hayjohnmilton

HAYES, JOSEPH (1835-1912) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Utah War

# hayesjoseph

HAYES, LUCY W. (1831-89) U.S. First Lady – 1877-81; Wife of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes

# hayeslucyw

HAYES, PHILIP C. (1833-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 103rd Ohio Infantry; Staff Officer to General John M. Schofield; U.S. Congressman – Illinois – 1877-81

# hayesphilipc

HAYES, RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD (1822-93) Nineteenth U.S. President - 1877-81; Governor of Ohio – 1868-72 & 1876-77; Union Brigadier General - Ohio

# hayesrutherfordbirchard

HAYMAN, SAMUEL BRINCKLE (1820-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 37th New York Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# haymansamuelbrinckle

HAYNE, ROBERT Y. (1791-1839) Governor of South Carolina – 1832-34; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1823-32; Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina – 1836-37; Served in the War of 1812, Captain in the Third South Carolina Militia

# hayneroberty

HAYNES, LANDON CARTER (1816-75) American Newspaper Editor; Confederate Senator – Tennessee – 1862-65

# hayneslandoncarter

HAYNIE, ISHAM NICHOLAS (1824-68) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 48th Illinois Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# haynieishamnicholas

HAYS, ALEXANDER (1819-64) Union Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of the Wilderness - May 5, 1864; Veteran of the Mexican War

# haysalexander

HAYS, HARRY THOMPSON (1820-76) Confederate Brigadier General - Louisiana

# haysharrythompson

HAYS, SAMUEL (1783-1868) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1843-45; Appointed Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania – 1847; Brigadier General of Pennsylvania State Militia – 1841-43

# hayssamuel

HAYS, WILLIAM (1819-75) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# hayswilliam

HAYWARD, JOHN SHAW (1803-69) Prominent Merchant & Landowner in Hillsboro, Illinois

# haywardjohnshaw

HAZARD, JOHN GARDNER (1832-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# hazardjohngardner

HAZEN, MOSES (1733-1803) Brigadier General in the Continental Army, American Revolutionary War; Veteran of the French & Indian War

# hazenmoses

HAZEN, WILLIAM BABCOCK (1830-87) Union Major General; Veteran of the antebellum Indian Wars

# hazenwilliambabcock

HEAVISIDE, JOHN (?-1828) English Surgeon

# heavisidejohn

HEBARD, WILLIAM (1800-75) U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1849-53; Associate Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court – 1842-46

# hebardw

HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826) English Anglican Bishop; Bishop of Calcutta – 1823-26

# heberreginald

HEBERT, LOUIS (1820-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – Louisiana

# hebertlouis

HEBERT, PAUL OCTAVE (1818-80) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Louisiana – 1853-56

# hebertpauloctave

HECKMAN CHARLES ADAM (1822-96) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# heckmancharlesadam

HEINTZELMAN, SAMUEL PETER (1805-80) Union Major General – Pennsylvania; Commander of the Third Corps, Union Army of the Potomac, March 13-October 30, 1862; Saw action in the Peninsula Campaign & the Battle of Second Bull Run

# heintzelmansamuelpeter

HELM, BENJAMIN HARDIN (1831-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Kentucky; Brother-in-Law of Abraham Lincoln; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga

# helmbenjaminhardin

HELMLE, CARL ALBERT (1827-97) German-Born Brewer in Springfield, Illinois; Founded the Springfield Savings Bank in 1867

# helmlecarlalbert

HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA (1793-1835) English Romantic Poet

# hemansfeliciadorothea

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST (1899-1961) American Writer

# hemingwayernest

HEMPHILL, JOHN (1803-62) Confederate Congressman – Texas - 1861-62; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1859-61

# hemphilljohn

HENAULT, CHARLES-JEAN-FRANCOIS (1685-1770) French Writer & Historian

# henaultcjf

HENDERSON, DAVID BREMNER (1840-1906) Scottish-born Union Lieutenant Colonel – 12th Iowa Infantry, later Union Colonel – 46th Iowa Infantry; U.S. Representative – Iowa - 1883-1903; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1899-1903

# hendersondavidbremner

HENDERSON, JOHN BROOKS (1826-1913) U.S. Senator - Missouri – 1862-69; Co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; Brigadier General of Missouri State Militia during the American Civil War

# hendersonjohnbrooks

HENDERSON, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1824-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 112th Illinois Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Illinois – 1875-95

# hendersonthomasjefferson

HENLEY, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1808-75) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1843-49; Superintendent of Indian Affairs of California – 1855-58; Postmaster of San Francisco – 1860-64

# henleytj

HENNESSY, JOHN A. (1834-?) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry

# hennessyjohna

HENRY I (1068-1135) King of England – 1100-35; Fourth Son of William the Conqueror

# henryIofengland

HENRY I OF LORRAINE, duc de GUISE (1550-88) French Nobleman

# henryIdukeofguise

HENRY II (1519-59) King of France - 1547-59

# henryIIoffrance

HENRY III (1551-89) King of France - 1574-89

# henryIIIoffrance

HENRY IV (1553-1610) King of France - 1589-1610

# henryIVoffrance

HENRY VII (1457-1509) King of England – 1485-1509

# henryVII

HENRY VIII (1491-1547) King of England – 1509-47

# henryVIII

HENRY, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, SR. (1804-80) Confederate Staff Officer; Confederate Senator – Tennessee – 1862-65

# henrygustavusadolphussr

HENRY, PATRICK (1736-99) American Revolutionary-Era Orator & Politician; Governor of Virginia – 1776-79 & 1784-86

# henrypatrick

HENRY, WILBUR FISK (1838-1930) Union Captain – 108th Illinois Infantry, during the American Civil War; Resided in Pekin, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri after the war

# henrywilburfisk

HENRY, WILLIAM E. (1830-?) Railroad Executive & Notable Resident of Joliet, Illinois

# henrywilliame

Built numerous railroads, including the Richmond and York River Railroad and the Chickahominy River bridge, made famous during the American Civil War; Supervised the Virginia railroads within Union control for the U.S. Government – 1863-64

HERBERT, CALEB CLAIBORNE (1814-67) Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1862-65

# herbertcalebclaiborne

HERBERT, HILARY ABNER (1834-1919) U.S. Secretary of the Navy – 1893-97; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1877-93

# herberthilaryabner

HEREFORD, FRANK (1825-91) U.S. Senator – West Virginia – 1877-81

# herefordfrankg

HERNDON, WILLIAM HENRY (1818-91) Law Partner and Biographer of President Abraham Lincoln; Elected Mayor of Springfield, Illinois in 1854

# herndonwilliamhenry

HERRICK, JOSHUA (1793-1874) Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Maine – 1843-45

# herrickjoshua

HERRON, FRANCIS JAY (1837-1902) Union Major General – Iowa; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas – March 7-8, 1862

# herronfrancisjay

HERSCHEL, JOHN F. (1792-1871) English Mathematician, Astronomer, and Chemist; Inventor of the Blueprint

# herscheljohnf

HESS, RUDOLF (1894-1987) German Politician & Nazi Party Leader

# hessrudolf

HETH, HENRY (1825-99) Confederate Major General – Virginia

# hethhenry

HEWES, JOSEPH (1730-79) Delegate to the Continental Congress – North Carolina; Signer of the Declaration of Independence

# hewesjoseph

HEYDRICH, REINHARD (1904-42) German SS and Nazi Police Official; Chief of the Reich Main Security Office, including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD; Mortally wounded by Czech partisans in Prague – May 27, 1942

# heydrichreinhard

HEYWARD, THOMAS, JR. (1746-1809) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation – South Carolina; Delegate to the Continental Congress – South Carolina - 1775-78; Officer in the South Carolina Militia

# heywardthomasjr

HIBBARD, HARRY (1816-72) U.S. Representative – New Hampshire – 1849-55

# hibbardharry

HICKOK, JAMES BUTLER “WILD BILL” (1837-76) American Folk Hero of the Old West

# hickokjamesbutler

HIGGINS, EDWARD (1821-75) Confederate Brigadier General

# higginsedward

HILL, AMBROSE POWELL (1825-65) Confederate Lieutenant General – Virginia; Killed-In-Action in the defense of Petersburg, Virginia – April 2, 1865

# hillambrosepowell

HILL, BENJAMIN HARVEY (1823-82) Confederate Senator - 1862-65; U.S. Representative & Senator – Georgia - 1875-82

# hillbenjaminharvey

HILL, BENJAMIN JEFFERSON (1825-80) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee

# hillbenjaminjefferson

HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-89) Confederate Lieutenant General – North Carolina; Brother-in-Law of Stonewall Jackson

# hilldanielharvey

HILL, JOHN (1800-80) U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1839-41

# hilljohn

HILL, JOHN (1821-84) U.S. Representative – New Jersey – 1867-73 & 1881-83

# hilljohn

HILLIARD, HENRY WASHINGTON (1808-92) Confederate Colonel/Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Alabama - 1845-51

# hilliardhenrywashington

HILTON, ROBERT BENJAMIN (1821-94) Confederate Captain – 1st Florida Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Florida – 1862-65

# hiltonrobertbenjamin

HIMMLER, HEINRICH (1900-45) Reichsführer of the SS; A leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany

# himmlerheinrich

HINCKS/HINKS, EDWARD WINSLOW (1830-94) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 19th Massachusetts Infantry

# hincksedwardwinslow

HINDENBURG, PAUL von (1847-1934) German Statesman & General during World War I; President of Germany 1925-34

# hindenburgpaulvon

HINDMAN, THOMAS CARMICHAEL, JR. (1828-68) Confederate Major General; U.S. Representative – Arkansas – 1859-61

# hindmanthomascarmichaeljr

HINSDALE, JOHN WETMORE (1843-1921) Confederate Colonel – 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves Infantry

# hinsdalejohnwetmore

HITCHCOCK, ALFRED (1899-1980) English Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter

# hitchcockalfred

HITCHCOCK, ETHAN ALLEN (1798-1870) Union Major General; Grandson of Revolutionary War Hero Ethan Allen; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# hitchcockethanallenllen

HITLER, ADOLF (1889-1945) Austrian-born German Politician; Leader of Nazi Germany - 1933-45

# hitleradolf

HOARD, SAMUEL (1800-89) Illinois State Senator – 1842-44; Appointed Postmaster of Chicago, Illinois by President Abraham Lincoln in 1865

# hoardsamuel

HOBART, GARRET A. (1844-99) U.S. Vice President - 1897-99; Died in Office on November 21, 1899

# hobartgarreta

HOBBES, THOMAS (1588-1679) English Philosopher

# hobbest

HOBHOUSE, BENJAMIN, 1st BARONET (1757–1831) English Politician; Member of Parliament – 1797-1818

# hobhousebenjamin

HOBSON, EDWARD HENRY (1825-1901) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th Kentucky Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# hobsonedwardhenry

HODGE, GEORGE BAIRD (1828-92) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky

# hodgegeorgebaird

HOFFER, ERIC (1902-83) American Social Writer & Philosopher

# hoffereric

HOFFMAN, WILLIAM (1807-84) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Blackhawk, Seminole, and Mexican Wars

# hoffmanwilliam

HOGG, JOSEPH LEWIS (1806-62) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# hoggjosephlewis

HOGUE, JAMES BARRETT (1829-1906) Prominent Banker in Peoria, Illinois; President of the Germans’ Savings Bank

# hoguejamesbarrett

HOKE, ROBERT FREDERICK (1837-1912) Confederate Major General – North Carolina

# hokerobertfrederick

HOLABIRD, SAMUEL BECKLEY (1826-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# holabirdsamuelbeckley

HOLBACH, PAUL-HENRI THIRY, BARON d’ (1723-89) French-German Philosopher & Writer, a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment

# holbachpht

HOLBROOK, FREDERICK (1813-1909) Governor of Vermont – 1861-63

# holbrookf

HOLDEN, CHARLES COURTNEY PICKNEY (1827-1905) Prominent Councilman and City Official in Chicago, Illinois; Land Agent for the Illinois Central Railroad Company – 1855-73

# holdencharlescourtneypickney

HOLIDAY, BILLIE (1915-59) American Jazz Singer

# holidayb

HOLLIDAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM MACKEY (1828-99) Confederate Colonel – 33rd Virginia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1864-65; Governor of Virginia – 1878-82

# hollidayfrederickwilliammackey

HOLMES, ISAAC EDWARD (1796-1867) Confederate Diplomat; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1839-51

# holmesisaacedward

HOLMES, THEOPHILUS HUNTER (1804-80) Confederate Lieutenant General - North Carolina

# holmestheophilushunter

HOLT, JOSEPH (1807-94) Union Brigadier General; Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army – 1862-75; U.S. Postmaster General – 1859-60; U.S. Secretary of War - 1861

# holtjoseph

HOLTZCLAW, JAMES THADEUS (1833-93) Confederate Brigadier General – Alabama

# holtzclawjamesthadeus

HOLYOAKE, GEORGE JACOB (1817-1906) English Secularist & Lecturer; Last person convicted of blasphemy in England - 1841

# holyoakegeorgejacob

HOOD, ALEXANDER, 1st VISCOUNT BRIDPORT (1726-1814) British Navy Officer during the Seven Years’ War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars; Promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy - 1795

# hoodalexander viscountbridport

HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831-79) Confederate Lieutenant General - Texas

# hoodjohnbell

HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814-79) U.S. Army Major General; Led the Union Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# hookerjoseph

HOOKS, BENJAMIN LAWSON (1925-2010) American Civil Rights Leader; Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – 1977-92

# hooksbenjaminlawson

HOOVER, HERBERT (1874-1964) Thirty-First U.S. President - 1929-33; U.S. Secretary of Commerce – 1921-28

# hooverherbert

HOOVER, LOU HENRY (1874-1944) U.S. First Lady - 1929-33; Wife of U.S. President Herbert Hoover

# hooverlouhenry

HOPKINS, STEPHEN (1707-85) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Continental Congress – Rhode Island – 1774-76; Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island – 1755-57, 1758-62, 1763-65 & 1767-68

# hopkinsstephen

 

HOPKINSON, FRANCIS (1737-91) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Continental Congress Delegate - New Jersey

# hopkinsonfrancis

HORNER, HENRY (1878-1940) First Jewish Governor of Illinois - Died in Office; Noted collector of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia, his collection was bequeathed to the people of Illinois, and now resides at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

# hornerhenry

HORNSBY, ROGERS (1896-1963) American Major-League Baseball Player & Manager

# hornsbyrogers

HORTON, OLIVER HARVEY (1835-1915) Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois

# hortonoliverharvey

HOSACK, DAVID (1769-1835) American Physician, Botanist, and Educator; Widely known as the doctor who treated the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804

# hosackdavid

HOSKINS, GEORGE G. (1824-93) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1873-77; Lieutenant Governor of New York – 1880-83; Postmaster of Bennington, New York – 1849-53 & 1861-66

# hoskinsgeorgeg

HOSMER, HARRIET (1830-1908) American Neoclassical Sculptor

# hosmerharriet

HOUDINI, HARRY (1874-1926) Hungarian-born American Escape Artist & Illusionist

# houdiniharry

HOUSEMAN, JOHN (1902-88) British-American Actor & Producer

# housemanjohn

HOUSTON, DAVID FRANKLIN (1866-1940) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – 1913-20; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury – 1920-21

# houstondavidfranklin

HOUSTON, SAMUEL (1793-1863) First & Third President of the Republic of Texas – 1836-38 & 1841-44; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1846-59; Governor of Texas – 1859-61; U.S. Congressman – Tennessee – 1823-27; Governor of Tennessee – 1827-29

# houstonsam

HOVEY, ALVIN PETERSON (1821-91) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Indiana – 1889-91; U.S. Representative – Indiana - 1887-89

# hoveyalvinpeterson

HOWARD, CHARLES HENRY (1838-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 128th U.S. Colored Troops; Younger brother of Union General Oliver Otis Howard

# howardcharleshenry

HOWARD, GEORGE, 6th EARL OF CARLISLE (1773-1848) British Statesman; Member of Parliament – 1795-1820

# howardgeorge6thearlofcarlisle

HOWARD, JOHN EAGER (1752-1827) American Revolutionary War, Colonel in the Continental Army, wounded at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina; Delegate to the Continental Congress; U.S. Senator – Maryland – 1796-1803

# howardjohneager

Governor of Maryland – 1788-91; Namesake of Howard County, Maryland, along with Eager and Howard Streets in Baltimore 

 

HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-1909) Union Major General; Awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Seven Pines; Veteran of the Seminole Wars; Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau – 1865-74; Founder & namesake of Howard University

# howardoliverotis

HOWARD, VOLNEY ERSKINE (1809-89) Member of the 1st Texas Constitutional Convention; U.S. Congressman – Texas – 1849-53; Elected Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court - 1879

# howardvolneyerskine

HOWE, ALBION PARRIS (1818-97) Union Brigadier General – Maine

# howealbionparris

HOWE, JOHN W. (1801-73) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1849-53

# howejw

HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819-1910) American Author & Abolitionist, best known for her poem, which became “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

# howejuliaward

HOWE, RICHARD, 1ST EARL HOWE (1726-99) British Naval Officer & Admiral of the Fleet

# howerichard

HOWE, TIMOTHY OTIS (1816-83) U.S. Postmaster General – 1883-83; U.S. Senator – Wisconsin – 1861-79

# howetimothyotis

HOWELL, JAMES, JR. (1829-97) Mayor of Brooklyn, New York - 1878-81

# howelljamesjr

HOWELL, JOSHUA BLACKWOOD (1806-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry; Mortally injured in a fall from his horse - September 12, 1864

# howelljoshuablackwood

HOWLEY, WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY (1766-1848) English Clergyman; Archbishop of Canterbury – 1828-48

# howleywilliamarchbishopofcanterbury

HOYT, CHARLES HENRY (1825-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# hoytcharleshenry

HOYT, HENRY MARTYN, SR. (1830-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1879-83

# hoythenrymartynsr

HOYT, WILLIAM MELANCTON (1837-1925) Prominent Wholesale Grocer in Chicago, Illinois

# hoytwilliammelancton

HUBBARD, GURDON SALTONSTALL (1802-86) Fur Trader & Early Settler of Chicago, Illinois; Land Speculator, highly influential in the development of Chicago; Namesake of Hubbard Street and Hubbard High School

# hubbardgurdonsaltonstall

HUBBARD, LUCIUS FREDERICK (1836-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Governor of Minnesota – 1882-87

# hubbardluciusfrederick

HUBBARD, THOMAS HAMLIN (1838-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 30th Maine Infantry

# hubbardthomashamlin

HUBBELL, JAY A. (1829-1900) U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1873-83

# hubbelljaya

HUDSON, CHARLES (1795-1881) Served in the War of 1812; U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1841-49

# hudsoncharles

HUDSON, JOHN GARDNER (1832-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Captain – 33rd Missouri Infantry; Union Colonel – 60th U.S. Colored Infantry

# hudsonjohngardner

HUGER, BENJAMIN (1805-77) Confederate Major General – South Carolina

# hugerbenjamin

HUGER, ISAAC (1743-97) Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

# hugerisaac

HUGHES, SARAH TILGHMAN (1896-1985) Federal Judge on the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-75

# hughessarahtilghman

Served on the three-judge panel which first heard Roe v. Wade, the decision being affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973, overturned in 2022

Most remembered for swearing in Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963

HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON (1769-1859) Prussian Geographer, Naturalist, and Explorer

# humboldtalexandervon

HUME, ABRAHAM, 2nd BARONET (1749-1838) British Politician; Member of Parliament – 1774-80 & 1807-18

# humeabrahambaronet

HUMPHREYS, ANDREW ATKINSON (1810-83) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole Wars

# humphreysandrewatkinson

HUMPHREYS, BENJAMIN GRUBB (1808-82) Confederate Brigadier General – Mississippi; Governor of Mississippi – 1865-68

# humphreysbenjamingrubb

HUMPHREYS, DAVID (1752-1818) American Revolutionary War, Colonel in the Continental Army; Served on the staffs of Generals Samuel Parsons, Israel Putnam, and Nathanael Greene; Appointed Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington – 1780

# humphreysdavid

HUNGERFORD, ORVILLE (1790-1851) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-47; President of the Watertown & Rome Railroad Company

# hungerfordo

HUNT, HENRY JACKSON(1819-89) Union Brigadier General; Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War

# hunthenryjackson

HUNT, JAMES B. (1799-1857) U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1843-47; Register of the Land Office at Sault Ste. Marie – 1848-49

# huntjb

HUNT, LEWIS CASS (1824-86) Union Brigadier General; Brother of Union General Henry Jackson Hunt

# huntlewiscass

HUNT, THEODORE GAILLARD (1805-93) Confederate Brigadier General of Louisiana Militia; U.S. Representative – Louisiana – 1853-55

# hunttheodoregaillard

HUNT, WARD (1810-86) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1872-82

# huntw

HUNT, WASHINGTON (1811-67) Governor of New York – 1851-52; U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-49; First Judge of the Niagara County Court – 1836-41

# huntw

HUNTER, DAVID (1802-86) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# hunterdavid

HUNTER, MORTON CRAIG (1825-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 82nd Indiana Infantry; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1867-69 & 1873-79

# huntermortoncraig

HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (1809-87) Confederate Secretary of State – 1861-62; Confederate Senator – Virginia - 1862-65; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1847-61; U.S. Representative – 1837-43 & 1845-47

# hunterrobertmercertaliaferro

HUNTINGTON, COLLIS P. (1821-1900) American Railroad Magnate & Capitalist

# huntingtoncollisp

HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL (1731-96) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation; President of the Continental Congress – 1779-81; Governor of Connecticut – 1786-96

# huntingtonsamuel

HUNTON, EPPA (1822-1908) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1873-81; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1892-95

# huntoneppa

HURD, HARVEY B. (1817-81) Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois; Abolitionist, provided financial support for John Brown and anti-slavery settlers during the Kansas War of the 1850s

# hurdharveyb

HURLBUT, STEPHEN AUGUSTUS (1815-82) Union Major General - Illinois

# hurlbutstephenaugustus

HURLBUT, WILBERFORCE LOVEJOY (1841-64) Union Captain – Fifth Michigan Infantry; Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864

# hurlbutwilberforcelovejoy

Son of abolitionist minister Thaddeus Beman Hurlbut; Named for British abolitionist William Wilberforce and Elijah P. Lovejoy, his father’s friend and business partner, murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois on November 7, 1837

 

HUS, JAN (c. 1372-1415) Czech Theologian & Philosopher

# husjan

HUSKISSON, WILLIAM (1770-1830) British Statesman & Financier; Member of Parliament – 1796-1802 & 1804-30

# huskissonwilliam

HUXLEY, ALDOUS (1894-1963) English Writer & Philosopher

# huxleyaldous

IMBODEN, JOHN DANIEL (1823-95) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# imbodenjohndaniel

INGALLS, GEORGE E. (1838-1909) Union Lieutenant – 17th New York Infantry

# ingallsgeorgee

INGALLS, RUFUS (1818-93) Union Brigadier General; Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army; Veteran of the Mexican War

# ingallsrufus

INGERSOLL, CHARLES J. (1782-1862) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1813-15 & 1841-49

# ingersollcj

INGERSOLL, CHARLES R. (1821-1903) Governor of Connecticut – 1873-77

# ingersollcr

INGERSOLL, COLIN M. (1819-1903) U.S. Congressman – Connecticut – 1851-55

# ingersollcm

INGERSOLL, JARED (1749-1822) Continental Congress Delegate; Signer of the U.S. Constitution

# ingersollj

INGERSOLL, JOSEPH R. (1786-1868) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1841-49

# ingersolljr

INGRAHAM, DUNCAN NATHANIEL (1802-91) Confederate Navy Captain - South Carolina

# ingrahamdincannathaniel

INGRAHAM, GRANVILLE SHERWOOD (1824-1892) Wholesale Grocer & Real Estate Investor in Chicago, Illinois

# ingrahamgranvillesherwood

INNOCENT IV (circa 1195-1254) Genoan-born Pope 1243-54

# innocentIV

IRELAND, JOHN (1827-96) Governor of Texas – 1883-87; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel during the American Civil War

# irelandjohn

IRION, ROBERT ANDERSON (1807-61) Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas - 1836-38

# irionrichardanderson

IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-1859) American Author, Essayist & Historian; Wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” & “Rip Van Winkle”

# irvingwashington

ISACKS, JACOB C. (?-?) U.S. Congressman – Tennessee – 1823-33

# isacksjosephc

ISRAELS, JOZEF (1824-1911) Dutch Artist

# israelsjozef

IVAN IV, THE TERRIBLE (1530-84) First Czar of Russia – 1547-84

# ivanIV

IVERSON, ALFRED, JR. (1829-1911) Confederate Brigadier General

# iversonalfredjr

IVERSON, ALFRED, SR. (1798-1873) U.S. Senator - Georgia – 1855-61; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1847-49

# iversonalfredsr

IVES, WILLARD (1806-96) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1851-53

# iveswillard

JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR (1880-1940) Russian-born Zionist Leader

# jabotinskyvladimir

JACKSON, ALFRED EUGENE (1807-89) Confederate Brigadier General

# jacksonalfredeugene

JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845) Seventh U.S. President - 1829-37; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1797-98 & 1823-25; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1796-97

# jacksonandrew

U.S. Army Major General – War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans, Creek War & First Seminole War; Military Governor of Florida – 1821

JACKSON, CONRAD FEGER (1813-62) Union Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia – December 13, 1862

# jacksonconradfeger

JACKSON, HENRY ROOTES (1820-98) Confederate Brigadier General & Major General of Georgia Militia

# jacksonhenryrootes

JACKSON, JAMES (1757-1806) Governor of Georgia – 1798-1801; Served in the Georgia Militia during the Revolutionary War; Saw action at the Battle of Cowpens; Advanced to the rank of Major General of Georgia Militia – 1792; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1793-95

# jacksonjames

JACKSON, JAMES (1822-79) Confederate Colonel – 27th Alabama Infantry

# jacksonjames

JACKSON, JOHN KING (1828-66) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# jacksonjohnking

JACKSON, MARY ANNA MORRISON (1831-1915) Wife of Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson

# jackspnmam

JACKSON, NATHANIEL JAMES (1818-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Maine Infantry

# jacksonnathanieljames

JACKSON, RACHEL DONELSON (1767-1828) Wife of President Andrew Jackson; Died two months before her husband took office on March 4, 1829

# jacksonrd

JACKSON, SAMUEL McCARTNEY (1833-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves

# jacksonsamuelmccartney

JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN "STONEWALL” (1824-63) Confederate Lieutenant General – Virginia; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville

# jacksonthomasjonathan

JACKSON, WILLIAM HICKS (1835-1903) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# jacksonwilliamhicks

JACKSON, WILLIAM LOWTHER, JR. (1825-90) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# jacksonwilliamlowtherjr

JACOBS-BOND, CARRIE (1862-1946) American Singer & Songwriter

# jacobsbondcarrie

JAMES, FRANK (1843-1915) American Outlaw; Older Brother of Jesse James

# jamesfrank

JAMES, WILLIAM LEVIS (1833-1903) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Civil War Colonel in the Quartermaster’s Department

# jameswilliamlevis

JAMESON, CHARLES DAVIS (1827-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Maine Infantry

# jamesoncharlesdavis

JAMESON, JOHN (1802-57) Served as a Captain in the Blackhawk War; U.S. Congressman – Missouri – 1843-45 & 1847-49

# jamesonjohn

JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854) Scottish Naturalist & Minerologist

# jamesonrobert

JAMISON, DAVID FLAVEL (1810-64) Confederate Colonel – South Carolina

# jamisondavidflavel

JAY, JOHN (1745-1829) First Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court – 1789-95; President of the Continental Congress – 1778-79; Continental Congress Delegate – 1774-76 & 1778-79; Governor of New York – 1795-1801

# jayjohn

JEANNIN, PIERRE (1542–1623) French Statesman

# jeanninpierre

JEFFERIES, NOAH LEMUEL (1828-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Register of the U.S. Treasury – 1868-69

# jefferiesnoahlemuel

JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905) American Actor

# jeffersonjoseph

JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826) Third U.S. President – 1801-09; U.S. Vice President – 1797-1801; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; U.S. Secretary of State – 1790-93; Governor of Virginia - 1779-81; Founder of the University of Virginia

# jeffersonthomas

JEFFREY, FRANCIS/LORD JEFFREY (1773-1850) Scottish Judge & Literary Critic; Member of Parliament – 1831-34

# jeffreyfrancis

JENKINS, ALBERT GALLATIN (1830-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg; Confederate Congressman – 1862; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1857-61

# jenkinsalbertgallatin

JENKINS, MICAH (1835-64) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of The Wilderness - May 6, 1864

# jenkinsm18610320als

JENKINS, THORNTON ALEXANDER (1811-93) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Mexican War

# jenkinsthorntonalexander

JENKINSON, ROBERT BANKS, 2ND EARL OF LIVERPOOL (1770-1828) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – 1812-27

# jenkinsonrobertbanks

JENNINGS, JOHN DRAKE (1816-89) Prominent Merchant & Real Estate Developer in Chicago, Illinois

# jenningsjohndrake

JERVIS, JOHN, 1st EARL OF ST. VINCENT (1735-1823) British Navy Officer in the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars; Admiral of the Fleet; Member of Parliament – 1783-94

# jervisjohn1stearlofstvincent

JOHNS, THOMAS D. (1824-83) Union Brevet Brigadier General: Union Colonel – 7th Massachusetts Infantry

# johnthomasd

JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808-75) Seventeenth U.S. President – 1865-69; U.S. Vice President – 1865; Union Brigadier General; Military Governor of Tennessee – 1862-65; Governor of Tennessee – 1853-57; U.S. Senator – Tennessee - 1875

# johnsonandrew

JOHNSON, BRADLEY TYLER (1829-1903) Confederate Brigadier General - Maryland

# johnsonbradleytyler

JOHNSON, BUSHROD RUST (1817-80) Confederate Brigadier General

# johnsonbushrodrust

JOHNSON, CAVE (1793-1866) U.S. Postmaster General – 1845-49; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1829-37 & 1839-45

# johnsoncave

JOHNSON, CLAUDIA ALTA “LADY BIRD” (1912-2007) U.S. First Lady – 1963-69; Wife of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

# johnsonladybird

JOHNSON, EDWARD “ALLEGHENY” (1816-73) Confederate Major General

# johnsonedward

JOHNSON, EDWIN C. (1884-1970) Governor of Colorado – 1933-37 & 1955-57; U.S. Senator – Colorado – 1937-55

# johnsonedwinc

JOHNSON, FREDERICK AVERY (1833-93) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1883-87

# johnsonfrederickavery

JOHNSON, HERSCHEL VESPASIAN (1812-80) Confederate Senator – Georgia – 1863-65; Vice Presidential Candidate on the Democratic Ticket of Stephen A. Douglas in 1860; Governor of Georgia – 1853-57; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1848-49

# johnsonherschelvespasian

JOHNSON, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1829-96) U.S. Representative - California – 1867-71; Lieutenant Governor of California – 1875-80

# johnsonjamesaugustus

JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES (1908-1973) Thirty-Sixth U.S. President 1963-69; U.S. Vice President – 1961-63; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1949-61; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1937-49

# johnsonlyndonbaines

JOHNSON, MARTIN NELSON (1850-1909) U.S. Senator – North Dakota – 1909; U.S. Representative – North Dakota – 1891-99

# johnsonmartinnelson

JOHNSON, PERLEY B. (1798-1870) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1843-45

# johnsonperleyb

JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796-1876) American Politician, Statesman, and Jurist; U.S. Attorney General – 1849-50; U.S. Senator – Maryland – 1845-49 & 1863-68; Attorney for the defendant in Dred Scott v. Sandford

# johnsonreverdy

JOHNSON, RICHARD WOODHOUSE (1827-97) Union Brigadier General

# johnsonrichardwoodhouse

JOHNSON, ROBERT WARD (1814-79) Confederate Senator – Arkansas - 1861-65; U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1853-61; U.S. Representative – Arkansas – 1847-53

# johnsonrobertward

JOHNSON, WALDO PORTER (1817-85) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 4th Missouri Infantry; Confederate Senator – Missouri - 1863-65; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1861-62

# johnsonwaldoporter

JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803-62) Brevet Brigadier General in the U.S. Army; Brigadier General & Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas – 1836-40; Confederate General – Texas; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Shiloh – April 6, 1862

# johnstonalbertsidney

JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1775-1849) British Colonial Official; Chief Justice of Ceylon – 1811-19

# johnstonalexander

JOHNSTON, GEORGE DOHERTY (1832-1910) Confederate Brigadier General

# johnstongeorgedoherty

JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-91) Confederate General – Virginia; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1879-81

# johnstonjosepheggleston

JOHNSTON, JOSIAH STODDARD (1784-1833) Raised & Organized a Regiment for the Defense of New Orleans in the War of 1812; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1824-33; Half-Brother of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston

# johnstonjosiahstoddard

JOHNSTON, OLIN D. (1896-1965) Governor of South Carolina – 1935-39 & 1943-45; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1945-65

# johnstonolind

JOHNSTON, ROBERT (1818-85) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1861-65

# johnstonrobert

JOHNSTON, ROBERT (?-1853) Assistant Postmaster General of the United States – circa 1836-40

# johnstonrobert

JOHNSTON, ROBERT DANIEL (1837-1919) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina

# johnstonrobertdaniel

JOHNSTON, WILLIAM PRESTON (1831-99) Confederate Colonel – Staff of President Jefferson Davis; Son of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston; President of Louisiana State University – 1880-84; President of Tulane University – 1884-89

# johnstonwilliampreston

JOLIOT-CURIE, JEAN FREDERIC (1900-58) French Physicist; Husband of Irène Joliot-Curie

# joloitcuriejeanfrederic

JONES, DANIEL TERRYLL (1800-61) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1851-55

# jonesdanielterryll

JONES, DAVID RUMPH (1825-63) Confederate Major General

# jonesdavidrumph

JONES, EDWARD FRANC (1828-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 26th Massachusetts Infantry; Lieutenant Governor of New York – 1886-92

# jonesedwardfranc

JONES, ERVINE P. (?-?) Confederate Colonel – 2nd South Carolina Infantry

# joneservinep

JONES, GEORGE WALLACE (1804-96) U.S. Senator – Iowa – 1848-59, arrested by Federal authorities and briefly jailed on suspicion of having pro-Confederate sympathies

# jonesgeorgewallace

JONES, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1806-84) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-64; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1843-59

# jonesgeorgewashington

JONES, JAMES CHAMBERLAIN (1809-59) Governor of Tennessee – 1841-45; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1851-57

# jonesjameschamberlain

JONES, JAMES KIMBROUGH (1839-1908) U.S. Senator – Arkansas – 1885-1903; U.S. Representative – Arkansas – 1881-85; Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

# jonesjk

JONES, JEHU GLANCY (1811-78) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1851-53; Vice President of the Democratic National Convention – 1848; U.S. Minister to Austria – 1858-61

# jonesjehuglancy

JONES, JOHN MARSHALL (1820-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of The Wilderness – May 5, 1864

# jonesjohnmarshall

JONES, JOHN PAUL (1747-92) American Revolutionary War, Captain in the Continental Navy

# jonesjohnpaul

JONES, JOSEPH BLACKBURN (1840-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Captain – 15th Illinois Infantry – 1861-64; Union Colonel – 68th U.S. Colored Infantry – 1864-65

# jonesjosephblackburn

JONES, PATRICK HENRY (1830-1900) Irish-born Union Brigadier General; New York City Postmaster – 1869-72

# jonespatrickhenry

JONES, SAMUEL (1819-87) Confederate Major General - Virginia

# jonessamuel

JONES, SAMUEL J. (1836-1901) Union Surgeon on the USS Minnesota, the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, during the Battle between the Monitor & Merrimack; Notable physician in Chicago, Illinois after the American Civil War

# jonessamuelj

JONES, THEODORE (1832-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 30th Ohio Infantry

# jonestheodore

JONES, WILLIAM (1760-1831) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1813-14; Acting U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1813-14; President of the Second Bank of the United States – 1817-19; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1801-03

# joneswlliam

JONES, WILLIAM EDMUNDSON “GRUMBLE” (1824-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Piedmont, Virginia – June 5, 1864

# joneswilliamedmundson

JORDAN, ROBERT B. (1826-78) Union Lieutenant Colonel – 84th New York Infantry

# jordanrobertb

JORDAN, THOMAS (1819-95) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# jordant

JOSEY, JOHN E. (?-?) Confederate Colonel – 15th Arkansas Infantry

# joseyjohne

JOUBERT, BARTHELEMY CATHERINE (1769-99) French General during the French Revolutionary Wars; Killed-in Action while commanding the French Army at the Battle of Novi – August 15, 1799

# joubertbc

JUAREZ, BENITO (1806-72) President of Mexico – 1858-72; Mexican Lawyer & Politician; Governor of Oaxaca – 1847-52

# juarezbenito

JUDAH, HENRY MOSES (1821-66) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# judahhenrymoses

JUDD, NORMAN BUEL (1815-78) U.S. Congressman - Illinois - 1867-71

# juddnb

JUDSON, EMILY (1817-54) American Poet; Born Emily Chubbuck, later wrote under the pseudonym Fanny Forester

# judsonemily

JUMPER, JOHN (circa 1820-1896) Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation – 1849-65 & 1882-85; Confederate Colonel, First Regiment Seminole Volunteers, during the American Civil War

# jumperjohn

JUNG, CARL GUSTAV (1875-1961 Swiss Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst

# jungcarlgustav

KAGANOVICH, LAZAR (1893-1991) Soviet Politician; Only Jewish member of Joseph Stalin’s Cabinet

# kaganovichlazar

KANE, THOMAS LEIPER (1822-83) Union Brigadier General

# kanethomasleiper

KAUTZ, AUGUST VALENTINE (1828-95) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# kautzaugustvalentine

KEARNEY, PHILIP, JR. (1815-62) Union Major General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia – September 1, 1862; Veteran of the Mexican War

# kearneyphilipjr

KEEBLE, EDWIN AUGUSTUS (1807-68) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1864-65; Mayor of Murfreesboro, Tennessee – 1838-55

# keebleedwinaugustus

KEENE, LAURA (1826-73) British Stage Actress & Theatre Manager

# keenelaura

KEIFER, JOSEPH WARREN (1836-1932) Union Brevet Major General; Major General of Volunteers during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1877-85 & 1905-11; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1881-83

# keiferjosephwarren

KEIM, WILLIAM HIGH (1813-62) Union Major General; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1858-59

# keimwilliamhigh

KEITT, LAURENCE MASSILLON (1824-64) Confederate Colonel – 20th South Carolina Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia – June 1, 1864; Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – 1853-60

# keittlaurencemassillon

KELLEY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1807-91) Union Brigadier General

# kelleybenjaminfranklin

KELLEY, WILLIAM DARRAH (1814-90) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania - 1861-90

# kelleywilliamdarrah

KELLOGG, WILLIAM PITT (1830-1918) Governor of Louisiana - 1873-77; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1868-72 & 1877-83; U.S. Representative – 1883-85

# kelloggwilliampitt

KELLY, JOHN (1822-86) U.S. Representative – New York – 1855-58; Sheriff of New York County – 1859-61 & 1865-67

# kellyjohn

KELLY, JOHN HERBERT (1840-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at Franklin, Tennessee – September 2, 1864

# kellyjohnherbert

KELLY, PATRICK (ca1822-1864) Irish-born Union Colonel of the 88th New York Infantry; Led the Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia – June 16, 1864

# kellypatrick

KELTON, JOHN CUNNINGHAM (1833-1903) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 9th Missouri Infantry; Staff Officer to Generals Nathaniel Lyon and Henry Halleck

# keltonjohncunningham

KEMBLE, FRANCES ANNE “FANNY” (1809-93) British Actress, Writer, and Abolitionist

# kemblefrancesanne

KEMBLE, JOHN PHILIP (1757-1823) English Actor; Father of noted British Actress Fanny Kemble

# kemblejohnphilip

KEMPER, JAMES LAWSON (1823-95) Confederate Major General; Governor of Virginia – 1874-78

# kemperjameslawson

KENAN, AUGUSTUS HOLMES (1805-70) Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1861-64

# kenanaugustusholmes

KENDALL, AMOS (1789-1869) U.S. Postmaster General – 1835-40

# kendallamos

KENLY, JOHN REESE (1818-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Maryland Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# kenlyjohnreese

KENNEDY, JACQUELINE (1929-95) U.S. First Lady - 1961-63; Wife of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

# jacquelinekennedy

KENNEDY, JOHN DOBY (1840-96) Confederate Brigadier General; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina – 1880-82

# kennedyjohndoby

KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD (1917-63) Thirty-Fifth U.S. President – 1960-63; U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1953-60; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1947-53

# kennedyjohnfitzgerald

KENNEDY, JOSEPH PATRICK, SR. (1888-1969) American Businessman & Politician; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom – 1938-40; Father of President John F. Kennedy

# kennedyjosephpatricksr

KENNEDY, ROBERT FRANCIS (1925-68) U.S. Attorney General – 1961-64; U.S. Senator - New York – 1965-68; Brother of President John F. Kennedy

# kennedyrobertfrancis

KENNER, DUNCAN FARRAR (1813-87) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-62; Confederate Diplomat

# kennerduncanfarrar

KENNICOTT, JONATHAN A. (1824-1893) Prominent Doctor of Dentistry in Chicago, Illinois; Founder & Namesake of Kennicott Park in Chicago

# kennicottjonathana

KENT, JAMES (1763-1847) American Jurist and Legal Scholar; Recorder of New York City – 1797-98; Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court – 1804-14; Chancellor of New York – 1814-23

# kentjames

KENTON, SIMON (1755-1836) American Frontiersman & Soldier; Served in the American Revolutionary War, Northwest Indian War, and War of 1812; Namesake of Kenton, Ohio and Kenton County, Kentucky

# kentons

KENYON, LOYD, BARON OF GREDINGTON (1732-1802) British Politician; Member of Parliament – 1780-88; Attorney General – 1782-84; Lord Chief Justice – 1788-1802

# kenyonloydbaronofgredington

KEPPEL, WILLIAM CHARLES, 4th EARL OF ALBEMARLE (1772-1849) British Politician

# keppelwilliamcharlesearlofalbemarle

KER, JOHN, 3rd DUKE OF ROXBURGHE (1740 – 1804) Scottish Nobleman, Scholar, and Publisher

# kerjohn3rddukeofroxburghe

KERSHAW, JOSEPH BREVARD (1822-94) Confederate Major General – South Carolina

# kershawjosephbrevard

KETCHAM, JOHN HENRY (1832-1906) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – New York – 1865-73, 1877-93 & 1897-1906

# ketchamjohnhenry

KETCHUM, WILLIAM SCOTT (1813-71) Union Brigadier General

# ketchumwilliamscott

KEY, DAVID McKENDREE (1824-1900) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 43rd Tennessee Infantry; U.S. Postmaster General – 1877-80; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1875-77

# keydavidmckendree

KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT (1779-1843) American Lawyer, Author, and Amateur Poet; Wrote the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner," which eventually became the lyrics of the American national anthem, during the War of 1812

# keyfs

KEYES, ERASMUS DARWIN (1810-95) Union Major General; Veteran of the antebellum Indian Wars in the Pacific Northwest

# keyeserasmusdarwin

KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD (1883-1946) English Economist

# keynesjohnmaynard

KIERNAN, JAMES LAWLOR (1837-1869) Union Brigadier General; Surgeon of the 6th Missouri Union Cavalry

# kiernanjameslawlor

KILBURN, CHARLES LAWRENCE (1819-99) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# kilburncharleslawrence

KILPATRICK, HUGH JUDSON (1836-81) Union Major General; U.S. Minister to Chile – 1866-70 & 1881

# kilpatrickhughjudson

KIMBALL, EDGAR ALLEN (1821-62) Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th New York Infantry; Killed during a disagreement by Union General Michael Corcoran

# kimballedgarallen

KIMBALL, NATHAN (1822-98) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th Indiana Infantry; Surveyor General for the Utah Territory – 1873-78; Postmaster of Ogden, Utah – 1879-98; Veteran of the Mexican War

# kimballnathan

KING, ADAM ECKFELDT (1837-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant – 31st New York Infantry; Staff Officer to Generals Calvin Pratt, Henry Terry, James Ricketts, Christopher Auger & Winfield S. Hancock

# kingadameckfeldt

KING, CHARLES (1844-1933) Civil War Iron Brigade Drummer Boy; Son of Civil War General Rufus King; U.S. Brigadier General of Volunteers – Spanish-American War; Veteran of the western Indian Wars; Author, notably of a biography of Ulysses S. Grant

# kingcharles

KING, GEORGE GORDON (1807-70) U.S. Representative – Rhode Island – 1849-53

# kinggeorgegordon

KING, JOHN HASKELL (1820-88) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Second Seminole Wars

# kingjohnhaskell

KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. (1929-1968) American Baptist Minister; Activist & Leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

# kingmartinlutherjr

KING, PRESTON (1806-65) U.S. Senator – New York – 1857-63; U.S. Representative – New York – 1843-47 & 1849-53; Collector of the Port of New York - 1865

# kingpreston

KING, RUFUS (1755-1827) Served in the Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolutionary War; Continental Congress Delegate; Signer of the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Senator – New York – 1813-25; Federalist Party Presidential Candidate - 1816

# kingrufus

KING, RUFUS (1814-76) Union Brigadier General, led a division which included the Iron Brigade; Grandson of Rufus King, signer of the U.S. Constitution

# kingrufus

KING, RUFUS, JR. (1838-1900) Union Officer; Son of Union General Rufus King; Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia – June 30, 1862

# kingrufusjr

KING, WILBURN HILL (1839-1910) Confederate Colonel/Brigadier General – 18th Texas Infantry

# kingwilburnhill

KING, WILLIAM HENRY (1817-92) Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1870

# kingwilliamhenry

KING, WILLIAM RUFUS DeVANE (1786-53) U.S. Vice President – March 4-April 18, 1853; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1819-44 & 1848-52; U.S. Representative – North Carolina - 1811-16

# kingwilliamrufusdevane

KING, WILLIAM STERLING (1818-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 35th Massachusetts Infantry & Chief of Staff to General Samuel Sturgis; Union Colonel – 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery

# kingwilliamsterling

KIRBY, EDMUND (1840-63) Union Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville – May 3, 1863

# kirbyedmund

KIRKLAND, WILLIAM WHEDBEE (1833-1915) Confederate Brigadier General, formerly served in the United States Marine Corp

# kirklandwilliamwhedbee

KIRKWOOD, SAMUEL JORDAN (1813-94) Governor of Iowa – 1860-64 & 1876-77; U.S. Senator – Iowa – 1866-67 & 1877-81; U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1881-82

# kirkwoodsamueljordan

KISE, REUBEN C. (1840-72) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 120th Indiana Infantry

# kisereubenc

KNIPE, JOSEPH FARMER (1823-1901) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# knipejosephfarmer

KNOWLTON, DEXTER A. (1812-76) Prominent Businessman & Real Estate Investor in Freeport, Illinois; Director in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad

# knowltondextera

KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; U.S. Secretary of War – 1789-94

# knoxh

KOEHNLE, FREDERICK CHARLES WILLIAM (1837-1903) German-Born Attorney & City Official in Lincoln, Illinois

# koehnlefrederickcharleswilliam

KOSCIUSZKO, THADDEUS (1746-1817) Polish-Lithuanian Soldier; American Revolutionary War, Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army

# kosciuszkothaddeus

KOZLAY, EUGENE ARTHUR (1826-83) Hungarian-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 54th New York Infantry

# kozlayeugenearthur

KRUPSKAYA, NADEZHDA KONSTANTINOVNA (1869-1939) Russian Revolutionary; Wife of Vladimir Lenin

# krupskayanadezhdakonstantinovna

KRZYZANOWSKI, WLADIMIR BONAWENTURA (1824-87) Polish-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 58th New York Infantry

# krzyzanowskiwladimirbonawentura

KUHNS, JOSEPH HENRY (1800-83) U.S. Representative – Pennyslvania – 1851-53

# kuhnsjosephhenry

KUNKEL, JACOB MICHAEL (1822-70) U.S. Representative – Maryland – 1857-61

# kunkeljacobmichael

KURTZ, WILLIAM HENRY (1804-68) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1851-55

# kurtzwilliamhenry

LAFAYETTE, GILBERT du MOTIER, MARQUIS de (1757-1834) American Revolutionary War, French-Born Major General in the Continental Army

# lafayettemde

LAFITTE, JOHN BAPTISTE (1822-87) Confederate Blockade Runner; A founder of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange

# lafittejohnbaptiste

LAMAR, LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS (1825-93) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1888-93; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1885-88; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel & Diplomat; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1877-85

# lamarluciusquintuscincinnatus

LAMB, WILLIAM (1835-1909) Confederate Colonel – North Carolina; Commander of Fort Fisher; Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia – 1880-86

# lambwilliam

LAMB, WILLIAM, 2nd VISCOUNT MELBORNE (1779-1848) British Prime Minister – 1835-41; Member of Parliament – 1806-12 & 1816-28

# lambwilliam2ndviscountmelborne

LAMBTON, JOHN GEORGE, 1st EARL OF DURHAM (1792-1840) British Statesman & Colonial Administrator; Governor General & High Commissioner of British North America – 1838-39; Member of Parliament - 1812-28

# lambtonjohngeorge1stearlofdurham

LAMKIN, JOHN TILLMAN (1811-70) Confederate Congressman – 1864-65

# lamkinjohntillman

LANDER, FREDERICK WEST (1821-62) Union Brigadier General

# landerfrederickwest

LANDON, LETITIA ELIZABETH (1802-38) English Poet & Novelist

# landonletitiaelizabeth

LANE, FRANKLIN K. (1864-1921) U.S. Secretary of the Interior - 1913-20; Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission - 1913

# lanefranklink

LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814-66) U.S. Senator - Kansas - 1861-66; Anti-slavery associate of John Brown; Committed suicide on July 1, 1866

# lanejameshenry

LANE, JAMES HENRY (1833-1907) Confederate Brigadier General

# lanejameshenrycsa

LANE, WALTER PAYE (1817-92) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# lanewalterpaye

LANG, FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN ANTON “FRITZ” (1890-1976) Austrian-born American Film Director & Screenwriter

# langfritz

LANSING, HENRY SEYMOUR (1824-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 17th New York Infantry

# lansinghenryseymour

LANSING, ROBERT (1864-1928) U.S. Secretary of State – 1915-20

# lansingrobert

LAPHAM, INCREASE ALLEN (1811-75) American Author, Scientist, and Naturalist; Resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

# laphamincreaseallen

LASCELLES, HENRY, 2nd EARL OF HAREWOOD (1767-1841) British Politician, Planter, and Art Collector; Member of Parliament – 1796-1820

# lascelleshenry2ndearlofharewood

LATHAM, ROBERT B. (1818-95) Union Colonel - 106th Illinois Infantry - 1862-64; Railroad Executive and Prominent Citizen of Lincoln, Illinois; Member of GAR Post #182

# lathamrobertb

LAUMAN, JACOB GARTNER (1813-67) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th Iowa Infantry

# laumanjacobgartner

LAURENS, HENRY (1724-92) President of the Continental Congress – 1777-78; Continental Congress Delegate – South Carolina

# laurenshenry

LAW, EDWARD, 1st BARON ELLENBOROUGH (1750-1818); Member of Parliament & Attorney General – 1801-02; Lord Chief Justice 1802-18

# lawedward1stbaronellenborough

LAW, EVANDER M. (1836-1920) Confederate Major General - Alabama

# lawevanderm

LAWLER, MICHAEL KELLY (1814-82) Union Brigadier General – Illinois

# lawlermichaelkelly

LAWRENCE, THOMAS (1769-1830) English Portrait Painter; President of the Royal Academy – 1820-30

# lawrencethomas

LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD “LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” (1888-1935) British Army Officer, Diplomat, and Writer

# lawrencethomasedward

LAWTON, ALEXANDER ROBERT (1818-96) Confederate Brigadier General

# lawtonalexanderrobert

LE BRETON, THOMAS (1763-1838) Bailly of the Island of Jersey – 1826-31

# lebretonthomas

LEACH, JAMES MADISON (1815-91) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 21st North Carolina Infantry; Confederate Congressman – North Carolina - 1864-65; U.S. Representative – North Carolina - 1859-61 & 1871-75

# leachjamesmadison

LEACH, JAMES THOMAS (1805-83) Confederate Congressman – North Carolina – 1864-65

# leachjamesthomas

LEAKE, JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD (1828-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th Iowa Infantry

# leakejosephbloomfield

LEAR, TOBIAS (1762-1816) Personal Secretary to President George Washington - 1784-99

# leartobias

LEDLIE, JAMES HEWETT (1832-82) Union Brigadier General, notorious for dereliction of duty at the Battle of the Crater – July 30, 1864

# ledliejameshewett

LEE, ALBERT LINDLEY (1834-1907) Union Brigadier General; Officer in the 7th Kansas Cavalry; Chief of Staff for General John McClernand during the Vicksburg Campaign

# leealbertlindley

LEE, CHARLES (1732-82) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army

# leecharles

LEE, CHARLES (1758-1815) U.S. Attorney General – 1795-1801

# leecharlesattygen

LEE, EDWIN GRAY (1836-70) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# leeedwingray

LEE, FITZHUGH (1835-1905) Confederate Major General in the American Civil War; Governor of Virginia – 1886-90; United States Army Major General in the Spanish–American War

# leefitzhugh

LEE, GEORGE WASHINGTON CUSTIS (1832-1913) Confederate Major General – Virginia; Son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

# leegeorgewashingtoncustis

LEE, HENRY “Light-Horse Harry” (1756-1818) American Revolutionary War, Cavalry Officer in the Continental Army; Governor of Virginia – 1791-94; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1799-1801; Father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

# leehenry

LEE, MARY ANNA RANDOLPH CUSTIS (1807-73) Wife of Confederate General Robert E Lee; Great-Granddaughter of Martha Custis Washington

# leemaryannacustis

LEE, ROBERT E. (1807-70) Confederate General & Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

# leeroberte

LEE, SAMUEL PHILLIPS (1812-97) Union Rear Admiral; Distant cousin of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

# leesamuelphillips

LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908) Confederate Lieutenant General; First President of Mississippi State University – 1880-99

# leestephendill

LEE, WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH "ROONEY" (1837-91) Confederate Major General – Virginia; Son of Robert E. & Mary Custis Lee; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1887-91

# leewilliamhenryfitzhugh

LEFFINGWELL, CHARLES WESLEY (1840-1928) Prominent Clergyman in Knoxville, Illinois; Rector of St. Mary’s School & Founder of the St. Alban’s School for Boys in Knoxville; Graduate of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

# leffingwellcharleswesley

LEGGETT, MORTIMER DORMER (1821-96) Union Major General; Colonel of the 78th Ohio Infantry

# leggettmortimerdormer

LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH (1870-1924) Russian Revolutionary, Politician, and Marxist Political Theorist; Leader of Government of Soviet Russia & the Soviet Union – 1917-24

# leninvi

LENNOX, CHARLES, 5th DUKE OF RICHMOND (1791-1860) British Soldier during the Napoleonic Wars; Member of Parliament – 1812-19

# lennoxcharles5thdukeofrichmond

LEOPOLD I OF BELGIUM/LEOPOLD GEORGE CHRISTIAN FREDERICK, PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG (1790-1865) First King of Belgium – 1831-65

# leopoldIofbelgium

LESTER, GEORGE NELSON (1824-92) Confederate Colonel, wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky – October 8, 1862, right arm amputated; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65; Attorney General of the State of Georgia – 1890-92

# lestergeorgenelson

LESTER, RICHARD PAUL (1832-1902) Confederate Colonel – 14th Georgia Infantry

# lesterrichardpaul

LETCHER, JOHN (1813-84) Governor of Virginia – 1860-64; U.S. Representative – 1851-59

# letcherjohn

LEWIS, ALFRED A. (1849-1929) World War I Anti-War Activist; American Physician & prominent resident of Morristown, New Jersey

# lewisalfreda

LEWIS, DAVID PETER (1820-84) Confederate Congressman – Alabama - 1861; Governor of Alabama – 1872-74

# lewisdavidpeter

LEWIS, FRANCIS (1713-1802) Signer of the Declaration of Independence

# lewisfrancis

LEWIS, HARRY SINCLAIR (1885-1951) American Novelist & Playwright

# lewisharrysinclair

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LEWIS, JOHN RANDOLPH (1834-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 5th Vermont Infantry; Wounded & lost left arm at the Battle of the Wilderness

# lewisjohnrandolph

LEWIS, JOSEPH HORACE (1824-1904) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1870-73

# lewisjosephhorace

LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809) American Explorer & Soldier; Leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery

# lewismeriwether

LEWIS, WILLIAM GASTON (1835-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina

# lewiswilliamgaston

LIDDELL, ST. JOHN RICHARDSON (1815-70) Confederate Brigadier General - Louisiana

# liddellstjohnrichardson

LIGHTBURN, JOSEPH ANDREW JACKSON (1824-1901) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th West Virginia Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# lightburnjosephandrewjackson

LILL, WILLIAM (1808-75) English-Born Brewer & Real Estate Developer in Chicago, Illinois; Co-owner of Lill & Diversey, Lill & Bullin, Moulton House, Proctor & Lill, and Lill & Weckler

# lillwilliam

LILLEY, ROBERT DOAK (1836-86) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# lilleyrobertdoak

LINACRE, THOMAS (1460-1524) English Humanist, Scholar, and Physician

# linacrethomas

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President – 1861-65, during the American Civil War; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1847-49

# lincolnabraham

LINCOLN, BENJAMIN (1733-1810) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; First U.S. Secretary of War – 1781-83; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts – 1788-89; Collector of the Port of Boston – 1789-1809

# lincolnbenjamin

LINCOLN, MARY TODD (1818-82) U.S. First Lady – 1861-65; Wife of President Abraham Lincoln

# lincolnmarytodd

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD (1843-1926) U.S. Secretary of War - 1881-85; Son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln

# lincolnroberttodd

LIND, JENNY (1820-87) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the “Swedish Nightingale”

# lindjenny

LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. (1902-74) American Aviator – Most remembered for his solo Trans-Atlantic Flight in 1927

# lindberghcharlesa

LIPPINCOTT, CHARLES ELLET (1825-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 33rd Illinois Infantry; Saw their heaviest fighting during the Vicksburg Campaign; Born in Edwardsville, Illinois; Died in Quincy, Illinois

# lippincottcharlesellet

LIPSCOMB, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1826-73) Confederate Colonel – 2nd South Carolina Cavalry

# lipscombthomasjefferson

LISTER, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1825-1900) English-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 31st Ohio Infantry; Colonel of the 40th U.S. Colored Troops

# listerfrederickwilliam

LISZT, FRANZ (1811-86) Hungarian Composer & Pianist

# lisztfranz

LITTLE, LEWIS HENRY (1817-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Maryland; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Iuka, Mississippi – September 19, 1862

# littlelewishenry

LIVERMORE, GEORGE (1809-65) American Historian & Book Collector

# livermoregeorge

LIVERMORE, MARY (1820-1905) American Journalist, Abolitionist, and Women’s Rights Advocate

# livermoremary

LIVINGSTON, PHILIP (1716-78) Delegate to the Continental Congress – New York - 1774-78; Signer of the Declaration of Independence

# livingstonphilip

LOAN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1819-81) Union Brigadier General of Missouri Militia; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1863-69

# loanbenjaminfranklin

LOCKHART, JAMES (1806-57) U.S. Representative - Indiana – 1851-53 & 1857

# lockhartjames

LOCKWOOD, HENRY HAYES (1814-99) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Delaware Infantry; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# lockwoodhenryhayes

LOCKWOOD, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1831-77) Confederate Blockade Runner

# lockwoodthomasjefferson

LOGAN, BENJAMIN (1743-1802) American Revolutionary War – Colonel of Virginia Militia; Early settler of Kentucky

# loganbenjamin

LOGAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1815-89) Confederate Congressman – North Carolina – 1864-65

# logangeorgewashington

LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER (1826-86) Union Major General; U.S. Senator – Illinois – 1871-77 & 1879-86; Veteran of the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1853-55, 1857-62, and 1867-71; Popularly credited with the founding of Memorial Day

# loganjohnalexander

LOGAN, MARY SIMMERSON CUNNINGHAM (1838-1923) American Writer & Editor; Wife of Union General John A. Logan

# loganmarysimmersoncunningham

LOGAN, STEPHEN TRIGG (1800-80) Law partner of Abraham Lincoln – 1841-44; Illinois State Representative – 1843-47 & 1855-56

# loganstephentrigg

LOGAN, THOMAS MULDRUP (1840-1914) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# loganthomasmuldrup

LOGAN, WILLIAM TURNER (1874-1941) U.S. Representative - South Carolina – 1921-25

# loganwilliamturner

LOMAX, LUNSFORD LINDSAY (1835-1913) Confederate Major General – Virginia; President of Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College – 1886-91

# lomaxlunsfordlindsay

LONG, ARMISTEAD LINDSAY (1825-91) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# longarmisteadlindsay

LONG, ELI (1837-1903) Union Brigadier General

# longeli

LONGSTREET, HELEN DORTCH (1863-1962) American Social Advocate & Newspaper Woman; Wife of Confederate General James Longstreet

# longstreethelendortch

LONGSTREET, JAMES (1821-1904) Confederate Lieutenant General – South Carolina

# longstreetjames

LOOMIS, HUBBEL (1775-1872) Prominent Clergyman in Alton, Illinois

# loomishubbel

LOOMIS, SILAS LAURENCE (1822-96) A Founder, Professor of Chemistry, and Dean of the Medical School at Howard University

# loomissilaslaurence

LORING, WILLIAM WING (1818-86) Confederate Major General – Florida

# loringwilliamwing

LOUIS XI (1423-83) King of France - 1461-83

# louisXIoffrance

LOUIS XII (1462-1515) King of France - 1498-1515

# louisXIIoffrance

LOUIS XIII (1601-43) King of France - 1610-43

# louisXIIIoffrance

LOUIS XIV (1638-1715) King of France – 1643-1715

# louisXIVoffrance

LOUIS XV (1710-74) King of France – 1715-74

# louisXV

LOUIS XVI (1754-93) Last King of France – 1774-92; Executed by guillotine in Paris on January 21, 1793

# louisXVI

LOUVERTURE, TOUSSAINT (1743-1803) Haitian General & Revolutionary Leader

# louverturetoussaint

LOVEJOY, ELIJAH PARISH (1802-37) American Presbyterian Minister & Abolitionist Newspaper Editor; Brother of Owen Lovejoy; Murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois on November 7, 1837

# lovejoyelijahparish

LOVEJOY, OWEN (1811-64) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1857-64; Abolitionist Leader; Brother of Elijah Parish Lovejoy; Close friend of Abraham Lincoln

# lovejoyowen

LOVELL, CHARLES SWAIN (1811-71) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# lovellcharlesswain

LOVELL, FREDERICK SOLON (1813-78) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 46th Wisconsin Infantry

# lovellfredericksolon

LOVELL, MANSFIELD (1822-84) Confederate Major General – Maryland

# lovellmansfield

LOWREY, MARK PERRIN (1828-85) Confederate Brigadier General

# lowrymarkperrin

LOWRY, ROBERT (1829-1910) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Mississippi - 1882-90

# lowryrobert

LUBBOCK, FRANCIS RICHARD (1815-1905) Governor of Texas – 1861-63

# lubbockfrancisrichard

LUCAS, WILLIAM (1800-77) U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1839-41 & 1843-45

# lucaswilliam

LUCE, STEPHEN BLEECKER (1827-1917) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral; Founder & First President of the Naval War College – 1884-86; Civil War Service with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

# lucestephenbleecker

LUCIANO, CHARLES "LUCKY" (1897-1962) Italian-born American Gangster

# lucianocharles

LUCIUS III (circa 1097-1185) Italian-born Pope – 1181-85

# luciusIII

LUDINGTON, MARSHALL INDEPENDENCE (1839-1919) Union Officer; Veteran of the western Indian Wars & the Spanish-American War; U.S. Army Major General

# ludingtonmarshallludington

LUDLAM, REUBEN (1831-99) Prominent Physician in Chicago, Illinois; Born in Camden, New Jersey

# ludlamreuben

LYLE, PETER (1821-79) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# lylepeter

LYON, FRANCIS STROTHER (1800-82) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1835-39

# lyonfrancisstrother

LYON, HYLAN BENTON (1836-1907) Confederate Brigadier General - Kentucky

# lyonhylanbenton

LYON, LUCIUS (1800-51) U.S. Senator – Michigan – 1837-39; U.S. Representative – Michigan – 1843-45; Delegate to the U.S. Congress – Michigan Territory – 1833-35

# lyonlucius

LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-61) Union Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri – August 10, 1861; First Union General to die in action during the American Civil War; Veteran of the Second Seminole, Mexican, and Kansas Wars

# lyonnathaniel

LYTLE, WILLIAM HAINES (1826-63) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 10th Ohio Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 20, 1863

# lytlewilliamhaines

MABILLON, JEAN (1632-1707) French Benedictine Monk & Scholar

# mabillonjean

MacARTHUR, ARTHUR, JR. (1845-1912) Union Lieutenant – 24th Wisconsin Infantry; Veteran of the Spanish-American War; U.S. Lieutenant General; Military Governor of the Philippines – 1900-01; Father of World War II-era General Douglas MacArthur

# macarthurarthurjr

Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee – November 25, 1863

MacDONALD, JOHN A. (1815-91) First Prime Minister of Canada – 1867-73 & 1878-91

# macdonaldjohn

MacDOUGALL, CLINTON DUGALD (1839-1914) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman – New York – 1873-77

# macdougallclintondugald

MACE, DANIEL (1811-67) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1855-57; Postmaster of Lafayette, Indiana – 1866-67

# ,acedaniel

MacFARLAND, WILLIAM HAMILTON (1799-1872) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1861-62

# macfarlandwilliamhamilton

MACHEN, WILLIS BENSON (1810-93) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1861-65; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1872-73

# machenwillisbenson

MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO (1469-1527) Italian Diplomat, Philosopher, and Historian, best known for his political treatise, “The Prince”

# machiavelliniccolo

MACKALL, WILLIAM WHANN (1817-91) Confederate Brigadier General

# mackallwilliamwhann

MACKAY, ANDREW JACKSON (1827-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Chief Quartermaster - 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

# mackayandrewjackson

MACKENZIE, RANALD SLIDELL (1840-89) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery; Veteran of the western Indian Wars

# mackenzieranaldslidell

MACKINTOSH, JAMES (1765-1832) Scottish Politician, Doctor, and Attorney; Rector of the University of Glasgow – 1822-24

# mackintoshjames

MACLAY, ROBERT PLUNKET (1820-1903) Confederate Colonel/Brigadier General

# maclayrobertplunket

MACLAY, WILLIAM B. (1812-82) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-49

# maclaywilliamb

MADISON, DOLLEY PAYNE (1768-1849) U.S. First Lady - 1809-17; Wife of U.S. President James Madison

# madisondolleypayne

MADISON, JAMES (1751-1836) Fourth U.S. President – 1809-17; U.S. Secretary of State – 1801-09; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1789-97

# madisonjames

MAGRATH, ANDREW GORDON (1813-93) Last Governor of Confederate South Carolina - 1864-65

# magrathag

MAGRUDER, JOHN BANKHEAD (1807-71) Confederate Major General - Virginia

# magruderjohnbankhead

MAHONE, WILLIAM (1826-95) Confederate Major General – Virginia; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1881-87

# mahonewilliam

MAILER, NORMAN (1923-2007) American Writer, Filmmaker, and Actor

# mailernorman

MALAMUD, BERNARD (1914-86) American Novelist & Short Story Writer

# malamudbernard

MALCOLM X (1925-65) American Human Rights Activist, active in the Civil Rights Movement

# malcolmx

MALLORY, FRANCIS (1807-60) U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1837-39 & 1840-43; President of the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad – 1853-59

# malloryfrancis

MALLORY, STEPHEN RUSSELL (1812-73) Confederate Navy Secretary – 1861-65; U.S. Senator – Florida – 1851-61

# mallorystephenrussell

MALTBY, JASPER ADALMORN (1826-67) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 45th Illinois Infantry; Military Governor of Vicksburg, Mississippi – 1867; Veteran of the Mexican War

# maltbyjasperadalmorn

MANDERSON, CHARLES FREDERICK (1837-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 19th Ohio Infantry; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1883-95

# mandersoncharlesfrederick

MANET, EDOUARD (1832-83) French Modernist Painter

# manetedouard

MANEY, GEORGE EARL (1826-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Post-war railroad executive & U.S. Diplomat

# maneygeorgeearl

MANIGAULT, ARTHUR MIDDLETON (1824-86) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# manigaultarthurmiddleton

MANN, JOB (1795-1873) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1835-37 & 1847-51

# mannj

MANN, ORRIN LORENTNA (1833-1908) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 39th Illinois Infantry

# mannorrinlorenta

MANNING, JOHN LAURENCE (1816-89) Confederate Colonel, served on the staff of General Wade Hampton; Governor of South Carolina – 1852-54

# manningjohnlaurence

MANOUCHIAN, MISSAK (1906-44) French-Armenian Poet, Communist Activist, and Survivor of the Armenian Genocide; Military leader in the French Resistance in Paris during World War II; Executed by the Nazis in Fort Mont-Valérien on February 21, 1944

# manouchianm

MANSFIELD, JAYNE (1933-67) American Actress

# mansfieldjayne

MANSON, MAHLON DICKERSON (1820-95) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1871-73

# mansonmahlondickerson

MARCY, RANDOLPH BARNES (1812-87) Union Brigadier General; Father-in-Law of Union General George B. McClellan; Veteran of the Black Hawk, Mexican, and Utah Wars

# marcyrandolphbarnes

MARIA THERESA (1717-80) Ruler of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia; Holy Roman Empress – 1745-65

# mariatheresa

MARION, FRANCIS (1732-95) American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army; Brigadier General of South Carolina State Troops, known as the “Swamp Fox”

# marionfrancis

MARIOTTE, EDME (1620-84) French Physicist & Priest

# mariottee

MARMADUKE, JOHN SAPPINGTON (1833-87) Confederate Major General; Governor of Missouri – 1885-87

# marmadukejohnsappington

MARR, JOHN QUINCY (1825-61) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 17th Virginia Cavalry; First Confederate killed by a Union soldier in combat during the American Civil War – June 1,1861

# marrjohnquincy

MARSH, GEORGE P. (1801-82) U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1843-49; Appointed Minister to Italy by President Abraham Lincoln – 1861-82

# marshgeorgep

MARSH, HERBERT, LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH (1757-1839) British Clergyman; Bishop of Llandiff – 1816-19; Bishop of Peterborough – 1819-39

# marshherbertlordbishopofpeterborough

MARSHALL, CHARLES (1830-1902) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel, served on the staff of Robert E. Lee

# marshallcharles

MARSHALL, ELISHA GAYLORD (1829-83) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 13th New York Infantry & 14th New York Heavy Artillery

# marshallelishagaylord

MARSHALL, HENRY (1805-64) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-64

# marshallhenry

MARSHALL, HUMPHREY (1812-72) Confederate Brigadier General – Kentucky; Confederate Congressman; U.S. Congressman – 1849-52 & 1855-59

# marshallh

MARSHALL, THOMAS R. (1854-1925) U.S. Vice President – 1913-21; Governor of Indiana – 1909-13

# marshallthomasr

MARSTON, GILMAN (1811-90) Union Brigadier General - New Hampshire; U.S. Congressman – New Hampshire – 1859-63 & 1865-67; U.S. Senator – New Hampshire - 1889

# marstongilman

MARTIN, CHARLES H. (1863-1946) Governor of Oregon – 1935-39; U.S. Congressman – Oregon – 1931-35

# martincharlesh

MARTIN, JAMES GREEN (1819-78) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina

# martinjamesgreen

MARTIN, WILLIAM THOMPSON (1823-1910) Confederate Major General

# martinwilliamthompson

MARTINDALE, JOHN HENRY (1815-81) Union Brigadier General; Military Governor of Washington, D.C. – 1862-64

# martindalejohnhenry

MARTINEAU, HARRIET (1802-76) English Writer & Social Theorist

# martineauharriet

MARX, KARL (1818-83) German Political Theorist, Writer, and Social Revolutionary

# marxkarl

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, MARY STUART, MARY I OF SCOTLAND (1542-87) Queen of Scotland - 1542-67; Executed in London, February 8, 1587

# maryI

MASON GEORGE (1725-92) American Statesman; Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

# masongeorge

MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871) Confederate Congressman – 1861-62; Confederate Commissioner to France & England; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1847-61; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1837-39

# masonjamesmurray

MASON, JOHN CALVIN (1802-65) U.S. Representative - Kentucky – 1849-53 & 1857-59; Served with Texas State Confederate Troops during the American Civil War

# masonjc

MASON, JOHN SANFORD (1824-97) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# masonjohnsanford

MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1844-45 & 1846-49; U.S. Attorney General – 1845-46; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1831-37

# masonjohnyoung

MATHEWS, JAMES (1805-87) Civil War Provost Marshal – 1861-65; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1841-45; Postmaster of Knoxville, Iowa – 1869-70

# mathewsjames

MATHEWS, JOSEPH ARD (1826-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 205th Pennsylvania Infantry

# mathewsjosephard

MAUPEOU, RENE NICOLAS CHARLES AUGUSTIN DE (1714-92) Chancellor of France – 1768-90

# maupeourenenicolascharlesaugustinde

MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE (1698-1759) French Mathematician & Philosopher

# maupertuispierrelouismoreaude

MAURY, DABNEY H. (1822-1900) Confederate Major General – Virginia

# maurydabneyh

MAURY, JEAN-SIFREIN (1746-1817) French Cardinal; Archbishop of Paris – 1810-14

# mauryjeansafrein

MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE (1806-73) American Historian & Oceanographer; U.S. Navy Officer – Superintendent of the Naval Observatory; Confederate States Navy Commander – 1861-65

# maurymatthewfontaine

MAXEY, SAMUEL BELL (1825-95) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1875-87

# maxeysamuelbell

MAXWELL, AUGUSTUS EMMET (1820-1903) Confederate Senator – Florida – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Florida – 1853-57

# maxwellaugustusemmet

MAY, DOROTHY (1597-1620) Wife of Plymouth Colony Founder William Bradford

# mayd

MAYNADIER, HENRY EVELETH (1830-68) Union Brevet Major General; Served on the Raynalds Expedition, exploring and mapping the Yellowstone River region of Montana & Wyoming

# maynadierhenryeveleth

MAYNADIER, WILLIAM (1807-71) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# maynadierwilliam

MAYO, CHARLES H. (1865-1939) American Doctor; Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic

# mayocharlesh

McADOO, WILLIAM G. (1863-1941) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1913-18; Son-in-Law of Woodrow Wilson; U.S. Senator – California – 1933-38

# mcadoowilliamg

McARTHUR, DUNCAN (1772-1839) U.S. Army Brigadier General during the War of 1812; Governor of Ohio – 1830-32; U.S Representative – Ohio – 1823-25

# mcarthurduncan

McARTHUR, JOHN (1826-1906) Scottish-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Illinois Infantry

# mcarthurjohn

McAULIFFE, ANTHONY CLEMENT (1898-1975) U.S. Army General, most remembered for defending Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II

# mcauliffeanthonyclement

McBRIDE, ANDREW JACKSON (1836-1922) Confederate Colonel – 10th Georgia Infantry

# mcbrideandrewjackson

McCALL, GEORGE ARCHIBALD (1802-68) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# mccallgeorgearchibald

McCALLUM, JAMES (1806-89) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1864-65

# mccallumjames

McCARTHY, CORMAC (b. 1933) American Writer

# mccarthycormac

McCARTHY, JOSEPH R. (1908-57) U.S. Senator - Wisconsin - 1947-57

# mccarthyjosephr

McCAUSLAND, JOHN, JR. (1836-1927) Confederate Brigadier General

# mccauslandjohnjr

McCAUSLEN, WILLIAM COCHRANE (1796-1863) Served in the Mexican War; Law Partner of Edwin M. Stanton; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1843-45

# mccauslenwilliamcochrane

McCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON (1826-85) Union Major General during the American Civil War; U.S. Presidential Candidate – 1864; Governor of New Jersey – 1878-81

# mcclellangeorgebrinton

McCLELLAN, GEORGE BRINTON, JR. (1865-1940) American Politician & Historian; U.S. Representative – New York – 1895-1903; Mayor of New York City – 1904-09; Son of Union Civil War General George Brinton McClellan

# mcclellangeorgebrintonjr

McCLELLAN, HENRY BRAINERD (1840-1904) Confederate Cavalry Officer, served on the staffs of Generals Jeb Stuart & Wade Hampton

# mcclellanhenrybrainerd

McCLELLAN, MARY ELLEN MARCY (1836-1915) Wife of Union General George B. McClellan; Daughter of Union General Randolph B. Marcy

# mcclellanmem

McCLELLAND, ROBERT (1807-80) U.S. Interior Secretary – 1853-57; Governor of Michigan – 1851-53; U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1843-49

# mcclellandrobert

McCLERNAND, JOHN ALEXANDER (1812-1900) Union Major General; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1843-51 & 1859-61

# mcclernandjohnalexander

McCLURE, DANIEL (1824-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Secretary of State of Indiana – 1856-58

# mccluredaniel

McCOMB, WILLIAM (1828-1918) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# mccombwilliam

McCOOK, ALEXANDER McDOWELL (1831-1903) Union Major General; Colonel of the 1st Ohio Infantry; Veteran of the western Indian Wars

# mccookalexandermcdowell

McCOOK, ANSON GEORGE (1835-1917) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Ohio Infantry; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1877-83

# mccookansongeorge

McCOOK, DANIEL, JR. (1834-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 52nd Ohio Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia – June 27, 1864

# mccookdanieljr

From Colonel McCook's address to his men, before the assault on Kennesaw Mountain:

Then out spake brave Horatius,
          The Captain of the Gate:
     "To every man upon this earth
          Death cometh soon or late.
     And how can man die better
          Than facing fearful odds,
     For the ashes of his fathers,
          And the temples of his gods.

McCOOK, DANIEL, SR. (1798-1863) Union Officer; Died of wounds received in action against Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid into southern Ohio – July 21, 1863

# mccookdanielsr

McCOOK, EDWARD MOODY (1833-1909) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry; Governor of the Colorado Territory – 1869-75

# mccookedwardmoody

McCOOK, ROBERT LATIMER (1827-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th Ohio Infantry; Killed-in-Action near Huntsville, Alabama – August 6, 1862

# mccookrobertlatimer

McCORMACK, JOHN FRANCIS (1884-1945) Irish Tenor

# mccormaackjohnfrancis

McCORMICK, CYRUS H. (1809-84) American Inventor & Businessman; Founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, later to become the International Harvester Company

# mccormickcyrush

McCOWN, JOHN PORTER (1815-79) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# mccownjohnporter

McCOY, THOMAS FRANKLIN (1819-99) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 107th Pennsylvania Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mccoythomasfranklin

McCRADY, EDWARD, JR. (1833-1903) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 1st South Carolina Infantry; South Carolina State Representative – 1880-86 & 1888-90

# mccradyedwardjr

McCREA, SAMUEL HARKNESS (1826-?) Chicago, Illinois Businessman & Grain Merchant; Elected President of the Chicago Board of Trade - 1870

# mccraesamuelharkness

McCULLOCH, BENJAMIN (1811-62) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas – March 7, 1862

# mccullochbenjamin

McCULLOCH, HENRY EUSTACE (1816-95) Confederate Brigadier General; Served in the Texas Revolution & Mexican War

# mccullochhenryeustace

McCULLOCH, HUGH (1808-95) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1865-69 & 1884-85

# mccullochhugh

McCULLOCH, ROBERT (1820-1905) Confederate Colonel – 2nd Missouri Cavalry

# mccullochrobert

McDANIEL, HENRY DICKERSON (1836-1926) Confederate Officer – 11th Georgia Infantry; Governor of Georgia – 1883-86

# mcdanielhenrydickerson

McDOWELL, IRVIN (1818-85) Union Major General; Commander of the Union Army at the Battle of First Bull Run; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mcdowellirvin

McDOWELL, JOSEPH JEFFERSON (1800-77) U.S. Representative - Ohio – 1843-47

# mcdowelljosephjefferson

McGINNIS, GEORGE FRANCIS (1826-1910) Union Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War; Appointed Postmaster of Indianapolis, Indiana - 1900

# mcginnisgeorgefrancis

McGOWAN, SAMUEL (1819-97) Confederate Brigadier General

# mcgowansamuel

McGUIRE, HUNTER HOLMES (1835-1900) American Physician; Confederate Army Doctor & Surgeon, attended General Thomas J. Jackson at the time of his Death

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McINTOSH, JOHN BAILLIE (1829-88) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry; Veteran of the Mexican War

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McINTOSH, LACHLAN (1725-1806) American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General in the Continental Army; Mortally wounded Declaration of Independence Signer Button Gwinnett in a duel on May 16, 1777

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McKEAN, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1810-70) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars; Elected Mayor of Marion, Iowa - 1865

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McKEE, GEORGE COLIN (1837-90) Union Officer – 11th Illinois Infantry; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1870-75; Postmaster of Jackson, Mississippi – 1881-85

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McKEEVER, CHAUNCEY (1829-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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McKENNA, JOSEPH (1843-1926) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1898-1925; U.S. Attorney General – 1897-98; U.S. Congressman – California – 1885-92

# mckennajoseph

McKIBBIN, DAVID BELL (1831-90) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 158th & 214th Pennsylvania Infantries; Veteran of the Mexican War

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McKIBBIN, GILBERT HUNT (1835-1920) Union Brevet Brigadier General

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McKINLEY, WILLIAM (1843-1901) Twenty-Fifth U.S. President - 1897-1901; Governor of Ohio – 1892-96; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1877-91; Union Brevet Major – 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

# mckinleywilliam

McKINSTRY, JUSTUS (1814-97) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# mckinstryjustus

McLANAHAN, JAMES XAVIER (1809-61) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1849-53

# mclanahanjamesxavier

McLANE, LOUIS (1786-1857) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1831-33; U.S. Secretary of State – 1833-34; U.S. Congressman & Senator – Delaware – 1817-29

# mclanelouis

McLAUGHLEN, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1823-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st & 57th Massachusetts Infantries

# mclaughlennapoleonbonaparte

McLAURIN, JOHN LOWNDES (1860-1934) U.S. Senator – South Carolina - 1897-1903; U.S. Representative – South Carolina - 1892-97

# mclaurinjohnlowndes

McLAWS, LAFAYETTE (1821-97) Confederate Major General – Georgia

# mclawslafayette

McLEAN, GEORGE P. (?-?) Confederate Officer – William Wirt Adams’ Cavalry Regiment

# mcleangp

McLEAN, JOHN (1785-1861) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1829-61; U.S. Postmaster General – 1823-29; U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1813-16

# mcleanjohn

McLEAN, NATHANIEL COLLINS (1815-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 75th Ohio Infantry

# mcleannathanielcollins

McMAHON, MARTIN THOMAS (1838-1906) Canadian-born Union Brevet Major General, served on the staff of General George B. McClellan; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of White Oak Swamp, Virginia – June 30, 1862

# mcmahonmartinthomas

McMASTER, FITZ WILLIAM (1826-99) Confederate Colonel – 17th South Carolina Infantry; Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina – 1890-92

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McMILLAN, JAMES WINNING (1825-1903) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mcmillanjameswinning

McMULLEN, LAFAYETTE (1805-80) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1864-65; Governor of Washington Territory – 1857-59

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McNEIL, JOHN (1813-91) Union Brigadier General – Missouri; Commander of the District of Northeast Missouri, Most remembered for his role in the Palmyra Massacre

# mcneiljohn

McNEILL, JAMES HIPKINS (1825-65) Confederate Colonel – 63rd North Carolina Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia – March 31, 1865

# mcneilljameshipkins

McPHERSON, EDWARD (1830-95) Owner of “McPherson’s Farm” – site of the opening engagement of the Battle of Gettysburg; U.S. Congressman - Pennsylvania – 1859-63; Served several terms as the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

# mcphersone

McPHERSON, JAMES BIRDSEYE (1828-64) Union Major General; Killed-in-Action during the Battle of Atlanta – July 22, 1864

# mcphersonjamesbirdseye

McPHERSON, JOHN B. (1789-1858) Prominent Citizen & Cashier of the Bank of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – 1814-58; Father of Edward McPherson, on whose farm the Battle of Gettysburg began – July 1, 1863

# mcphersonjohnb

McQUEEN, JOHN (1804-67) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina –1862-64; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1849-60

# mcqueenjohn

McRAE, COLIN JOHN (1812-77) Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1861-62; Confederate States Financial Agent in Europe – 1862-65

# mcraecolinjohn

McRAE, JOHN JONES (1815-68) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1862-64; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1851-52; Governor of Mississippi – 1854-58; U.S. Representative – Mississippi - 1858-61

# mcraejohnjones

McRUER, DONALD CAMPBELL (1826-98) U.S. Congressman – California – 1865-67

# mcreurdc

McVICKER, JAMES HUBERT (1822-96) American Actor; Opened McVicker’s Theater in Chicago, Illinois, 1857

# mcvickerjameshubert

MEAD, SAMUEL H. Father of World-Renowned Naturalist, Entomologist & Horticulturist Theodore Luqueer Mead

# meadsamuelh

MEADE, GEORGE GORDON (1815-72) Union Major General; Commanded the Union Army of the Potomac from Gettysburg to Appomattox; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# meadegeorgegordon

MEADE, GEORGE, JR. (1843-97) Union Officer in the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry - Rush’s Lancers; Son of Union General George G. Meade, on whose staff he served during the American Civil War

# meadegeorgejr

MEAGHER, THOMAS FRANCIS (1823-67) Union Brigadier General - New York; Governor of Montana Territory – 1865-66

# meagherthomasfrancis

MEANS, JOHN HUGH (1812-62) Confederate Colonel – 17th South Carolina Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Second Manassas – September 1, 1862; Governor of South Carolina – 1850-52

# meansjohnhugh

MEDILL, JOSEPH (1823-99) Canadian-Born Journalist; Editor of the Chicago Tribune; Mayor of Chicago – 1871-73

# medilljoseph

MEEKER, ARTHUR BURR (1835-1901) Successful Iron & Steel Merchant in Chicago, Illinois

# meekerarthurburr

MEIGS, JOSIAH (1757-1822) American Academic, Journalist, and Government Official; First Acting President of the University of Georgia in Athens – 1801-10; Appointed Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office - 1814

# meigsjosiah

MEIGS, MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM (1816-92) Union Brigadier & Quartermaster General

# meigsmontgomerycunningham

MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, JR. (1764-1825) U.S. Postmaster General – 1814-23; Governor of Ohio – 1810-14; U.S Senator – Ohio – 1808-10; Namesake of Meigs County, Ohio

# meigsreturnjonathanjr

MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, SR. (1740-1823) American Revolution War, Colonel in the Continental Army; Pioneer & early settler of Ohio, in the Northwest Territory; U.S. Indian Agent to the Cherokee Nation in southeastern Tennessee – 1801-13

# meigsreturnjonathansr

MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-91) American Writer, best known for “Moby Dick” and “Typee”

# melvilleherman

MEMMINGER, CHRISTOPHER GUSTAVUS (1803-88) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-62; Confederate Treasury Secretary – 1861-64

# memmingerchristophergustavus

MENEES, THOMAS (1823-1905) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-65; Dean of the Medical Departments of the University of Nashville & Vanderbilt University – 1874-95

# meneesthomas

MENGELE, JOSEF RUDOLF (1911-79) Nazi German SS Officer & Physician during World War II; Known as the “Angel of Death” - notorious for conducting deadly medical experiments on inmates at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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* Image courtesy of CANDLES Holocaust Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana

MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO (1911-2007) Italian-American Composer

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MERCER, HUGH (1726-77) Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; Served in the French & Indian War

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MERCER, HUGH WEEDON (1808-77) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Grandson of American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer

# mercerhughweedon

MEREDITH, SOLOMON (1810-75) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 19th Indiana Infantry, part of the Iron Brigade

# meredithsolomon

MERRIAM, HENRY CLAY (1837-1912) Union Officer – 20th Maine Infantry; Awarded the Medal of Honor leading the 73rd U.S. Colored Troops at Fort Blakely, Alabama – April 9, 1865; U.S. Army Major General; Veteran of the Indian & Spanish-American Wars

# merriamhenryclay

MERRICK, FRANK (1886–1981) English Pianist & Composer

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MERRILL, ROBERT (1917-2004) American Operatic Baritone & Actor

# merrillrobert

MERRITT, WESLEY (1834-1910) Union Major General – saw action from Chancellorsville through Appomattox in the Army of the Potomac Cavalry; Served in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, and the Philippine-American War

# merrittwesley

MICHELANGELO (1475-1564) Italian Sculptor, Painter, and Architect

# michelangelo

MICHELET, JULES (1798-1874) French Historian

# micheletjules

MIFFLIN, THOMAS (1744-1800) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Delegate to the Continental Congress – 1774-75 & 1782-84; President of Pennsylvania – 1788-90; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1790-99

# mifflinthomas

MIKOYAN, ANASTAS (1895-1980) Soviet Politician

# mikoyananastas

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839-1925) Union Major General; Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Veteran of the Indian & Spanish-American Wars; Commanding General of the U.S. Army – 1895-1904

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MILES, WILLIAM PORCHER (1822-99) Confederate Colonel – served on the staff of P.G.T. Beauregard; Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-65; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1857-60; Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina – 1855-57

# mileswilliamporcher

MILLER, A. HALSEY (1828-?) Jewelry Merchant & Businessman in Chicago, Illinois, first established A.H. Miller & Brothers in the Marine Bank Building

# millerahalsey

MILLER, ARTHUR (1915-2005) American Playwright & Essayist

# millerarthur

MILLER, JOHN FRANKLIN (1831-86) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 29th Indiana Infantry; U.S. Senator – California – 1881-86

# millerjohnfranklin

MILLER, JOSEPH NELSON (1836-1909) Union Navy Officer; Promoted to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral – 1897; Commanded the Pacific Station during the Spanish-American War

# millerjosephnelson

MILLER, MADISON (1811-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 18th Missouri Infantry; Appointed Brigadier General of Missouri State Militia – 1864; Veteran of the Mexican War

# millermadison

MILLER, MORRIS SMITH (1814-70) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# millermorissmith

MILLER, SAMUEL AUGUSTINE (1819-90) Confederate Officer – 22nd Virginia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1863-65

# millersamuelaugustine

MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-90) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - 1862-90

# millersamuelfreeman

MILLER, STEPHEN (1816-81) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry; Governor of Minnesota – 1864-66

# millerstephen

MILLER, WARNER (1838-1918) Union Officer – 5th New York Cavalry; U.S. Senator – New York – 1881-87; U.S. Representative – New York – 1879-81

# millerwarner

MILLER, WILLIAM (1820-1909) Confederate Brigadier General - Florida

# millerwilliam

MILLEVOYE, CHARLES HUBERT (1782-1816) French Poet

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MILLOT, CLAUDE-FRANCOIS-XAVIER (1726-85) French Churchman & Historian

# millotclaudefrancoisxavier

MILLS, MADISON (1810-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel & Medical Inspector General

# millsmadison

MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832-1911) Confederate Colonel - 10th Texas Infantry; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1873-92; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1892-99

# millsrogerquarles

MILROY, ROBERT HUSTON (1816-90) Union Major General; Colonel of the 9th Indiana Infantry

# milroyroberthuston

MILTON, ABBY CRAWFORD (1881-1991) American Suffragist

# miltonabbycrawford

MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY - 3M

# 3m

MISSISSIPPI - PONTOTOC COUNTY

# mspontotoccounty

MITCHEL, ORMSBY MacKNIGHT (1809-85) Union Major General; Died of Yellow Fever at Beaufort, South Carolina - October 30, 1862

# mitchelormsbymacknight

MITCHELL, JAMES COFFIELD (1786-1844) U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1825-29

# mitchelljamescoffield

MITCHELL, JOHN GRANT (1838-94) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 113th Ohio Infantry

# mitchelljohngrant

MITCHELL, MARGARET (1900-49) American Writer, author of "Gone With the Wind"

# mitchellmargaret

MITCHELL, ROBERT BYINGTON (1823-82) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Kansas Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War; Governor of the New Mexico Territory – 1866-69

# mitchellrobertbyington

MITCHILL, SAMUEL LATHAM (1764-1831) American Physician, Naturalist, and Politician; U.S. Senator – New York – 1804-09; U.S. Representative – New York – 1801-04 & 1810-13

# mitchillsamuellatham

MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL (1787-1855) English Author & Dramatist

# mitfordmaryrussell

MIZNER, HENRY RUTGERS (1827-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th Michigan Infantry

# miznerhenryrutgers

MIZNER, JOHN KEMP (1834-98) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 3rd Michigan Cavalry

# miznerjohnkemp

MOESCH, JOSEPH ANTON (ca. 1829-1864) Swiss-born Union Colonel – 83rd New York Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of the Wilderness – May 5, 1864

# moeschjosephanton

MOISE, EDWIN WARREN (1810-68) Jewish Confederate Captain; Officer in the Louisiana Militia after the American Civil War

# moiseedwinwarren

MOLINEUX, EDWARD LESLIE (1833-1915) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 159th New York Infantry

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MOLONY, RICHARD SHEPPARD (1811-91) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1851-53

# molonyrichardsheppard

MOLTKE, HELMUTH VON, THE ELDER (1800-91) Prussian Field Marshal; Chief of the German General Staff – 1871-88

# moltkehelmuthvon

MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856) English Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol – 1836-56

# monkjameshenry

MONROE, JAMES (1758-1831) Fifth U.S. President – 1817-25; U.S. Secretary of State 1811-17; U.S. Secretary of War – 1814-15; Governor of Virginia – 1799-1802 & 1811; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1790-94

# monroejames

MONROE, JAMES (1821-98) U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1871-81

# monroejamesusrep

MONROE, JOHN T. (1823-71) Confederate Mayor of New Orleans

# morganjohnt

MONROE, MARILYN (1926-1962) Born Norma Jeane Mortenson; American Model & Film Actress

# monroemarilyn

MONSIGNY, PIERRE-ALEXANDRE (1729-1817) French Composer

# monsignypierrealexandre

MONTAGUE, ROBERT LATANE (1819-80) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1864-65

# montaguerobertlatane

MONTGOMERY, RICHARD (1738-75) American Revolutionary War, Continental Army Major General; Killed-in-Action during the Battle of Quebec City - December 31, 1775

# montgomeryrichard

MONTGOMERY, ROBERT H., JR. (1904-81) American Actor, Director, and Producer

# montgomeryroberthjr

MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM READING (1801-71) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# montgomerywilliamreading

MOODY, DWIGHT L. (1837-99) American Evangelist

# moodydwightl

MOODY, HELEN WILLS (1905-98) American Tennis Player

# moodyhelenwills

MOODY, ZENAS F. (1832-1917) Governor of Oregon – 1882-87

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MOORE, ANDREW BARRY (1807-73) Governor of Alabama – 1857-61

# mooreandrewbarry

MOORE, JAMES WILLIAM (1818-77) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1862-65

# moorejameswilliam

MOORE, JESSE HALE (1817-83) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 115th Illinois Infantry; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1869-73

# moorejessehale

MOORE, JOHN CREED (1824-1910) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# moorejohncreed

MOORE, LABAN THEODORE (1829-92) Union Colonel – 14th Kentucky Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1859-61

# moorelabantheodore

MOORE, MARIANNE (1887-1972) American Poet & Writer

# mooremarianne

MOORE, MARSHALL FRANK (1829-70) Union Lieutenant Colonel – 17th Ohio Infantry, later Colonel of the 69th Ohio Infantry; Governor of Washington Territory – 1867-69

# mooremarshallfrank

MOORE, SAMUEL PRESTON (1813-89) Confederate Brigadier & Surgeon General

# mooresamuelpreston

MOORE, STEPHEN RITCHIE (1832-?) Prominent Attorney in Kankakee, Illinois; Defended Father Charles Chiniquy against charges brought by the Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago in 1858

# morestephenritchie

MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852) Irish Poet, Singer & Songwriter; Best known for “The Last Rose of Summer”

# moorethomas

MOORE, THOMAS OVERTON (1804-76) Governor of Louisiana – 1860-64

# moorethomasoverton

MOORE, WILLIAM (1810-78) U.S. Representative – New Jersey – 1867-71

# moorewilliam

MORE, HANNAH (1745-1833) English Religious Writer, Philanthropist, and Opponent of the Slave Trade

# morehannah

MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-98) French Artist

# moreaugustave

MOREHEAD, JAMES T. (1799-1875) U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1851-53

# moreheadjamest

MORELL, GEORGE WEBB (1815-83) Union Brigadier General

# morellgeorgewebb

MORGAN, CHARLES HALE (1834-75) Union Brigadier General

# morgancharleshale

MORGAN, CHARLES LANGBRIDGE (1894-1958) British Playwright & Novelist

# morgancharleslangbridge

MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802) American Revolutionary War, Continental Army Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1797-99

# morgandaniel

MORGAN, EDWIN DENISON (1811-83) Union Major General; Governor of New York – 1859-62; U.S. Senator – New York – 1863-69

# morganedwindenison

MORGAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1820-93) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Texas Revolution & the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1867-73

# morgangeorgewashington

MORGAN, JAMES DADA (1810-96) Union Brigadier General, during the American Civil War; Union Colonel – 10th Illinois Infantry; Served in the Mexican War

# morganjamesdada

MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Kentucky; Killed by Federal troops near Greenville, Tennessee – September 4, 1864

# morganjohnhunt

MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT, SR. (1837-1913) American Financier & Banker

# morganjohnpierpontsr

MORGAN, JOHN TYLER (1824-1907) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Alabama - 1877-1907

# morganjohntyler

MORGAN, WILLIAM HENRY (1825-78) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 25th Indiana Infantry

# morganwilliamhenry

MORRILL, JUSTIN SMITH (1810-98 U.S. Representative – Vermont - 1855-67; U.S. Senator – Vermont – 1867-98

# morrilljustinsmith

MORRIS, BUCKNER STITH (1800-79) Second Mayor of Chicago, Illinois – 1838-39; Opposed prosecuting the Civil War against the South and was arrested in 1864 for attempting to free Confederate prisoners who were being held at Chicago's Camp Douglas

# morrisbucknerstith

MORRIS, EDWARD JOY (1815-81) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1843-45 & 1857-61; U.S. Diplomat

# morrisedwardjoy

MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752-1816) Signer of the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Senator – New York – 1800-03

# morrisgouverneur

MORRIS, ROBERT (1734-1806) British-Born American Merchant & Financier; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Member of the Continental Congress – 1775-78; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1789-95

# morrisrobert

MORRIS, WILLIAM HOPKINS (1827-1900) Union Brigadier General

# morriswilliamhopkins

MORRIS, WILLIAM WALTON, JR. (1801-65) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# morriswilliamwaltonjr

MORRISON, JAMES L.D. (1816-88) Raised & Served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Illinois Volunteers during the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1856-57; Namesake of Morrisonville, Illinois

# morrisonjamesld

MORRISON, JOSEPH JOHNSON (1831-1911) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 16th New York Heavy Artillery

# morrisonjosephjohnson

MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. (1791-1872) American Inventor of the Telegraph; Co-Inventor of the Morse Code

# morsesamuelfb

MORTON, JACKSON (1794-1874) Confederate Congressman – Florida – 1862-65; U.S. Senator – Florida – 1849-55

# mortonjackson

MORTON, JOHN (1725-77) Delegate to the Continental Congress – Pennsylvania; Signer of the Declaration of Independence

# mortonjohn

MORTON, LEVI P. (1824-1920) U.S. Vice President – 1889-93; U.S. Representative – New York – 1879-81; Governor of New York – 1895-97

# mortonlevip

MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-77) Governor of Indiana – 1861-67, U.S. Senator – Indiana – 1867-77

# mortonoliverperry

MOSBY, JOHN SINGLETON (1833-1916) Confederate Colonel – 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry

# mosbyjohnsingleton

MOSES, ANNA MARY "GRANDMA" (1860-1961) American Folk Artist

# mosesgrandma

MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814-1877) American Author & Diplomat – Helped Prevent European Intervention on the side of the Confederacy during the American Civil War; U.S. Minister to the Austrian Empire – 1861-67; U.S. Minister to Great Britain – 1869-70

# motleyjohnlothrop

MOTT, GERSHOM (1822-84) Union Major General; Colonel of the 6th New Jersey Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mottgershom

MOTT, VALENTINE (1785-1865) American Surgeon; Appointed Professor of Surgery at Columbia College in 1809

# mottvalentine

MOUTON, JEAN JACQUES ALFRED ALEXANDER “ALFRED” (1829-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Louisiana; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana – April 8, 1864

# moutonjeanjacquesalfredalexander

MOWER, JOSEPH ANTHONY (1827-70) Union Major General; Colonel of the 11th Missouri Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mowerjosephanthony

MOYLAN, STEPHEN (1737-1811) American Revolutionary War, Irish-born Brevet Brigadier & Quartermaster General in the Continental Army; Served on the staff of General George Washington

# moylanstephen

MOZART, CONSTANZE (1762-1842) Austrian Singer; Wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

# mozartc

MOZART, KARL THOMAS (1784-1858) Austrian Pianist; Son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

# mozartkarlthomas

MOZART, LEOPOLD (1719-87) Father & Teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

# mozartl

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS (1756-91) Austrian Composer

# mozartwolfgangamadeus

MUNDEE, CHARLES (1826-71) Hungarian-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# mundeecharles

MUNFORD, THOMAS TAYLOR (1831-1918) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# munfordthomastaylor

MUNRO, THOMAS (1761-1827) Scottish Soldier; Major General in the British Army; Colonial Governor of Madras – 1820-27

# munrothomas

MURPHY, HENRY CRUSE (1810-82) U.S. Representative – New York – 1843-45 & 1847-49; Mayor of Brooklyn, New York – 1842-43

# murphyhenrycruse

MURRAY, GEORGE (1772-1846) British Army Officer during the Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of Lieutenant General; Secretary of State for War & the Colonies – 1828-30; Member of Parliament – 1824-32 & 1834-35

# murraygeorge

MURRAY, JOHN PORRY (1830-95) Confederate Colonel – 28th Tennessee Infantry & 4th Tennessee Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1864-65

# murrayjohnporry

MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745-1826) American Quaker Lawyer, Writer, and Grammarian

# murraylindley

MURRAY, WILLIAM (1803-75) U.S. Representative – New York – 1851-55

# murraywilliam

MUSSEY, REUBEN DELAVAN (1833-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 100th U.S. Colored Troops; Staff Officer to General Thomas L. Crittenden

# musseyreubendelavan

MUSSOLINI, BENITO (1883-1945) Italian Politician - Founded and led the National Fascist Party; Prime Minister of Italy – 1922-43

# mussolinibenito

MYER, ALBERT JAMES (1828-80) Union Brevet Brigadier General & Chief Signal Officer

# myeralbertjames

MYERS, ABRAHAM CHARLES (1811-89) Confederate Colonel & Quartermaster General; Namesake of Fort Myers, Florida

# myersabrahamcharles

MYERS, WILLIAM (1830-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# myerswilliam

NABERS, BENJAMIN DUKE (1812-78) U.S. Congressman – Mississippi – 1851-53

# nabersbenjaminduke

NAGLE, JAMES (1822-66) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# naglejames

NAGLEE, HENRY MORRIS (1815-86) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# nagleehenrymorris

NANTEUIL, ROBERT (1623-78) French Portrait Artist & Engraver to the Court of Louis XIV

# nanteuilrobert

NAPOLEON I/NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1769-1821) French Military Leader; Emperor of France – 1804-14 & 1815

# bpapartenapoleon

NAPOLEON III (1808-73) First President of France – 1848-52; Last Emperor of France – 1852-70

# napoleonIII

NARES, ROBERT (1753-1829) English Clergyman, Philologist, and Author

# naresrobert

NASSAU, MAURICE OF (1567-1625) Dutch Nobleman & Soldier, became Maurice of Orange upon the death of his eldest half-brother, Philip William, in 1618

# nassaumauriceof

NEGLEY, JAMES SCOTT (1826-1901) Union Major General; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1869-75

# negleyjamesscott

NEILL, EDWARD DUFFIELD (1823-93) American Author & Educator; Union Chaplain – 1st Minnesota Volunteers – 1861-62; Secretary to President Abraham Lincoln

# neilledwardduffield

NEILL, THOMAS HEWSON (1826-85) Union Brigadier General – Pennsylvania

# neillthomashewson

NELSON, HORATIO (1758-1805) British Navy Officer; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Trafalgar - October 21, 1805

# nelsonhoratio

NELSON, WILLIAM (1824-62) Union Major General – Kentucky; Killed by Union General Jefferson C. Davis in a Louisville hotel on September 29, 1862

# nelsonwilliam

NES, HENRY (1799-1850) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1843-45 & 1847-50

# neshenry

NESMITH, JAMES WILLIS (1820-85) U.S. Senator – 1861-67; U.S. Representative – Oregon – 1873-75

# nesmithjameswillis

NEW YORK YANKEES - 1934

# nyyankees1934

NEWTON, EBEN (1795-1885) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1851-53; President of the Ashtabula & New Lisbon Railroad Company – 1856-59

# newtoneben

NEWTON, JOHN (1823-95) Union Major General

# newtonjohn

NEWTON, WILLOUGHBY (1808-74) U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1843-45; Confederate Congressman in the Virginia State House of Delegates – 1861-63

# newtonwilloughby

NEY, MICHEL (1769-1815) 1st Duke of Elchingen; 1st Prince of the Moskva; French Military Commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

# neymichel

NICHOLAS II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia – 1894-1917

# nicholasII

NICHOLLS, FRANCIS REDDING TILLOU (1834-1912) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Louisiana – 1876-80 & 1888-92

# nichollsfrancisreddingtillou

NICHOLS, EDWARD TATNALL (1823-86) Union Navy Officer; Promoted to Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy - 1878; Veteran of the Mexican War

# nicholsedwardtatnall

NICHOLS, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1818-69) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# nicholswilliamaugustus

NICHOLSON, S.E. (?-?) Legislative Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America

# nicholsonse

NICKERSON, FRANKLIN STILLMAN (1826-1917) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th Maine Infantry

# nickersonfranklinstillman

NICOLAY, JOHN GEORGE (1832-1901) German-born American Author & Diplomat; Private Secretary of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War; Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1872-87

# nicolayjohngeorge

NICOLE, PIERRE (1625-95) French Jansenist Theologian & Philosopher

# pierrenicole

NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE (1820-1910) English Social Reformer & Nurse, known as the Founder of Modern Nursing

# nightingaleflorence

NIMITZ, CHESTER WILLIAM (1885-1966) U.S. Navy Admiral; Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet – 1941-45

# nimitzchesterwilliam

NISBETT, EUGENIUS ARISTEDES (1803-71) Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1861; U.S. Representative – 1839-41

# nisbeteugeniusaristedes

NOAILLES, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE (1651-1729) French Bishop & Cardinal

# noaileslouisantoinede

NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD (1833-96) Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor, Businessman, and Philanthropist; Known for inventing Dynamite; Namesake, whose bequest established the Nobel Prize

# nobelalfredbernhard

NOBLE, JOHN WILLOCK (1831-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry; U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1889-93

# noblejohnwillick

NORTH, FREDERICK / LORD NORTH (1732-92) Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1770-82; Member of Parliament – 1754-90

# northfrederick

NORTHRUP, LUCIUS BELLINGER (1811-94) Confederate Colonel & Commissary General

# northrupluciusbellinger

NORTON, ELIJAH HISE (1821-1914) U.S. Congressman - Missouri – 1861-63

# nortonelijahhise

NORTON, JESSE OLDS (1812-75) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1853-57 & 1863-65; Resident of Joliet & Chicago, Illinois

# nortonjesseolds

NORTON, NIMROD LINDSAY (1830-1903) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Congressman – Missouri - 1864-65

# nortonnimrodlindsay

NOSTRADAMUS (MICHEL DE NOSTRADAME) (1503-66) French Astrologer, Physician and Reputed Seer

# nostradamus

NOURSE, JOSEPH (1754-1841) First U.S. Register of the Treasury

# noursejoseph

NUREYEV, RUDOLF (1938-93) Soviet-born Ballet Dancer

# nureyevrudolf

NYE, GEORGE HENRY (1828-1908) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 29th Maine Infantry

# nyegeorgehenry

NYE, JAMES WARREN (1815-76) Governor of Nevada Territory – 1861-64; U.S. Senator - Nevada – 1865-73

# nyejameswarren

O'BRIEN, WILLIAM W. (1834-?) Irish-Born Attorney in Peoria & Chicago, Illinois; Elected Illinois State Congressman in 1862

# obrienwilliamw

O'CONOR, CHARLES (1804-84) American Attorney, served as counsel for Confederate President Jefferson Davis; First Catholic Nominee for U.S. President - 1872

# o'conorcharles

O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA (1887-1986) American Painter; Wife of Alfred Stieglitz

# okeeffegeorgia

O'NEAL, EDWARD ASBURY (1818-90) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Alabama – 1882-86

# onealedwardasbury

O'NEILL, EUGENE (1888-1953) American Writer & Playwright

# oneilleugene

O'RORKE, PATRICK HENRY (1837-63) Irish-born Union Colonel - 140th New York Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 2, 1863

# ororkepatrickhenry

OAKES, JAMES (1826-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# oakesjames

OCHILTREE, WILLIAM BECK (1811-67) Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1861-62; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury - 1844-45; Attorney General of the Texas Republic - 1845-46

# ochiltreewilliambeck

OGDEN, AARON (1756-1839) Officer in the 1st New Jersey Regiment during the American Revolutionary War; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1801-03; Governor of New Jersey – 1812-13

# ogdenaaron

OGLESBY, RICHARD JAMES (1824-99) Union Major General; Colonel of the 8th Illinois Infantry; Governor of Illinois – 1865-69, 1873, and 1885-89; U.S Senator – Illinois – 1873-79; Veteran of the Mexican War

# oglesbyrichardjames

OLCOTT, BEN W. (1872-1952) Governor of Oregon – 1919-1923; Oregon Secretary of State – 1911-1920

# olcottbenw

OLDEN, CHARLES SMITH (1799-1876) Governor of New Jersey

# oldencharlessmith

OLDHAM, WILLIAMSON SIMPSON, SR. (1813-68) Confederate Senator – Texas – 1862-65

# oldhamwilliamsonsimpson

OLIN, HENRY (1840-1902) Prominent Doctor of Opthalmology & Otology in Chicago, Illinois

# olinhenry

OLIVER, JOHN MORRISON (1828-72) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 15th Michigan Infantry

# oliverjohnmorrison

OPDYKE, GEORGE (1805-80) Mayor of New York City – 1862-64

# opdykegeorge

ORD, EDWARD OTHO CRESAP (1818-83) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican & antebellum Indian Wars

# ordedwardothocresap

ORDWAY, ALBERT (1843-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry

# ordwayalbert

ORR, JAMES LAWRENCE (1822-73) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Senator – South Carolina – 1862-65; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1857-59; Governor of South Carolina – 1865-68

# orrjameslawrence

ORR, JEHU AMAZIAH (1828-1921) Confederate Colonel – 31st Mississippi Infantry; Severely wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee – November 30, 1864; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62 & 1864-65

# orrjehuamaziah

OSBORN, THOMAS OGDEN (1832-1904) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 39th Illinois Infantry

# osbornthomasogden

OSBORNE, EDWIN SYLVANUS (1839-1900) Union Officer – 149th Pennsylvania Infantry; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1885-91

# osborneedwinsylvanus

OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT (1811-50) American Poet

# osgoodfrancessargent

OSTENDORF, LLOYD (1921-2000) American Author, Artist, and Lincoln Scholar

# ostendorflloyd

OSWALD, JAMES (younger) (1715-69) Scottish Politician; Member of the British Parliament – 1741-68; Lord Commissioner of the Treasury – 1760

# oswaldjames

OTIS, ELIZA HENDERSON (1796-1873) Boston Philanthropist & Civic Leader; Wife of Harrison Gray Otis, grandson of the wealthy Boston mayor (1829-32) of the same name; Instrumental in establishing the birthday of George Washington as a Legal Holiday

# otiselizahenderson

OUSELEY, GORE, 1st BARONET (1770-1844) British Entrepreneur, Linguist, and Diplomat

# ouseleygore

OUTLAW, DAVID (1806-68) U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1847-53; Colonel of the Bertie County Regiment of State Militia

# outlawdavid

OWEN, JOSHUA THOMAS (1821-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 24th & 69th Pennsylvania Infantries

# owenjoshuathomas

OWEN, ROBERT DALE (1801-77) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1843-47; U.S. Minister to Sicily – 1854-58

# owenrobertdale

OWENS, JAMES BYERAM (1816-89) Confederate Congressman – Florida - 1861-62

# owensjamesbyeram

OWENS, JAMES CLEVELAND "JESSE" (1913-80) American Track & Field Athlete

# owensjesse

OXENSTIERNA, AXEL GUSTAFSSON (1583–1654) Swedish Statesman; Lord High Chancellor of Sweden – 1612-54

# oxenstiernaalexgustafsson

O’CONNELL, DANIEL (1775-1847) Irish Political Leader & Advocate for Catholic Emancipation; Member of Parliament – 1828-30, 1832-36 & 1837-41; Mayor of Dublin – 1841-42

# oconnelldaniel

O’DONOHUE, WILLIAM (1838-63) Union Lieutenant in the American Civil War; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chancellorsville – May 3, 1863

# odonohuew

PABST, FREDERICK (1836-1904) German-American Brewer, Namesake of Pabst Brewing Company

# pabstfredrick

PACKARD, JASPER (1832-99) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 128th Indiana Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1869-75

# packardjasper

PACKER, JOHN BLACK (1824-91) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1869-77; An organizer of the Susquehanna Railroad Co.

# packerjohnblack

PADDOCK, ALGERNON SIDNEY (1830-75) Governor of Nebraska Territory – 1861; Secretary of Nebraska Territory – 1861-67; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1875-81 & 1887-93

# paddockalgernonsidney

PAGE, RICHARD LUCIAN (1807-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# pagerichardlucian

PAGET, HENRY WILLIAM, 1st MARQUESS OF ANGLESEY (1768-1854) British Army Officer, served in the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars; Later promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Member of Parliament – 1790-1804 & 1806-10

# pagethenrywilliam

PAINE, CHARLES JACKSON (1833-1916) Union Brigadier General & Brevet Major General; Officer in the 22nd & 30th Massachusetts Infantries; Colonel of the 2nd Louisiana Infantry

# painecharlesjackson

PAINE, ELEAZAR ARTHUR (1815-82) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th Illinois Infantry; Veteran of the Second Seminole War

# paineeleazararthur

PAINE, HALBERT ELEAZAR (1826-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Wisconsin Infantry; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin – 1865-71; As U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1879-81, introduced and promoted the use of the typewriter in Federal Agencies

# painehalberteleazar

PAINE, THOMAS (1737-1809) American Revolutionary-era Political Theorist; Author of “Common Sense”

# painethomas

PALFREY, JOHN GORHAM (1796-1881) U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1847-49

# palfreyjohngorham

PALISOTT, CHARLES DE MONTENOY (1730-1814) French Playwright

# palisottcharlesdemontenoy

PALMER, INNIS NEWTON (1824-1900) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# palmerinnisnewton

PALMER, JAMES SHEDDEN (1810-67) Union Navy Officer, promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1866; Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Squadron – 1865-67; Veteran of the Mexican War

# palmerjamesshedden

PALMER, JOHN McCAULEY (1817-1900) Union Major General; Governor of Illinois – 1869-73; U.S. Senator – Illinois – 1891-97; U.S. Presidential Candidate on the “Gold Democrat” Ticket - 1896

# palmerjohnmccauley

PALMER, JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1825-90) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# palmerjosephbenjamin

PALMER, OLIVER HAZARD (1814-84) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 108th New York Infantry

# palmeroliverhazard

PALMERSTON, LORD HENRY JOHN TEMPLE (1784-1865) British Prime Minister – 1855-65

# palmerstonlordhenryjohn

PANARD, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1689-1765) French Poet & Playwright

# panardcharlesfrancois

PARE, AMBROISE (ca. 1510-1590) Barber Surgeon to French Kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III; Considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine

# pareambroise

PARK, GUY BRASFORD (1872-1946) Governor of Missouri – 1933-37

# parkguybrasford

PARKE, JOHN GRUBB (1827-1900) Union Major General

# parkejohngrubb

PARKER, ANDREW (1805-64) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1851-53

# parkerandrew

PARKER, ELY SAMUEL (1828-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Seneca Indian; Staff Officer & Military Secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant; U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs – 1869-71

# parkerelysamuel

PARKER, JOEL (1816-88) Governor of New Jersey – 1863-66 & 1872-75; Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court – 1880-88

# parkerjoel

PARKER, THOMAS (1843-1915) English Electrical Engineer, Inventor, and Industrialist

# parkerthomas

PARKHURST, JOHN GIBSON (1824-1906) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 9th Michigan Infantry; Provost Marshal General – Army of the Cumberland

# parkhurstjohngibson

PARMENTER, WILLIAM (1789-1866) U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1837-45; Naval Officer at the Port of Boston – 1845-49

# parmenterwilliam

PARMENTIER, ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN (1737-1813) French Pharmacist & Agronomist

# parmentierantineaugustin

PARNY, EVARISTE DE (1753-1814) French Poet

# parnyevaristede

PARR, SAMUEL (1747-1825) English Schoolmaster, Writer, Minister, and Doctor of Law

# parrsamuel

PARRISH, MAXFIELD (1870-1966) American Painter & Illustrator

# parrishmaxfield

PARSONS, LEWIS BALDWIN, JR. (1818-1907) Union Brigadier General; Staff Office to Generals Francis Preston Blair, Henry Wager Halleck, Samuel R. Curtis, and John M. Schofield

# parsonslewisbaldwinjr

PARSONS, MOSBY MONROE (1822-65) Confederate Brigadier General; Murdered in Mexico

# parsonsmosbymonroe

PASCAL, BLAISE (1623-62) French Mathematician & Philosopher

# pascalblaise

PASCO, SAMUEL (1834-1917) Confederate Soldier – 3rd Florida Infantry; U.S. Senator – Florida – 1887-99; Namesake of Pasco County, Florida

# pascosamuel

PASTEUR, LOUIS (1822-95) French Chemist & Microbiologist

# pasteurlouis

PATERSON, WILLIAM (1745-1806) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1793-1806; Signer of the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1789-90; Governor of New Jersey – 1790-93; Attorney General of New Jersey – 1776-83

# patersonwilliam

PATRICK, MARSENA RUDOLPH (1811-88) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# patrickmarsenarudolph

PATTEE, JOHN (1820-1901) Canadian-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Iowa Cavalry

# patteejohn

PATTERSON, JOAB NELSON (1835-1923) Union Brevet Brigadier General - New Hampshire; Union Colonel - 2nd New Hampshire Infantry

# pattersonjoabnelson

PATTERSON, ROBERT (1792-1881) Irish-born Union Major General; Veteran of the War of 1812 & the Mexican War

# pattersonrobert

PATTISON, ROBERT EMORY (1850-1904) Governor of Pennsylvania – 1883-87 & 1891-95

# pattisonrobertemory

PATTON, GEORGE SMITH, JR. (1885-1945) United States Army General during World War II, colloquially known as “Old Blood and Guts”; Veteran of the Pancho Villa Expedition & World War I

# pattongeorgesmithjr

PAUL I (1754-1801) Emperor of Russia – 1796-1801

# paulIofrussia

PAUL, GABRIEL RENE (1813-86) Union Brigadier General; Blinded from a wound at the Battle of Gettysburg; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# paulgabrielrene

PAULDING, HIRAM (1797-1878) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Veteran of the War of 1812

# pauldinghiram

PAULUS, FRIEDRICH (1890-1957) German Field Marshal during World War II

# paulusfriedrich

PAVLOV, IVAN PETROVICH (1849-1936) Russian Physiologist

# pavlovivanpetrovich

PAXTON, ELISHA FRANKLIN (182-63) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chancellorsville

# paxtonelishaf

PAYNE, EUGENE BEAUHARNAIS (1835-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 37th Illinois Infantry

# payneeugenebeauharnais

PAYNE, WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH (1830-1904) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia

# paynewilliamhenryfitzhugh

PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869) American Financier, Banker & Philanthropist

# peabodygeorge

PEARSALL, URIEPHINE BALCOM (1840-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 99th United States Colored Troops; Colonel of the 48th Wisconsin Infantry

# pearsalluriephinebalcom

PEASE, WILLIAM RUSSELL (1831-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 117th New York Infantry

# peasewilliamrussell

PECK, JOHN JAMES (1821-78) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# peckjohnjames

PECK, LEWIS MEAD (1832-1919) Union Brevet Major General; Union Captain – 67th New York Infantry; Union Colonel – 173rd New York Infantry

# pecklewismead

PECK, THEODORE SAFFORD (1843-1918) Union Officer – 9th Vermont Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Newport Barracks, North Carolina - February 2, 1864

# pecktheodoresafford

PECK, WILLIAM RAINE (1818-71) Confederate Brigadier General

# peckwilliamraine

PECKHAM, RUFUS W. (1838-1909) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1895-1909

# peckhamrufusw

PEDRO II DE ALCANTARA (1825-91) Emperor of Brazil – 1831-89

# pedroIIdealcantara

PEEL, ROBERT (1788-1850) British Statesman; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – 1834-35 & 1841-46; Member of Parliament - 1809-50

# peelrobert

PEGRAM, JOHN (1832-65) Confederate Brigadier General – Virginia; Killed-in-Action at Hatcher’s Run on February 6, 1865

# pegramjohn

PEGRAM, WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON (1841-65) Confederate Colonel; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia - died on April 2, 1865

# pegramwilliamransomjohnson

PELLEW, EDWARD, 1st VISCOUNT EXMOUTH (1757-1833) British Naval Officer, served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars; Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1804

# pellewedwardviscountexmouth

PELLISSON, PAUL (1624-93) French Author

# pellissonpaul

PEMBERTON, JOHN CLIFFORD (1814-81) Confederate Lieutenant General

# pembertonjohnclifford

PENDER, WILLIAM DORSEY (1834-63) Confederate Major General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, died on July 18, 1863

# penderwilliamdorsey

PENDLETON, ALEXANDER SWIFT “SANDIE” (1840-64) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – Virginia; Mortally wounded in the Third Battle of Winchester, September 22, 1864

# pendletonalexanderswift

PENDLETON, WILLIAM NELSON (1809-83) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# pendletonwilliamnelson

PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718) English-born Pacifist Quaker; Founder of Philadelphia & Pennsylvania

# pennwilliam

PENNYPACKER, URIAH GALUSHA (1844-1916) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina – January 15, 1865

# pennypackeruriahgalusha

PENROSE, WILLIAM HENRY (1832-1903) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 15th New Jersey Infantry

# penrosewilliamhenry

PERCEVAL, SPENCER (1762-1812) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – 1809-12; Assassinated on May 11, 1812; Member of Parliament – 1796-1812

# percevalspencer

PERKINS, GEORGE C. (1839-1923) Governor of California – 1880-83; U.S. Senator – California – 1893-1915

# perkinsgeorgec

PERKINS, JOHN, JR. (1819-85) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana - 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Louisiana – 1853-55

# perkinsjohnjr

PERON, EVA “EVITA” (1919-52) First Lady of Argentina – 1946-52; Wife of Argentine President Juan Peron

# peroneva

PERON, JUAN (1895-1974) Argentine Military & Political Leader; President of Argentina – 1946-55 & 1973-74

# peronjuan

PERRY, ALEXANDER JAMES (1828-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# perryalexanderjames

PERRY, EDWARD AYLESWORTH (1831-89) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Florida – 1885-89

# perryedwardaylesworth

PERRY, MATTHEW C. (1794-1858) U.S. Navy Commodore; Younger brother of Oliver H. Perry; Credited with the opening of Japan – 1852-54

# perrymatthewc

PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD (1785-1819) U.S. Navy Commodore – War of 1812; Received a Congressional Gold Medal for action at the Battle of Lake Erie

# perryoliverhazard

PERRY, WILLIAM FLANK (1823-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# perrywilliamflank

PERRYMAN, JAMES LAFAYETTE (1831-1904) Prominent Physician & Surgeon in Belleville, Illinois; Graduate of the University of Missouri Medical Department at St. Louis; Burial in Shiloh Valley Cemetery, St. Clair County, Illinois

# perrymanjameslafayette

PETTIGREW, JAMES JOHNSTON (1828-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded in the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg, died on July 17, 1863

# pettigrewjamesjohnston

PETTUS, EDMUND WINSTON (1821-1907) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1897-1907

# pettusedmundwinston

PHELPS, JOHN ELISHA (1839-1921) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Union Cavalry; Son of Brigadier General John Smith Phelps

# phelpsjohnelisha

PHELPS, JOHN SMITH (1814-86) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Missouri – 1877-81; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1845-63

# phelpsjohnsmith

PHELPS, JOHN WOLCOTT (1813-85) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Vermont Infantry; Veteran of the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars

# phelpsjohnwolcott

PHILLIPS, JESSE J. (1837-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Officer – 9th Illinois Infantry – 1861-65; Saw action in the West from Fort Donelson and Shiloh through the war’s end

# phillipsjessej

PHILLIPS, JOSEPH MAXWELL (1828-1922) Businessman & Steamboat Owner in Cairo, Illinois

# phillipsjosephmaxwell

PHYSICK, PHILIP SYNG (1768-1837) American Physician & Surgical Pioneer

# physickphilipsyng

PIATT, ABRAM SANDERS (1821-1908) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th & 34th Ohio Infantries

# piattabramsanders

PICASSO, PABLO (1881-1973) Spanish Painter & Sculptor

# picassopablo

PICKENS, ANDREW (1739-1817) American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General of South Carolina Militia; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1793-95

# pickensandrew

PICKENS, FRANCIS WILKINSON (1805-69) Confederate Governor of South Carolina – 1860-62; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1834-43

# pickensfranciswilkinson

PICKERING, TIMOTHY (1745-1829) Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Postmaster General – 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War – 1795; U.S. Secretary of State – 1795-1800

# pickeringtimothy

U.S. Senator – Massachusetts - 1803-11; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts - 1813-17

PICKETT, GEORGE EDWARD (1825-75) Confederate Major General - Virginia; Veteran of the Mexican War

# pickettgeorgeedward

PICTON, THOMAS (1758-1815) Lieutenant General in the British Army during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars; Colonial Governor of Trinidad – 1797-1803; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Waterloo – June 18, 1815

# pictonthomas

PIERCE, BYRON ROOT (1829-1924) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Michigan Infantry

# piercebyronroot

PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804-69) Fourteenth U.S. President - 1853-57; U.S. Senator – New Hampshire – 1837-42; U.S. Representative – New Hampshire – 1833-37; U.S. Army Brigadier General – Mexican War

# piercefranklin

PIERREPONT, EDWARDS (1817-92) U.S. Attorney General – 1875-76; Prosecutor in the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial of John Surratt

# pierrepontedwards

PIKE, ALBERT (1809-91) Confederate Brigadier General – Arkansas

# pikealbert

PILE, WILLIAM ANDERSON (1829-89) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Missouri Infantry; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1867-69; Governor of New Mexico Territory – 1869-71

# pilewilliamanderson

PILLOW, GIDEON JOHNSON (1806-78) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee

# pillowgideonjohnson

PINCKNEY, CHARLES (1757-1824) Governor of South Carolina – 1789-92, 1796-98, and 1806-08; Signer of the U.S. Constitution

# pinckneycharles

PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH (1746-1825) American Revolutionary War, Colonel in the Continental Army – 1st South Carolina Regiment; Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army; Constitutional Convention Delegate; U.S. Minister to France – 1796-97

# pinckneycharlescotesworth

PINCKNEY, THOMAS (1750-1828) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Governor of South Carolina – 1787-89; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1797-1891

# pinckneythomas

PITCHER, THOMAS GAMBLE (1824-95) Union Brigadier General; Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – 1866-70; Veteran of the Mexican War

# pitcherthomasgamble

PITKIN, PERLEY PEABODY (1826-91) Union Officer – 2nd Vermont Infantry, promoted to the rank of Colonel – August 2, 1864

# pitkinperleypeabody

PITT, WILLIAM THE ELDER (1708-78) Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1766-68; Member of Parliament – 1735-66

# pittwilliamtheelder

PITT, WILLIAM THE YOUNGER (1759-1806) Prime Minister of Great Britain & the United Kingdom – 1783-1801 & 1804-06

# pittwilliamtheyounger

PIUS IX (1792-1878) Italian-born Pope, Head of the Roman Catholic Church – 1846-78

# piusIX

PLAISTED, HARRIS MERRILL (1828-98) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 11th Maine Infantry; Governor of Maine – 1881-83; U.S. Representative – Maine – 1875-77

# plaistedharrismerrill

PLEASONTON, ALFRED (1824-97) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# pleasontonalfred

PLEASONTON, AUGUSTUS JAMES (1808-94) Brigadier General of Pennsylvania Militia during the American Civil War; Older brother of General Alfred Pleasonton

# pleasontonaugustusjames

PLUMER, THOMAS (1753-1824) British Judge & Politician; Member of Parliament – 1807-13

# plumerthomas

PLUMMER, JOSEPH BENNETT (1816-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Missouri Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, died on August 9, 1862; Veteran of the Mexican War

# plummerjosephbennett

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-49) American Writer & Poet

# poeedgarallan

POE, ORLANDO METCALFE (1832-95) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Michigan Infantry

# poeorlandometcalfe

POHL, OSWALD LUDWIG (1892-1951) Nazi-era German Official; Head Administrator of the Concentration Camps; Executed by hanging in 1951

# pohloswaldludwig

POINSETT, JOEL ROBERTS (1779-1851) U.S. Secretary of War – 1837-41; U.S. Minister to Mexico – 1825-29; Namesake of the Poinsettia, which he discovered during his diplomatic mission in Mexico; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1821-25

# poinsettjoelroberts

POITIERS, DIANNE de (1500-69) French Noblewoman; Royal Mistress of King Henry II of France

# poitiersdiannede

POLIGNAC, CAMILLE ARMAND JULES MARIE DE (1832-1913) French Nobleman; Confederate Brigadier General

# polignaccamillearmandjulesmariede

POLK, JAMES KNOX (1795-1849) Eleventh U.S. President - 1845-49; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1825-39; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1835-39; Governor of Tennessee – 1839-41

# polkjamesknox

POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-64) Confederate Lieutenant General

# polkleonidas

POLK, LUCIUS EUGENE (1833-92) Confederate Brigadier General

# polkluciuseugene

POLK, TRUSTEN W. (1811-76) Confederate Colonel in the Missouri State Guard; Governor of Missouri – 1857; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1857-62 - expelled from the U.S. Senate for Disloyalty

# polktrustenw

POMEROY, SAMUEL CLARKE (1816-91) U.S. Senator – Kansas – 1861-73; Mayor of Atchison, Kansas – 1858-59

# pomeroysamuelclarke

POOL, ORVAL (1809-1871) Prominent Merchant & Banker in Shawneetown, Illinois; Organized the Gallatin National Bank in Shawneetown, 1871

# poolorval

POOR, ENOCH (1736-80) Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

# poorenoch

POPE, JOHN (1822-92) Union Major General - Kentucky; Commanded the Union Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Second Bull Run

# popejohn

POPHAM, JOHN (1531-1607) Speaker of the English House of Commons – 1580-83; Attorney General – 1581-92; Lord Chief Justice of England – 1592-1607

# pophamjohn

PORSON, RICHARD (1759-1808) English Classical Scholar

# porsonrichard

PORTER, ANDREW (1820-72) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# porterandrew

PORTER, ANNA MARIA (1777-1832) British Poet & Novelist

# porterannamaria

PORTER, ANTHONY TOOMER (1828-1902) Confederate Chaplain – 25th South Carolina Infantry; Founder of Porter Military Academy

# porteranthonytoomer

PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-91) U.S. Navy Admiral; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy – 1865-69

# porterdaviddixon

PORTER, FITZ JOHN (1822-1901) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# porterfitzjohn

PORTER, HORACE (1837-1921) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 20, 1863; Staff Officer and aide to Generals William Tecumseh Sherman & Ulysses S. Grant

# porterhorace

PORTER, JOHN ADDISON (1856-1900) American Journalist; Secretary to President William McKinley – 1897-1900

# porterjohnaddison

PORTER, WILLIAM DAVID (1809-64) Union Commodore

# porterwilliamdavid

POSEY, CARNOT (1818-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Bristol Station, Virginia – October 14, 1863

# poseycarnot

POST, PHILIP SIDNEY (1833-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 59th Illinois Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee – December 15-16, 1864; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1887-95

# postphilipsidney

POTTER, EDWARD ELMER (1823-89) Union Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st North Carolina Union Infantry

# potteredwardelmer

POTTER, JOSEPH ADAMS (1816-88) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# potterjosephadams

POTTER, JOSEPH HAYDN (1822-92) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# potterjosephhaydn

POTTER, ROBERT BROWN (1829-87) Union Major General; Colonel of the 51st New York Infantry

# potterrobertbrown

POTTS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1836-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 32nd Ohio Infantry; Governor of the Montana Territory – 1870-83

# pottsbenjaminfranklin

POULSON, WILLIAM E. (1844-?) Confederate Soldier; Served in Wise’s Legion during the American Civil War; After the war, became a highly successful insurance agent in Chicago, Illinois

# poulsonwilliame

POWELL, LAZARUS WHITEHEAD (1812-67) Governor of Kentucky – 1851-55; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1859-65

# powelllazaruswhitehead

POWELL, WILLIAM HENRY (1825-1904) Welsh-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at Sinking Creek, Virginia

# powellwilliamhenry

POWER, JOHN CARROLL (1819-94) First Custodian of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, prevented the attempt to steal the body of the sixteenth president in 1876; Prominent Resident & Writer in Springfield, Illinois

# powerjohncarroll

PRATT, CALVIN EDWARD (1828-96) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 31st New York Infantry

# prattcalvinedward

PRATT, JOHN JEFFERIES, 1st MARQUESS CAMDEN (1759-1840) British Politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland – 1795-98; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies – 1804-05; Member of Parliament – 1780-94

# prattjohnjefferies

PREBLE, EDWARD (1761-1807) Served in the American Revolutionary War; U.S. Navy Commodore – First Barbary War

# prebleedward

PREBLE, GEORGE HENRY (1816-85) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Second Seminole, Mexican, and American Civil Wars

# preblegeorgehenry

PRENTISS, BENJAMIN MAYBERRY (1819-1901) Union Major General – Illinois; Most remembered for his gallant defense of the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh

# prentissbenjaminmayberry

PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859) American Scientific Historian & Author; Grandson of Revolutionary War Officer William Prescott, Commander of a Regiment of Minute-Men

# prescottwilliamhickling

PRESTON, JOHN SMITH (1809-81) Confederate Brigadier General

# prestonjohnsmith

PRESTON, WILLIAM (1816-87) Confederate Brigadier General – Kentucky

# prestonwilliam

PRESTON, WILLIAM BALLARD (1805-62) Confederate Congressman – Virginia; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1849-50; U.S. Congressman – 1847-49

# prestonwilliamballard

PRESTON, WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1794-1860) U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1833-42

# prestonwilliamcampbell

PRICE, STERLING (1809-67) Confederate Major General – Missouri; Governor of Missouri – 1853-57

# pricesterling

PRICE, WILLIAM REDWOOD (1836-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Officer in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

# pricewilliamredwood

PRIDEMORE, AUBURN LORENZO (1837-1900) Confederate Colonel – 64th Virginia Infantry; U.S. Representative – 1877-79

# pridemoreauburnlorenzo

PRINCE, HENRY (1811-92) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# princehenry

PROCTOR, REDFIELD (1831-1908) U.S. Secretary of War – 1889-91; Governor of Vermont – 1878-80; U.S. Senator – Vermont - 1891-1908; Union Colonel – 15th Vermont Infantry

# proctorredfield

PRYOR, ROGER ATKISON (1828-1919) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1859-61

# pryorrogeratkison

PUFENDORF, SAMUEL VON (1632-94) German Jurist, Political Philosopher, Economist, and Historian

# pufendorfsamuelvon

PUGET, PIERRE PAUL (1620-94) French Baroque Painter, Sculptor, Architect, and Engineer

# pugetpierrepaul

PUGH, GEORGE ELLIS (1822-76) Captain of the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Mexican War; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1855-61

# pughgeorgeellis

PUGH, JAMES LAWRENCE (1820-1907) Confederate Officer; Confederate Congressman – 1862-65; U.S. Senator – 1880-97; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1859-61

# pughjameslawrence

PULASKI, CASIMIR (1745-79) Polish Nobleman & Soldier; American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General in the Continental Army; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, Georgia – died on October 11, 1779

# pulaskicasimir

PURDY, SMITH MEADE (1796-1870) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# purdysmithmeade

PUSEY, WILLIAM HENRY MILES (1826-1900) U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1883-85

# puseywilliam henrymiles

QUARLES, WILLIAM ANDREW (1825-93) Confederate Brigadier General

# quarleswilliamandrew

* With 49th Tennessee Confederate Colonel James Edmund Bailey.

QUICK, JOHN S. (1812-72) Prominent Attorney & Real Estate Investor in Chicago, Illinois; Instrumental in the settlement & development of Oak Park, Illinois

# quickjohns

QUINBY, ISAAC FERDINAND (1821-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th New York Infantry

# quinbyisaacferdinand

QUINCY, JOSIAH (1772-1864) Harvard University President – 1829-45; Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts – 1823-29; U.S. Representative – 1805-13

# quincyjosiah

QUITMAN, JOHN A. (1799-1858) U.S. Major General - Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Mississippi - 1855-58; Governor of Mississippi – 1835-36 & 1850-51

# quitmanjohna

RAINS, GABRIEL JAMES (1803-81) Confederate Brigadier General

# rainsgabrieljames

RAINS, JAMES EDWARDS (1833-62) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee – December 31, 1862

# rainsjamesedwards

RAINS, JAMES SPENCER (1817-80) Confederate Brigadier General of Missouri State Guard

# rainsjamesspencer

RAMSAY, DAVID (1749-1815) American Revolutionary War, served as a field surgeon in the South Carolina Militia during the Siege of Charleston; Delegate to the Continental Congress – South Carolina – 1782-83 & 1785-86

# ramsaydavid

RAMSAY, GEORGE DOUGLAS (1802-82) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# ramsaygeorgedouglas

RAMSAY, JAMES GRAHAM (1823-1903) Confederate Congressman – North Carolina – 1864-65

# ramsayjamesgraham

RAMSEUR, STEPHEN DODSON (1837-64) Confederate Major General - North Carolina; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864

# ramseurstephendodson

RAND, AYN (1905-82) Russian-born Writer & Philosopher

# randayn

RANDOLPH, GEORGE WYTHE (1818-67) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Secretary of War - 1862

# randolphgeorgewythe

RANDOLPH, JOHN (of Roanoke) (1783-1833) U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1825-27; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25, 1827-29 & 1833

# randolphj

RANDOLPH, MARTHA JEFFERSON “PATSY” (1772-1836) Eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson & Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson; Acting First Lady during her father’s presidency – 1801-09

# randolphmarthajefferson

* From Signature Study

RANSOM, MATTHEW WHITAKER (1826-1904) Confederate Brigadier General – North Carolina

# ransommatthewwhitaker

RANSOM, ROBERT, JR. (1828-92) Confederate Major General, brother of Confederate Brigadier General Matthew W. Ransom

# ransomrobertjr

RANSOM, THOMAS EDWIN GREENFIELD (1834-64) Union Brigadier General; Union Colonel - 11th Illinois Infantry; Wounded four times during the American Civil War

# ransomthomasedwingreenfield

RASPUTIN, GRIGORI YEFIMOVICH (1869-1916) Russian Mystic, important figure during the reign of Nicholas II of Russia

# rasputingrigori

RATHBONE, BASIL (1892-1967) English Actor

# rathbonebasil

RATHBONE, HENRY R. (1837-1911) Union Major - present in the president’s box at Ford’s Theater at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

# rathbonehenryr

RATHBUN, GEORGE O. (1803-70) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-47

# rathbungeorgeo

RAUCH, JOHN HENRY (?-1894) Union Surgeon & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel

# rauchjohnhenry

RAUM, GREEN BERRY (1829-1909) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 56th Illinois Infantry; U.S. Representative – Illinois - 1867-69

# raumgreenberry

RAWLINS, JOHN AARON (1831-69) Union Brigadier General; Close friend, confidant, and staff officer to General Ulysses S. Grant; U.S. Secretary of War - 1869

# rawlinsjohnaaron

RAYMOND, BENJAMIN WRIGHT (1801-83) Mayor of Chicago, Illinois – 1839-40 & 1842-43; President of the Fox River Railroad; Instrumental in the development of Lake Forest University and the city of Lake Forest, Illinois

# raymondbenjaminwright

Co-founded the Elgin Watch Company in 1866; Namesake of the company’s first model, the “B.W. Raymond”

READ, GEORGE (1733-98) Signer of the Declaration of Independence - Delaware

# readgeorge

READ, HENRY ENGLISH (1824-68) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1862-65

# readhenryenglish

READE, EDWIN GODWIN (1812-94) Confederate Senator – North Carolina - 1864

# readeedwingodwin

READING, EDGAR (1827-93) Physician & Surgeon in Chicago, Illinois; Professor of Physiology at Bennett Medical College; A founder of Lake Forest, Illinois

# readingedgar

REAGAN, JOHN HENNINGER (1818-1905) Confederate Postmaster General – 1861-65; Acting Confederate Treasury Secretary – 1865; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1857-61 & 1875-87; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1887-91

# reaganjohnhenninger

REAM, JOSEPH (1830-1901) Union Lieutenant – 106th Illinois Infantry – 1862-65; Resident and prominent citizen of Mount Pulaski, Illinois

# reamjoseph

REDFIELD, WILLIAM COX (1858-1932) U.S. Secretary of Commerce – 1913-19; U.S. Representative – New York – 1911-13

# redfieldwilliamcox

REED, CHARLES HARVEY (1834-?) Renowned Attorney in Rock Island & Chicago, Illinois; Elected State’s Attorney for Chicago – 1864

# reedch

REED, ROBERT RENTOUL (1807-64) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1849-51

# reedrr

REEDER, ANDREW HORATIO (1807-64) First Governor of the Kansas Territory – 1854-55

# reederandrewhoratio

REEVE, ISAAC VAN DUZEN (1813-90) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Army Colonel – 13th U.S. Infantry

# reeveisaacvanduzen

REID, HUGH THOMPSON (1811-74) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 15th Iowa Infantry; President of the Des Moines Valley Railroad

# reidhughthompson

REID, WHITELAW (1837-1912) American Politician & Newspaperman; Editor of the New York Tribune – 1872-1912

# reidwhitelaw

REILLY, JAMES WILLIAM (1828-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 104th Ohio Infantry

# reillyjameswilliam

REISCH, FRANZSALES (1809-75) German-Born Merchant & Brewer in Beardstown & Springfield, Illinois

# reischfranzsales

REMICK, DAVID RUSSELL (1820-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# remickdavidrussell

RENO, JESSE LEE (1823-62) Union Major General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland – September 14, 1862; Veteran of the Mexican War

# renojesselee

REVELS, HIRAM RHODES (1827-1901) First Black U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1870-71

# revelshiramrhodes

REVERE, JOSEPH WARREN (1812-80) Union Brigadier General – Massachusetts; Grandson of Revolutionary-era patriot Paul Revere

# reverejosephwarren

REVERE, PAUL (1734-1818) American Silversmith, Engraver, and Revolutionary War-era Patriot

# reverepaul

REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS - AMERICAN

# revolutionarywargenerals

REYNOLDS, ALEXANDER WELCH (1816-76) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# reynoldsalexanderwelch

REYNOLDS, DANIEL HARRIS (1832-1902) Confederate Brigadier General – Arkansas

# reynoldsdanielharris

REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (1820-63) Union Major General – Pennsylvania; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 1, 1863

# reynoldsjohnfulton

REYNOLDS, JOSEPH JONES (1822-99) Union Major General; Colonel of the 10th Indiana Infantry; Veteran of the postbellum Indian Wars

# reynoldsjosephjones

REYNOLDS, JOSEPH SMITH (1839-11) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Officer – 64th Illinois Infantry – 1861-65

# reynoldsjosephsmith

Saw action from Corinth through the war’s final battles in North Carolina; Took part in the grand review of General Sherman’s army, Washington, D.C., May 24, 1865

 

REYNOLDS, JOSHUA (1723-92) English Painter

# reynoldsjoshua

RHETT, ALFRED MOORE (1829-89) Confederate Colonel – South Carolina

# rhettalfredmoore

RHETT, ROBERT BARNWELL (1800-76) Owner & Publisher of the “Charleston Mercury”; Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1837-49; U.S. Senator – South Carolina - 1850-52

# rhettrobertbarnwell

RICE, AMERICUS VESPUCIUS (1835-1904) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 57th Ohio Infantry; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1875-79

# riceamericusvespucius

RICE, EDWARD YOUNG (1820-83) U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1871-73; Prominent Attorney & Judge in Hillsboro, Illinois

# riceedwardyoung

RICE, ELLIOTT WARREN (1835-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th Iowa Infantry

# riceelliottwarren

RICE, HENRY MOWER (1816-94) U.S. Senator - Minnesota – 1858-63; U.S. Representative – Minnesota Territory – 1853-57

# ricehenrymower

RICE, JAMES CLAY (1829-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 44th New York Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania – May 10, 1864

# ricejamesclay

RICE, SAMUEL ALLEN (1828-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Iowa Infantry; Mortally wounded at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas – April 30, 1864; Namesake of Rice County, Kansas

# ricesamuelallen

RICHARDS, WILLIAM B. (1829-?) Prominent Patent Attorney in Galesburg, Illinois

# richardswilliamb

RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH (1815-62) Union Major General; Colonel of the 2nd Michigan Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam – September 17, 1862; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# richardsonisraelbush

RICHARDSON, ROBERT VINKLER (1820-70) Confederate Brigadier General

# richardsonrobertvinkler

RICHMOND, LEWIS (1824-94) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside

# richmondlewis

RICKETTS, FANNY LAWRENCE (1828-1900) Wife of Union General James Brewerton Ricketts

# rickettsfannylawrence

RICKETTS, JAMES BREWERTON (1817-87) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# rickettsjamesbrewerton

RIDGWAY, THOMAS SHANNON (1826-97) Banking & Railroad Executive; Resident of Shawneetown, Illinois; Treasurer of the State of Illinois – 1873-75

# ridgwaythomasshannon

RIGGIN, JOHN, JR. (1835-86) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant

# rigginjohnjr

RILKE, RAINER MARIA (1875-1926) Bohemian-Austrian Poet & Novelist

# rilkerainermaria

RION, JAMES HENRY (1828-86) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – South Carolina

# rionjameshenry

RIPLEY, EDWARD HASTINGS (1839-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th Vermont Infantry

# ripleyedwardhastings

RIPLEY, JAMES WOLFE (1794-1870) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole Wars

# ripleyjameswolfe

RIPLEY, ROSWELL SABINE (1823-87) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# ripleyroswellsabine

RISDON, ORLANDO CHARLES (1840-94) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 53rd U.S. Colored Troops

# risdonorlandocharles

RIVERA, DIEGO (1886-1957) Mexican Artist

# riveradiego

RIVES, WILLIAM CABELL (1793-1868) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1861-65; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1832-34, 1836-39, and 1841-45; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1823-29

# riveswilliamcabell

ROANE, JOHN SELDEN (1817-67) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Arkansas – 1849-52

# roanejohnselden

ROBERTS, BENJAMIN STONE (1810-75) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# robertsbenjaminstone

ROBERTS, ROBERT WHYTE (1784-1865) U.S. Representative - Mississippi – 1843-47

# robertsrobertwhyte

ROBERTS, WILLIAM PAUL (1841-1910) Confederate Brigadier General

# robertswilliampaul

ROBERTSON, BEVERLY HOLCOMBE (1827-1910) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# robertsonbeverlyholcombe

ROBERTSON, FELIX HUSTON (1839-1928) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# robertsonfelixhuston

ROBESON, GEORGE M. (1829-97) Brigadier General of New Jersey Militia during the American Civil War; U.S. Secretary of the Navy – 1869-77; U.S. Congressman – New Jersey – 1879-83

# robesongm

ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794-1863) American Biblical Scholar

# robinsonedward

ROBINSON, FREDERICK JOHN, VISCOUNT GODERICH (1782-1859) British Prime Minister – 1827-28; Member of Parliament – 1806-27

# robinsonfrederickjohnviscountgoderich

ROBINSON, HENRY LEE (1812-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Older brother of Union Brigadier General John C. Robinson

# robinsonhenrylee

ROBINSON, JAMES SIDNEY (1827-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 82nd Ohio Infantry; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1881-85; Ohio Secretary of State – 1885-89

# robinsonjamessidney

ROBINSON, JOHN CLEVELAND (1817-97) Union Major General; Colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at Laurel Hill, Virginia – May 8, 1864; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# robinsonjohncleveland

ROCKEFELLER, JOHN DAVISON, SR. (1839-1937) American Industrialist & Philanthropist; Founder of the Standard Oil Company

# rockefellerjohndavisonsr

ROCKEFELLER, WILLIAM AVERY, JR. (1841-1922) American Financier; Co-founder of Standard Oil Company

# rockefellerwilliamaveryjr

ROCKWELL, JULIUS (1805-88) U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1854-55; U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1843-51

# rockwelljulius

RODDEY, PHILIP DALE (1826-97) Confederate Brigadier General

# roddeyphilipdale

RODENBOUGH, THEOPHILUS FRANCIS (1838-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Provisional Pennsylvania Cavalry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at Trevilian Station, Virginia – June 11, 1864

# rodenboughtheophilusfrancis

RODES, ROBERT EMMETT (1829-1864) Confederate Major General – Alabama; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester - September 19, 1864

# rodesrobertemmett

RODGERS, CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND PERRY (1819-92) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy – 1874-78; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# rodgerschristopherraymondperry

RODGERS, FREDERICK W. (1842-1917) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Grandson of U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Veteran of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American Wars

# rodgersfrederickw

RODGERS, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1822-63) Union Navy Officer; Killed-in-Action at Fort Wagner, South Carolina – August 17, 1863; Veteran of the Mexican War

# rodgersgeorgewashington

RODGERS, JOHN (1771-1838) U.S. Navy Officer; Father of Union Civil War Navy Officer John Rodgers

# rodgersjohn

RODGERS, JOHN (1812-82) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy; Veteran of the Florida Seminole Wars

# rodgersjohn

RODIN, AUGUSTE (1840-1917) French Sculptor

# rodinauguste

RODMAN, ISAAC PEACE (1822-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Rhode Island Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam – died September 30, 1862

# rodmanisaacpeace

RODNEY, GEORGE B. (1803-83) U.S. Congressman – Delaware – 1841-45

# rodneygeorgeb

ROEBLING, JOHN AUGUSTUS (1806-69) German-born American Civil Engineer; Designed the Brooklyn Bridge

# roeblingja

ROGERS, CHARLES (1800-74) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# rogerscharles

ROGERS, GEORGE C. (1839-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel - 15th Illinois Infantry

# rogersgeorgec

ROGERS, GEORGE DICKERSON (1829-1918) Union Civil War Colonel – 31st Wisconsin Infantry

# rogersgeorgedickerson

ROGERS, SAMUEL ST. GEORGE (1832-80) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 2nd Florida Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Florida – 1864-65

# rogerssamuelstgeorge

ROGERS, WILLIAM CHARLES (1847-1917) Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation - 1903-17; Confederate Private, 1st Cherokee Volunteers, during the American Civil War

# rogerswilliamcharles

ROGERS, WILLIAM FINDLAY (1820-99) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Representative - New York – 1883-85; Mayor of Buffalo, New York – 1868-69

# rogerswilliamfindlay

ROHAN, HENRI II, DUKE OF (1579-1638) French Soldier, Writer, and Leader of the Huguenots

# rohanhenriII

ROHAN-GUEMENE, LOUIS RENE EDOUARD, CARDINAL de (1734-1802) French Bishop of Strasbourg, Politician, and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

# rohancardinalde

ROHM, ERNST (1887-1934) German Military Officer; Early Nazi Party member & friend of Adolf Hitler; Executed during the “Night of the Long Knives”

# rohmernst

ROLAND, JEAN-MARIE de la PLATIERE (1734-93) French Economist & Leader of the Girondist faction in the French Revolution; Husband of Marie-Jeanne "Manon" Roland de la Platière; Minister of the Interior during the reign of King Louis XVI – 1792

# rolandjeanmariedelaplatiere

ROLAND, MARIE-JEANNE PHLIPON, MADAME de (1754-93) French Revolutionary & Writer; Wife of economist Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière; Executed in Paris on November 8, 1793

# rolandmariejeannemadamede

ROLLIN, CHARLES (1661-1741) French Historian & Educator

# rollinc

ROMMEL, J. ERWIN (1891-1944) Nazi German General during World War II

# rommeljohanneserwin

ROOSEVELT ROBINSON, CORINNE (1861-1933) American Poet, Writer, and Lecturer; Younger sister of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt

# rooseveltcorinne

ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR (1884-1962) U.S. First Lady - 1933-1945; Wife of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

# rooseveltannaeleanor

ROOSEVELT, EDITH KERMIT (1861-1948) U.S. First Lady – 1901-09; Second wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt

# rooseveltedithkermit

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO (1886-1945) 32nd U.S. President - 1933-45; Governor of New York – 1929-32; Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy – 1913-20

# rooseveltfranklindelano

ROOSEVELT, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1843-1907) Union Brevet Captain – 26th Pennsylvania Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – July 2, 1863

# rooseveltgeorgewashington

ROOSEVELT, KERMIT (1889-1943) American Businessman, Soldier, Explorer & Writer; Son of President Theodore Roosevelt

# rooseveltkermit

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919) Twenty-Sixth U.S. President – 1901-09; U.S. Vice President – 1901; Governor of New York – 1899-1900; Colonel of the Rough Riders - Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the Battle of San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898

# roosevelttheodore

ROOT, ELIHU (1845-1937) U.S. Secretary of War – 1899-1904: U.S. Secretary of State – 1905-09; U.S. Senator – New York – 1909-15; Received the Nobel Peace Prize - 1912

# rootelihu

RORTY, JAMES McKAY (ca1837-63) Union Captain in the American Civil War; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 2, 1863

# rortyjm

ROSCOE, WILLIAM (1753-1831) British Abolitionist, Banker, and Lawyer; Member of Parliament – 1806-07

# roscoewilliam

ROSECRANS, WILLIAM STARKE (1819-98) Union Major General – Ohio; Commanded the Union Army of the Cumberland from Stone’s River to Chickamauga; U.S. Congressman – California – 1881-85

# rosecranswilliamstarke

ROSELLINI, ALBERT DEAN (1910-2011) Governor of Washington – 1957-65

# rosellinialbertdean

ROSS, JOSEPH PRESLEY (1828-90) Prominent Chicago, Illinois Physician; Attending Surgeon at Camp Douglas during the American Civil War

# rossjosephpresley

ROSS, LAWRENCE SULLIVAN (1838-98) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Texas – 1887-91

# rosslawrencesullivan

ROSS, LEONARD FULTON (1823-1901) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 17th Illinois Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# rossleonardfulton

ROSS, THOMAS (1806-65) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1849-53

# rosst

ROSSER, THOMAS LAFAYETTE (1836-1910) Confederate Major General – Virginia; U.S. Army Brigadier General during the Spanish-American War

# rosserthomaslafayette

ROSSI, ANGELO JOSEPH (1878-1948) Mayor of San Francisco, California – 1931-44

# rossiangelojoseph

ROUSSEAU, LOVELL HARRISON (1818-69) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1866-67

# rousseaulovellharrison

ROWAN, STEPHEN CLEGG (1808-90) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy; Veteran of the Mexican War

# rowanstephenclegg

ROWLEY, THOMAS ALGEO (1808-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th & 102nd Pennsylvania Infantries; Veteran of the Mexican War

# rowleythomasalgeo

ROYALS, WILLIAM (?-1863) Confederate Private - 6th Florida Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 19, 1863

# royalswilliam

RUCKER, DANIEL HENRY (1812-1910) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Indian Wars

# ruckerdanielhenry

RUFF, CHARLES FREDERICK (1818-85) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# ruffcharlesfrederick

RUFFIN, THOMAS (1787–1870) Confederate Colonel – 1st North Carolina Cavalry; Mortally wounded at Bristoe Station, Virginia – died October 18, 1863; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1853-61

# ruffinthomas

RUGER, THOMAS HOWARD (1833-1907) Union Major General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry; Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy – 1871-76; Veteran of the Crow Indian War

# rugerthomashoward

RUGGLES, DANIEL (1810-97) Confederate Brigadier General

# rugglesdaniel

RUNKLE, BENJAMIN PIATT (1836-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 45th Ohio Infantry

# runklebenjaminpiatt

RUSH, BENJAMIN (1746-1813) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Member of the Continental Congress; Surgeon General in the Continental Army; American Physician, Politician & Anti-Slavery Advocate; Founder of Dickinson College

# rushbenjamin

RUSK, JEREMIAH McLAIN (1830-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – 1889-93; Governor of Wisconsin – 1882-89; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin – 1871-77

# ruskjeremiahmclain

RUSK, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1803-57) First Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas – 1836-37; General in the Texas Army at the Battle of San Jacinto; U.S. Senator – Texas – 1846-57

# ruskthomasjefferson

RUSLING, JAMES F. (1834-1918) Union Brevet Brigadier General – New Jersey; Union Lieutenant – 5th New Jersey Infantry; Staff Officer to Generals Joseph Carr & Daniel Sickles

# ruslingjamesf

RUSSELL, CHARLES WELLS (1818-67) Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1861-65

# russellcharleswells

RUSSELL, DAVID ALLEN (1820-64) Union Brigadier General – Massachusetts; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Winchester, Virginia – September 19, 1864; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# russelldavidallen

RUSSELL, JEREMIAH (1786-1867) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# russelljeremiah

RUST, ALBERT (1818-70) Confederate Brigadier General – Arkansas; U.S. Congressman – Arkansas – 1855-57 & 1859-61; Confederate Congressman – Arkansas – 1861-62

# rustalbert

RUST, HENRY, JR. (1833-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel - 13th Maine Infantry

# rusthenryjr

RUTLEDGE, BENJAMIN HUGER, JR. (1829-93) Confederate Colonel – 4th South Carolina Cavalry

# rutledgebenjaminhugerjr

RUTLEDGE, EDWARD (1749-1800) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Governor of South Carolina – 1798-1800

# rutledgeedward

RUTLEDGE, JOHN (1739-1800) Chief Justice of the United States – 1795; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1790-91; Governor of South Carolina – 1779-82

# rutledgejohn

RUTLEDGE, WILEY BLOUNT, JR. (1894-1949) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1943-49

# rutledgewileyblountjr

RYDER, DUDLEY, 1st EARL OF HARROWBY (1762-1847) British Secretary of State – 1804-05; Member of Parliament – 1784-1803

# ryderdudleyearlofharrowby

SACKET, DELOS BENNETT (1821-85) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# sacketdelosbennett

SACKETT, WILLIAM H. (1839-64) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th New York Cavalry; Killed-in-Action at Trevilian Station, Virginia – June 14, 1864

# sackettwilliamh

SALOMON, FREDERICK CHARLES (1826-97) Prussian-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th Wisconsin Infantry

# salomonfrederickcharles

SAN MARTIN, JOSE DE (1778-1850) Argentine Soldier & Statesman

# sanmartinjosede

SANBORN, FRANKLIN BENJAMIN (1831-1917) American Abolitionist & Social Reformer; Member of the “Secret Six,” which helped fund John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia – October 16-18, 1859

# sanbornfranklinbenjamin

SANBORN, JOHN BENJAMIN (1826-1904) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Minnesota Infantry

# sanbornjohnbenjamin

SANDERS, JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN (1840-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia – August 21, 1864

# sandersjohncaldwellcalhoun

SANDERS, WILLIAM PRICE (1833-63) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 5th Kentucky Union Cavalry; Mortally wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee – November 18, 1863

# sanderswilliamprice

SANDIDGE, JOHN MILTON (1817-90) Confederate Officer; U.S. Representative – Louisiana – 1855-59

# sandidgejohnmilton

SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL (1905-80) French Existentialist Philosopher & Author

# sartrejeanpaul

SAULSBURY, WILLARD, SR. (1820-92) U.S. Senator – Delaware – 1859-71

# saulsburywillardsr

SAUNDERS, ALVIN (1817-99) Governor of the Nebraska Territory – 1861-67; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1877-83

# saundersalvin

SAUNDERS, ROMULUS M. (1791-1867) U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1821-27 & 1841-45

# saundersromulusm

SAUNDERS-DUNDAS, ROBERT, 2nd VISCOUNT MELVILLE (1771-1851) British Statesman; First Lord of the Admiralty – 1812-30; Member of Parliament – 1794-1811

# saundersdundasrobert

SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICT DE (1740-99) Genevan Geologist, Physicist, and Meteorologist

# saussurehoracebenedictde

SAVAGE, CHARLES ALEXANDER (1814-?) Railroad Executive & Notable Resident of Quincy, Illinois; As General Manager of the Quincy & Toledo Railroad, transported supplies and troops for General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army during the Civil War

# savagecharlesalexander

SAVAGE, JOHN HOUSTON (1815-1904) Confederate Colonel – 16th Tennessee Infantry; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1849-53 & 1855-59

# savagejohnhouston

SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841-1918) American Unitarian Minister & Author

# savageminotjudson

SAWTELLE, CHARLES GREENE (1834-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff Officer to Generals Edwin V. Sumner & Edward R.S. Canby

# sawtellecharlesgreene

 

 

SAWYER, FRANKLIN (1825-92) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Ohio Infantry

# sawyerfranklin

SAXTON, RUFUS (1824-1908) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in the defense of Harpers Ferry, Virginia – May 26-30, 1862

# saxtonrufus

SCALES, ALFRED MOORE (1827-92) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Alabama – 1885-89; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1857-59 & 1875-84

# scalesalfredmoore

SCAMMON, ELIAKIM PARKER (1816-94) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 23rd Ohio Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican & Seminole Wars

# scammoneliakimparker

SCATES, WALTER BENNETT (1808-86) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Attorney General of the State of Illinois – 1836-37; Served as Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court – 1855; Collector of Customs for the Port of Chicago – 1866-69

# scateswalterbennett

SCHACHT, HJALMAR (1877-1970) German Economist & Banker; President of Adolf Hitler’s National Reichsbank, 1933-39, and Minister of Economics, 1934-37

# schachth

SCHENCK, JAMES FINDLAY (1807-82) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Younger Brother of Union General Robert Cumming Schenck; Veteran of the Mexican War

# schenckjamesfindlay

SCHENCK, ROBERT CUMMING (1809-90) Union Major General; Older Brother of Union Navy Officer James Findlay Schenck; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1843-51 & 1863-71

# schenckrobertcumming

SCHIMMELFENNIG, ALEXANDER (1824-65) Prussian-born Union Brigadier General

# schimmelfennigalexander

SCHNEIDER, GEORGE (1823-1905) German-Born American Abolitionist Newspaperman in St. Louis, Missouri & Chicago, Illinois

# schneidergeorge

SCHOEPF, ALBIN FRANCISCO (1822-86) Polish-born Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

# schoepfalbinfrancisco

SCHOFIELD, GEORGE WHEELER (1833-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Namesake of the Schofield Revolver; Brother of Union General John M. Schofield

# schofieldgeorgewheeler

SCHOFIELD, JOHN McALLISTER (1831-1906) Union Major General – Awarded the Medal of Honor; U.S. Secretary of War – 1868-69; Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy – 1876-81; Commanding General of the U.S. Army – 1888-95

# schofieldjohnmcallister

SCHURZ, CARL (1829-1906) Prussian-born Union Major General; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1877-81; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1869-75; Veteran of the German Revolutions of 1848-49

# schurzcarl

SCHUYLER, PHILIP (1733-1804) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Member of the Continental Congress – 1775; U.S. Senator – New York – 1789-91 & 1797-98

# schuylerphilip

SCHWAN, THEODORE (1841-1926) Union Officer; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Peebles Farm, Virginia – October 1, 1864; Promoted to Brigadier General during the Spanish-American War

# schwantheodore

SCOTT, JOHN, 1st EARL OF ELDON (1751-1838) Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain – 1801-06 & 1807-27

# scottjohnearleldon

SCOTT, MARIA DeHART MAYO (1789-1862) Wife of General Winfield Scott

# scottmariadehartmayo

SCOTT, ROBERT KINGSTON (1826-1900) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 68th Ohio Infantry; Governor of South Carolina – 1868-72

# scottrobertkingston

SCOTT, WALTER (1771-1832) Scottish Historical Novelist & Poet; Authored Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian, and The Bride of Lammermoor

# scottsirwalter

SCOTT, WILLARD (1808-?) Early Pioneer & Settler of Naperville, Illinois

# scottwillard

SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866) Union Major General - Virginia; U.S. Presidential Candidate - Whig Party - 1852

# scottwinfield

SCRIBNER’S - Publishing House Founder’s Sons

# scribners

SCRIBNER, CHARLES II (1854-1930) President of Charles Scribner’s Sons – 1879-1928

SCRIBNER, ARTHUR H. (1859-1932) President of Charles Scribner’s Sons – 1928-32

 

SCURRY, WILLIAM READ (1821-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas – April 30, 1864

# scurrywilliamread

SEARLE, JAMES (1739-1797) American Revolutionary-Era Patriot; Member of the Continental Congress – 1778-80

# searlejames

SEARS, CLAUDIUS WISTAR (1817-91) Confederate Brigadier General

# searsclaudiuswistar

SEAWELL, THOMAS DEMPSY (1842-67) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Officer – 10th Missouri Infantry, later Colonel of the 57th U.S. Colored Troops

# seawellthomasdempsy

SEDDON, JAMES A. (1815-80) Confederate Secretary of War – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1845-47 & 1849-51

# seddonjamesa

SEDGWICK, CATHARINE MARIA (1789-1867) American Novelist

# sedgwickcatharinemaria

SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813-64) Union Major General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Spotsylvania – May 9, 1864; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# sedgwickjohn

SEHRING, FREDERICK (1834-92) German-Born Brewer in Joliet, Illinois

# sehringf

SEIBELS, JOHN JACOB (1816-65) Confederate Colonel – 6th Alabama Infantry

# seibelsjohnjacob

SELFRIDGE, JAMES LEVAN (1824-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry

# selfridgejameslevan

SEMMES, PAUL JONES (1815-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg

# semmespauljones

SEMMES, RAPHAEL (1809-77) Confederate Rear Admiral - Alabama

# semmesraphael

SEMMES, THOMAS JENKINS (1824-99) Confederate Lieutenant; Confederate Senator – Louisiana – 1862-65

# semmesthomasjenkins

SEVIER, JOHN (1745-1815) First Governor of Tennessee - 1805-09; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1811-15; U.S Representative – North Carolina – 1790-91; Governor of Franklin - 1785-88

# sevierjohn

SEWALL, FREDERIC DUMMER (1826-1907) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 19th Maine Infantry; Staff Officer to General Oliver O. Howard

# sewallfredericdummer

SEWALL, SAMUEL EDMUND (1799–1888) American Abolitionist & Suffragist

# sewallsamueledmund

SEWARD, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1830-1915) Assistant U.S. Secretary of State – 1861-69 & 1877-79; Son of Civil War Secretary of State Wiliam H. Seward

# sewardfrederickwilliam

SEWARD, JAMES LINDSAY (1813-86) U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1853-59

# sewardjameslindsay

SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (1801-72) U.S. Secretary of State - 1861-69; Governor of New York – 1839-42; U.S. Senator – New York – 1849-61

# sewardwilliamhenry

SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY, JR. (1839-1920) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery; Youngest son of Civil War Secretary of State William Henry Seward

# sewardwilliamhenryjr

SEWELL, WILLIAM JOYCE (1835-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Chancellorsville - May 3, 1863; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1881-87 & 1895-1901

# sewellwilliamjoyce

SEXTON, FRANKLIN BARLOW (1828-1900) Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1862-65

# sextonfranklinbarlow

SEYMOUR, HORATIO (1810-86) Governor of New York – 1853-54 & 1863-64; U.S. Presidential Candidate on the Democratic Ticket - 1868

# seymourhoratio

SEYMOUR, ORIGEN STORRS (1804-81) U.S. Representative – Connecticut – 1851-55; Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court – 1873-74

# seymourorigenstorrs

SEYMOUR, THOMAS HART (1807-68) Governor of Connecticut – 1850-53; U.S. Representative – Connecticut - 1843-45

# seymourthomashart

SEYMOUR, TRUMAN (1824-91) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & Third Seminole Wars

# seymourtruman

SEYMOUR-CONWAY, FRANCIS CHARLES, 3rd MARQUESS OF HERTFORD (1777-1842) British Politician & Art Collector; Member of Parliament – 1797-1818 & 1820-22

# seymourconwayfrancischarles

SHACKELFORD, JAMES MURRELL (1827-1907) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 25th Kentucky Union Infantry & the 8th Kentucky Union Cavalry

# shackelfordjamesmurrell

SHACKLETON, ERNEST HENRY (1874-1922) British Polar Explorer

# shackletonernesthenry

SHALER, ALEXANDER (1827-1911) Union Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 65th New York Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia - May 3, 1863

# shaleralexander

SHANKS, JOHN PETER CLEAVER (1826-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th Indiana Cavalry; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1861-63 & 1867-75

# shanksjuohnpetercleaver

SHARP, JACOB H. (1833-1907) Confederate Brigadier General; Mississippi State Congressman

# sharpjacobh

SHAW, JAMES (?-?) Irish-Born Methodist Episcopal Minister in Farmer City, Illinois

# shawjames

SHELBY, ISAAC (1750-1826) Governor of Kentucky – 1792-96 & 1812-16; Served in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812

# shelbyisaac

SHELBY, JOSEPH ORVILLE (1830-97) Confederate Brigadier General - Missouri

# shelbyjosephorville

SHELLEY, CHARLES MILLER (1833-1907) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1877-85

# shelleycharlesmiller

SHEPARD, WILLIAM HENRY (1836-88) Prominent Attorney in Cambridge, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1872

# shepardwilliamhenry

SHEPHARD, WILLIAM (1816-75) English-Born Merchant, Banker & Railroad Executive in Grafton and Jerseyville, Illinois; Illinois State Senator – 1867-71

# shephardwilliam

Official in the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Jacksonville, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad, and the Houston & Great Northern Railroad

 

SHEPLEY, GEORGE FOSTER (1819-78) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Maine Infantry; Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana – 1862; Governor of Louisiana – 1862-64

# shepleygeorgefoster

SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-88) Union Major General; General & Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army – 1883-88

# sheridanphiliphenry

SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish Playwright, Writer, and Whig Politician; Treasurer of the Navy – 1806-07; Member of Parliament – 1780-1812

# sheridanrichardbrinsleybutler

SHERMAN, ELIJAH BERNIS (1832-1910) Union Second Lieutenant – 9th Vermont Infantry, during the American Civil War; Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois; Elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1876

# shermanelijahbernis

SHERMAN, ELLEN BOYLE EWING (1824-88) Wife of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman; Daughter of Thomas Ewing – Secretary of the Treasury – 1841 & Secretary of the Interior – 1849-50

# shermanellenewing

SHERMAN, FRANCIS TROWBRIDGE (1825–1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 88th Illinois Infantry

# shermanfrancistrowbridge

SHERMAN, JOHN (1823-1900) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1877-81; U.S. Secretary of State – 1897-98; Presidential Candidate – 1880, 1884 & 1888; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1861-77 & 1881-97; Brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman

# shermanjohn

SHERMAN, THOMAS WEST (1813-79) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# shermanthomaswest

SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH (1820-91) Union Major General; General and Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army – 1869-83; Veteran of the Second Seminole War & the postbellum western Indian Wars

# shermanwilliamtecumseh

SHERRILL, ELIAKIM (1813-63) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 126th New York Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – July 3, 1863; U.S. Representative – New York – 1847-49

# sherrilleliakim

SHERWOOD, GEORGE (1828-93) Prominent Publisher of School Books in Chicago, Illinois

# sherwood

SHERWOOD, ISAAC RUTH (1835-1925) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 111th Ohio Infantry; U.S. Representative – 1873-75, 1907-21, and 1923-25; Mayor of Toledo, Ohio - 1861

# sherwoodisaacruth

SHEWMAKE, JOHN TROUP ( 1828-98) Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65

# shewmakejohntroup

SHIELDS, JAMES (1806-79) Irish-born Union Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Illinois – 1849-55, Minnesota Territory – 1857-58, Minnesota – 1858-59, and Missouri – 1879; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# shieldsjames

SHIPLEY, CHARLES (1755-1815) Major General in the British Army; Colonial Governor of Grenada – 1813-15

# shipleycharles

SHIPPEN, EDWARD, IV (1729-1806) Justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court – 1791-1805 - appointed Chief Justice in 1799; Impeached in 1804, but was acquitted by the Pennsylvania Senate

# shippenedwardIV

SHIRAS, ALEXANDER EAKIN (1812-75) Union Brevet Major General

# shirasalexandereakin

SHIRAS, GEORGE, JR. (1832-1924) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1892-1903

# shirasgeorgejr

SHIRLEY, THOMAS (1827-?) Prominent Attorney in Chicago, Illinois; Appointed Lieutenant Colonel & Commander of the Washington Independent Regiment State Militia of Chicago by Governor Richard Yates in 1860

# shirleythomas

SHIRLEY, WILLIAM (1694-1771) British Governor of Colonial Massachusetts - 1741-49 & 1753-56; Governor of the Bahamas – 1760-68

# shirleywilliam

SHORTER, JOHN GILL (1818-72) Confederate Congressman - 1861; Governor of Alabama – 1861-63

# shorterjohngill

SHOUP, FRANCIS ASBURY (1834-96) Confederate Brigadier General

# shoupfrancisasbury

SHOUP, GEORGE LAIRD (1836-1904) Union Colonel – 3rd Colorado Cavalry; Governor of Idaho Territory – 1889-90; First Governor of Idaho – 1890; U.S. Senator – Idaho – 1890-1901

# shoupgeorgelaird

SIBLEY, HENRY HASTINGS (1811-91) Union Brigadier General; First Governor of Minnesota – 1858-60; U.S. Representative – Minnesota Territory – 1849-53; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin Territory – 1848-49; Veteran of the Dakota War of 1862

# sibleyhenryhastings

SIBLEY, HENRY HOPKINS (1816-86) Confederate Brigadier General

# sibleyhenryhopkins

SICKLES, DANIEL EDGAR (1819-1914) Union Major General; U.S. Congressman – New York – 1857-61 & 1893-95

# sicklesdanieledgar

SIDELL, WILLIAM HENRY (1810-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals William S. Rosecrans & Don Carlos Buell

# sidellwilliamhenry

SIGEL, FRANZ (1824-1902) German-born Union Major General

# sigelfranz

SIGFRIED, JOSHUA K. (1832-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry

# sigfriedjoshuak

SILL, JOSHUA WOODROW (1831-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Ohio Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Stone’s River, Tennessee – December 31, 1862

# silljoshuawoodrow

SIMMONS, JAMES FOWLER (1795-1864) U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1841-47 & 1857-62

# simmonsjamesfowler

SIMMS, JAMES PHILLIP (1837-87) Confederate Brigadier General

# simmsjamesphillip

SIMMS, WILLIAM ELLIOTT (1822-98) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel of Kentucky Cavalry; Confederate Senator – Kentucky – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1859-61

# simmswilliamelliott

SIMONS, JAMES (1813-79) Confederate Brigadier General – 4th South Carolina Militia

# simonsjames

SIMONS, SAMUEL (1792-1847) U.S. Congressman – Connecticut – 1843-45; Director of the Housatonic Railroad

# simonssamuel

SIMONSON, JOHN SMITH (1796-1881) Union Brevet Brigadier General; U.S. Army Colonel – 3rd U.S. Cavalry; Veteran of the War of 1812 & the Mexican War

# simnonsonjohnsmith

SIMONTON, CHARLES HENRY (1829-1904) Confederate Colonel – 25th South Carolina Infantry

# simontoncharleshenry

SIMPSON, EDWARD (1824-88) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Mexican War

# simpsonedward

SIMPSON, JAMES HERVEY (1813-83) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 4th New Jersey Infantry

# simpsonjameshervey

SIMPSON, MARCUS DE LAFAYETTE (1824-1909) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# simpsonmarcusdelafayette

SIMPSON, WILLIAM DUNLAP (1823-90) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1863-65; Governor of South Carolina – 1879-80

# simpsonwilliamdunlap

SINCLAIR, UPTON BEALL, JR. (1878-1968) American Writer & Political Activist

# sinclairuptonbealljr

* Image courtesy and by permission of the Eugene V. Debs Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana.

SINCLAIR, WILLIAM (?-?) U.S. Navy Purser

# sinclairwilliam

SINGLETON, JAMES WASHINGTON (1811-92) U.S. Representative - Illinois – 1879-83; Illinois state legislator & prominent resident of Quincy, Illinois

# singletonjameswashington

SINGLETON, OTHO ROBARDS (1814-89) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1853-55, 1857-61, and 1875-87

# singletonothorobards

SLAUGHTER, JAMES EDWIN (1827-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# slaughterjamesedwin

SLEMMER, ADAM JACOBY (1828-68) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole War

# slemmeradamjacoby

SLEMONS, WILLIAM FERGUSON (1830-1918) Confederate Colonel – 2nd Arkansas Cavalry; U.S. Representative – Arkansas - 1875-81

# slemonswilliamferguson

SLIDELL, JOHN (1793-1871) Confederate Diplomat – most remembered for the “Trent Affair”; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1853-61; U.S. Representative – Louisiana – 1843-45

# slidelljohn

SLOAN, JOHN BALES EARLE (1829-1906) Confederate Colonel – 4th South Carolina Infantry

# sloanjohnbalesearle

SLOCUM, HENRY WARNER, SR. (1827-94) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole War; U.S. Representative – New York – 1883-85

# slocumhenrywarnersr

SLOSSON, ENOS (1817-?) Businessman & Real Estate Speculator in Chicago, Illinois – 1850s-70s

# slossonenos

SLOUGH, JOHN POTTS (1829-67) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Colorado Infantry; Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Court – 1866-67; Assassinated on December 15, 1867

# sloughjohnpotts

SMITH BROTHERS, INCORPORATED

# smithbrothers

Grandsons of the Inventors of Smith Brothers Cough Drops

SMITH, WILLIAM WALLACE II (1888-1955) President of Smith Brothers, Inc.
SMITH, ROBERT LANSING (1890-1962) Secretary of Smith Brothers, Inc.

 

SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-97) Union Major General; Colonel of the 2nd California Cavalry; Veteran of the Seminole, Mexican, and western Indian Wars; Appointed Postmaster of St. Louis, Missouri by President Grant in 1869

# smithandrewjackson

SMITH, BEVERLY, Mother of Punk-Rock Pioneer & Poet, Patti Smith

# smithbeverly

SMITH, CALEB BLOOD (1808-64) U.S. Interior Secretary – 1861-63; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1843-49

# smithcalebblood

SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842-1908) American Journalist; U.S. Postmaster General – 1898-1902

# smithcharlesemory

SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807-62) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# smithcharlesferguson

SMITH, CLARK MOULTON (1820-85) Prominent Merchant in Springfield, Illinois; Brother-in-Law of Abraham Lincoln – married Ann Maria Todd, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, in 1846

# smithclarkmoulton

SMITH, DAVID SHEPPARD (1816-?) Renowned Physician in Chicago, Illinois; Founded the Bank of Northern Illinois in Waukegan

# smithdavidsheppard

SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-93) Confederate General - Florida

# smithedmundkirby

SMITH, EDWARD WORTHINGTON (1832-83) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff officer to Major General David Hunter

# smithedwardworthington

* With Generals Alfred H. Terry, George Brown Dandy

SMITH, FRANCIS HENNEY (1812-90) Confederate Colonel – 9th Virginia Infantry; First Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute – 1839-89

# smithfrancishenney

SMITH, GILES ALEXANDER (1829-76) Union Major General; Colonel of the 8th Missouri Infantry

# smithgilesalexander

SMITH, GREEN CLAY (1826-95) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Montana Territory – 1866-69; U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1863-66

# smithgreenclay

SMITH, GUSTAVUS WOODSON (1821-96) Confederate Major General; Interim Confederate Secretary of War - November 1862

# smithgustavuswoodson

SMITH, JAMES ARGYLE (1831-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# smithjamesargyle

SMITH, JAMES MILTON (1823-90) Confederate Colonel – 13th Georgia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1864-65; Governor of Georgia – 1872-77

# smithjamesmilton

SMITH, JOHN CORSON (1832-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 96th Illinois Infantry - heavily engaged, losing over fifty percent of its number at the Battle of Chickamauga

# smithjohncorson

SMITH, JOHN EUGENE (1816-97) Swiss-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 45th Illinois Infantry

# smithjohneugene

SMITH, JOSEPH (1790-1877) Union Navy Officer, promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral – July 16, 1862; Veteran of the War of 1812 & the Mexican War

# smithjoseph

SMITH, JOSEPH ROWE (1802-68) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# smithjosephrowe

SMITH, JOSEPH SEWALL (1836-1919) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd Maine Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Virginia – October 27-28, 1864

# smithjosephsewall

SMITH, MARTIN LUTHER (1819-66) Confederate Major General

# smithmartinluther

SMITH, MELANCTON (1810-93) U.S. Navy Officer; Veteran of the Seminole Wars and the American Civil War

# smithmelancton

SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822-74) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 8th Missouri Infantry

# smithmorganlewis

SMITH, PATTI (1947- ) American Musician & Poet; Punk-Rock Pioneer

# smithpatti

SMITH, PRESTON (1823-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 19, 1863

# smithpreston

SMITH, ROBERT HARDY (1813-78) Confederate Colonel – 36th Alabama Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1861-62

# smithroberthardy

SMITH, ROBERT JORDAN (1836-?) Prominent Insurance Company Executive in Chicago, Illinois

# smithrobertjordan

SMITH, THOMAS BENTON (1838-1923) Confederate Brigadier General

# smiththomasbenton

SMITH, THOMAS CHURCH HASKELL (1819–1897) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Ohio Cavalry

# smiththomaschurchhaskell

SMITH, THOMAS KILBY (1820-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 54th Ohio Infantry

# smiththomaskilby

SMITH, TRUMAN (1791-1884) U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1849-54; Appointed as judge to the court for the suppression of the slave trade by President Lincoln – 1862-70

# smithtruman

SMITH, WILLIAM DUNCAN (1825-62) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Died of Yellow Fever

# smithwilliamduncan

SMITH, WILLIAM EPHRAIM (1829-90) Confederate Officer – 4th Georgia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – 1864-65; U.S. Representative – Georgia - 1875-81

# smithwilliamephraim

SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR “BALDY” (1824-1903) Union Major General; Colonel of the 3rd Vermont Infantry

# smithwilliamfarrar

SMITH, WILLIAM NATHAN HARRELL (1812-89) Confederate Congressman – 1862-65; U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1859-61

# smithwilliamnathanharrell

SMITH, WILLIAM RUSSELL (1815-96) Confederate Colonel – 26th Alabama Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1851-57

# smithwilliamrussell

SMITH, WILLIAM SOOY (1830-1916) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th Ohio Infantry

# smithwilliamsooy

SMITH, WILLIAM “EXTRA BILLY” (1797-1887) Confederate Major General; Governor of Virginia – 1846-49; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1841-43 & 1853-61

# smithwilliamextrabilly

SMYTH, THOMAS ALFRED (1832-65) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Delaware Infantry; Last Union General to be mortally wounded or killed-in-action during the American Civil War – died April 9, 1865

# smyththomasalfred

SNEAD, THOMAS LOWNDES (1828-90) Confederate Colonel – Served on the staff of General Sterling Price; Confederate Congressman – Missouri – 1864-65

# sneadthomaslowndes

SOMERSET, HENRY CHARLES, 6th DUKE OF BEAUFORT (1766-1835) British Soldier during the French Revolutionary Wars; Member of Parliament – 1788-1803

# somersethenrycharles

SORREL, GILBERT MOXLEY (1838-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – Served on the staff of General James Longstreet

# sorrelgilbertmoxley

SOUFFLOT, JACQUES-GERMAIN (1713-80) French Neoclassical Architect

# soufflotjg

SOULE, PIERRE (1801-70) Confederate Brigadier General – Served on the staff of General P.G.T. Beauregard; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1847 & 1849-53

# soulepierre

SOYER, RAFAEL (1899-1987) Russian-born American Painter

# soyerrafael

SPAIGHT, ASHLEY WOOD (1821-1911) Confederate Colonel – 21st Texas Infantry

# spaightashleywood

SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866) American Historian, Educator, and Unitarian Minister; Published “The Writings of George Washington” – 1834-37 & 1842; President of Harvard College – 1849-53

# sparksjared

SPARROW, EDWARD (1810-82) Confederate Senator – Louisiana – 1862-65; Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-62

# sparrowedward

SPAULDING, OLIVER L. (1833-1922) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 23rd Michigan Infantry

# spauldingoliverl

SPEED, JAMES (1812-87) U.S. Attorney General – 1864-66

# speedjames

SPEER, ALBERT (1905-81) Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany

# speeralbert

SPENCER, DAVID DIEFFENDORFF (1836-?) Prominent Banker in Chicago, Illinois; Organized the Elkhorn Bank in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and the Grundy County Bank in Morris, Illinois; President of The State Savings Institution in Chicago

# spencerdaviddieffendorff

SPENCER, GEORGE ELIPHAZ (1836-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Alabama Union Cavalry; Staff officer to Generals John M. Thayer & Grenville M. Dodge; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1868-79

# spencergeorgeeliphaz

SPENCER, GEORGE JOHN, 2nd EARL SPENCER (1758-1834) British Politician; Home Secretary – 1806-07; First Lord of the Admiralty – 1794-1801; Member of Parliament – 1780-83

# spencergeorgejohn2ndearl

SPENCER, JOHN WINCHELL (1801-78) Early Settler & Prominent Citizen of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois; Lieutenant of the Rock River Rangers during the Black Hawk War - 1832

# spencerjohnwinchell

SPINNER, FRANCIS ELIAS (1802-90) U.S. Treasurer - 1861-75; U.S. Congressman – New York – 1855-61

# spinnerfranciselias

SPINOLA, FRANCIS BARRETTO (1821-91) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – New York – 1887-91

# spinolafrancisspinola

SPRAGUE, JOHN WILSON (1817-93) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 63rd Ohio Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at Decatur, Georgia – July 22, 1864

# spraguejohnwilson

SPRAGUE, WILLIAM, IV (1830-1915) Governor of Rhode Island – 1860-63; U.S. Senator – Rhode Island – 1863-75

# spraguewilliamiv

SQUIRE, WATSON CARVOSSO (1838-1926) Union Officer – 7th Ohio Sharpshooters; Governor of Washington Territory – 1884-87; U.S. Senator – Washington – 1889-97

# squirewatsoncarvosso

ST. JOHN, ISAAC MUNROE (1827-80) Confederate Brigadier General

# stjohnisaacmunroe

STAGER, ANSON (1825-85) Union Brevet Brigadier General, head of the Military Telegraph Department during the American Civil War

# stageranson

STAGG, PETER (1836-84) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Michigan Cavalry

# staggpeter

STAHEL, JULIUS H. (1825-1912) Hungarian-born Union Major General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th New York Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at Piedmont, Virginia – June 5, 1864; Veteran of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

# staheljuliush

STALIN, JOSEPH (1878-1953) Georgian-Born Russian Revolutionary; Leader of the Soviet Union - 1927-53

# stalinjoseph

STANDISH, MYLES (c. 1584-1656) English Military Officer, hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony; Commander of Plymouth Colony Militia – 1621-56

# standishmyles

STANLEY, DAVID SLOANE (1828-1902) Union Major General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee – November 30, 1864; Veteran of the western Indian Wars

# stanleydavidsloane

STANLEY, HENRY MORTON (1841-1904) Welch-American Journalist, Author, and Explorer - famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone

# stanleyhenrymorton

Served in both the Union and Confederate Armies - along with the U.S. Navy - during the American Civil War

STANLEY, TIMOTHY ROBBINS (1810-74) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 18th Ohio Infantry

# stanleytimothyrobbins

STANNARD, GEORGE JERRISON (1820-86) Union Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Vermont Infantry; Colonel of the 9th Vermont Infantry

# stannardgeorgejerrison

STANTON, EDWIN McMASTERS (1814-69) U.S. Secretary of War – 1862-68; US. Attorney General – 1860-61

# stantonedwinmcmasters

STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902) American Social Reformer; Author, Lecturer & Early Suffrage Movement Leader

# stantonelizabethcady

STANTON, RICHARD HENRY (1812-91) U.S. Representative - Kentucky – 1849-55

# stantonrh

STAPLES, WALLER REDD (1826-97) Confederate Congressman – 1862-65; Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

# stapleswallerredd

STAPP, JAMES T.B. (1804-82) Soldier in the Black Hawk War – 1832; Served in the 3rd Illinois Volunteers during the Mexican War; Appointed Receiver of the U.S. Land Office at Vandalia, Illinois by President Zachary Taylor

# stappjamestb

STARK, BENJAMIN (1820-98) U.S. Senator – Oregon – 1861-62

# starkbenjamin

STARK, JOHN (1728-1822) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Served in the French & Indian War; Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire

# starkjohn

STARK, LLOYD C. (1886-1972) Governor of Missouri – 1937-41; Officer in the U.S. Army during World War I; Co-owner of Stark Brothers’ Nursery in Louisiana, Missouri

# starklloydc

STARKWEATHER, JOHN CONVERSE (1829-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry

# starkweatherjohnconverse

STEEDMAN, CHARLES S. (1811-90) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Mexican War

# steedmancharless

STEEDMAN, JAMES BLAIR (1817-83) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th Ohio Infantry; Veteran of the Texas War of Independence

# steedmanjamesblair

STEEL, WILLIAM A. (1836-79) American Businessman, known for establishing the largest stone quarry company in the U.S. at the time; Mayor of Joliet, Illinois – 1869-73 & 1875-76

# steelwilliama

Organized and served as Major of the National Iron Works Battalion in St. Louis, building gunboats for the Union during the American Civil War

STEELE, FREDERICK (1819-68) Union Major General; Colonel of the 8th Iowa Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# steelefrederick

STEELE, WILLIAM (1819-85) Confederate Brigadier General - Texas

# steelewilliam

STENGER, JOHN (1825-1911) German-Born Brewer in Naperville, Illinois

# 8914

STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1812-83) Confederate Vice President; U.S. Congressman – Georgia – 1843-59 & 1873-82; Governor of Georgia – 1882-83

# stephensalexanderhamilton

* Unsteady, atypical early signature from a time of poor health.

STEPHENS, ISAAC INGALLS (1818-62) Union Major General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chantilly – September 1, 1862; First Governor of the Washington Territory – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Washington Territory – 1857-61; Veteran of the Mexican War

# stephensisaacingalls

STEPHENS, WILLIAM HENRY (?-?) Confederate Colonel – 6th Tennessee Infantry

# stephenswilliamhenry

STETSON, LEMUEL (1804-68) U.S. Representative – New York – 1843-45

# stetsonlemuel

STEUART, GEORGE HUME (1828-1903) Confederate Brigadier General

# steuartgeorgehume

STEVENS, AARON FLETCHER (1819-87) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; U.S. Representative – New Hampshire – 1867-71

# stevensaaronfletcher

STEVENS, CLEMENT HOFFMAN (1821-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Peachtree Creek, during the Atlanta Campaign – July 20, 1864

# stevensclementhoffman

STEVENS, THADDEUS (1792-1868) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1849-53 & 1859-68

# stevensthaddeus

STEVENS, THOMAS HOLDUP, JR. (1819-96) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral

# stevensthomasholdupjr

STEVENS, WALTER HUSTED (1827-67) Confederate Brigadier General

# stevenswalterhusted

STEVENSON, CARTER LITTLEPAGE, JR. (1817-88) Confederate Major General

# stevensoncarterlittlepagejr

STEVENSON, JOHN DUNLAP (1821-97) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th Missouri Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# stevensonjohndunlap

STEVENSON, THOMAS GREELY (1836-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia – May 10, 1864

# stevensonthomasgreely

STEWART, ALEXANDER (ca 1739-1794 ) British Lieutenant Colonel during the American Revolutionary War; Major General in the British Army – 1790; British Member of Parliament – 1786-94

# stewartalexander

STEWART, ALEXANDER PETER (1821-1908) Confederate Lieutenant General - Tennessee

# stewartalexanderpeter

STEWART, ANDREW (1791-1872) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1821-29, 1831-35, and 1843-49

# stewartandrew

STEWART, CHARLES (1778-1869) Union Navy Officer, promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Barbary Wars & the War of 1812

# stewartcharles

STEWART, DONALD OGDEN (1894-1980) American Screenwriter & Actor

# stewartdonaldogden

STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828) Scottish Philosopher & Mathematician

# stewartdugald

STEWART, ROBERT, 2nd MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY (1769-1822) British Statesman & Politician; Member of Parliament – 1794-97 & 1801-22

# stewartrobert2ndmarquessoflondonderry

STODDERT, BENJAMIN (1751-1813) First U.S. Navy Secretary – 1798-1801; Continental Army Cavalry Captain

# stoddertbenjamin

STOKES, JAMES HUGHES (1816-90) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Creek & Seminole Wars

# stokesjameshughes

STOKES, WILLIAM BRICKLY (1814-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 5th Tennessee Cavalry; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1859-61 & 1866-71

# stokeswilliambrickly

 

 

STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-87) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# stonecharlespomeroy

STONE, HORATIO ODELL (1811-77) Prominent Merchant & Real Estate Speculator in Chicago, Illinois

# stonehoratioodell

STONE, JAMES W. (1813-54) U.S. Representative from Kentucky – 1843-45 & 1851-53

# stonejw

STONE, SAMUEL (1798-1876) Colonel of the 18th New York State Militia in the 1830s; Organized and drilled new regiments at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois during the American Civil War

# stonesamuel

STONEMAN, GEORGE, JR. (1822-94) Union Major General of Cavalry; Veteran of the Mexican & Yuma Wars; Governor of California – 1883-87

# stonemangeorgejr

STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1812-45; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts - 1808-09

# storyjoseph

STOUGHTON, EDWIN HENRY (1838-68) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Vermont Infantry

# stoughtonedwinhenry

STOUGHTON, WILLIAM LEWIS (1827-88) Union Brevet Major General; Union Colonel – 11th Michigan Infantry; U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1869-73

# stoughtonwilliamlewis

STOVALL, MARCELLUS AUGUSTUS (1818-95) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# stovallmarcellusaugustus

STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER (1811-96) American Abolitionist Writer – Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

# stoweharrietbeecher

STRAHL, OTHO F. (1831-64) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Franklin – November 30, 1864

# strahlothof

STREICHER, JULIUS (1885-1946) German Publisher, Politician, and Nazi Propagandist

# streicherjulius

STRINDBERG, JOHAN AUGUST (1849-1912) Swedish Playwright & Novelist

# strindbergjohanaugust

STRINGHAM, SILAS HORTON (1798-1876) Union Navy Officer, promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on August 1, 1862; Veteran of the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the Mexican War

# stringhamsilashorton

STRONG, GEORGE CROCKETT (1832-63) Union Major General; Mortally wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina – July 18, 1863

# stronggeorgecrockett

STRONG, JAMES G. (?-?) Prominent Resident of Dwight, Illinois

# strongjg

STRONG, WILLIAM (1808-95) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1870-80; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1847-51

# strongwilliam

STRONG, WILLIAM KERLEY (1805-67) Union Brigadier General; War-time Commander of the District of Cairo, Illinois, the District of St. Louis, Missouri, and Benton Barracks

# strongwilliamkerley

STROTHER, DAVID HUNTER (1816-88) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry

# strotherdavidhunter

STUART, CHARLES EDWARD (1720-88) Grandson of King James II of England, the Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain after 1766 as "Charles III," also known as "the Young Pretender"

# stuartcharlesedward

STUART, GILBERT CHARLES (1755-1828) American Portrait Painter

# stuartgilbertcharles

STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN "JEB" (1833-64) Confederate Major General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia – May 11, 1864

# stuartjamesewellbrown

STUART, JOHN TODD (1807-85) Law Partner of Abraham Lincoln – 1837-41: U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1839-43 & 1863-65; Veteran of the Black Hawk War

# stuartjohntodd

STURGIS, SAMUEL DAVIS (1822-89) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican & western Indian Wars

# sturgissamueldavis

SUGG, CYRUS ALEXANDRIAN (1833-64) Confederate Colonel – 50th Tennessee Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee – died on January 25, 1864

# suggcyrusalexandrian

SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH CUTLER (1830-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th Indiana Infantry; Served in the U.S. Navy – 1848-54; Veteran of the Mexican War

# sullivanjeremiahcutler

SULLY, ALFRED (1820-79) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry; Veteran of the Seminole, Mexican, and western Indian Wars

# sullyalfred

SUMNER, CHARLES (1811-74) Abolitionist U.S. Senator – 1851-74; Severely beaten on the senate floor by South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks in 1856

# sumnercharles

* With Abraham Lincoln, Quincy A Gillmore, Henry Wilson

SUMNER, EDWIN VOSE (1797-1863) Union Major General; Veteran of the Black Hawk, Mexican, and Indian Wars

# sumneredwinvose

SUMTER, THOMAS (1734-1832) American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General in the Continental Army; U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1789-93 & 1797-1801; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1801-10; Namesake of Sumter, South Carolina & Fort Sumter

# sumterthomas

SWAN, WILLIAM GRAHAM (1821-69) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-65; Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee – 1855-56

# swanwilliamgraham

SWAYNE, NOAH HAYNES (1804-84) Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1862-81; Father of Civil War Union General Wager Swayne

# swaynenoahhaynes

SWAYNE, WAGER (1834-1902) Union Major General; Colonel of the 43rd Ohio Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi – October 4, 1862; Son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Noah H. Swayne

# swaynewager

SWEENY, THOMAS WILLIAM (1820-92) Irish-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 52nd Illinois Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican & Yuma Wars

# sweenythomaswilliam

SWEITZER, NELSON BOWMAN (1828-98) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff Officer to General George B. McClellan; Union Colonel – 16th New York Cavalry & 3rd New York Provisional Cavalry

# sweitzernelsonbowman

SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish Essayist, Satirist, and Political Pamphleteer

# swiftj

SYDNEY, LADY MORGAN (1781-1859) Irish Novelist, best known as the author of “The Wild Irish Girl”

# sydneyladymorgan

SYKES, GEORGE (1802-80) U.S. Representative – New Jersey – 1843-45 & 1845-47

# sykesgeorge

SYKES, GEORGE (1822-80) Union Major General; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars

# sykesgeorge

SYPHER, JACOB H. (1837-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 11th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery; U.S. Congressman – Louisiana – 1868-69 & 1870-75

# sypherjacobh

TAFT, HELEN HERRON (1861-1943) U.S. First Lady – 1909-13; Wife of U.S. President William Howard Taft

# tafthelenh

TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD (1857-1930) Twenty-Seventh U.S. President - 1909-13; Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court – 1921-30; U.S. Secretary of War - 1904-08

# taftwilliamhoward

TALIAFERRO, WILLIAM BOOTH (1822-98) Confederate Brigadier General; Colonel of the 23rd Virginia Infantry

# taliaferrowilliambooth

TALLEY, ALEXANDER NICHOLAS (1827-67) Confederate Surgeon; Executive Medical Officer in South Carolina - 1861

# talleyalexandernicholas

TANEY, ROGER B. (1777-1864) Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court - 1836-64, appointed by Andrew Jackson & remembered for ruling in the “Dred Scott” decision; U.S. Attorney General – 1831-33; U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1833-34

# taneyrogerb

TAPPAN, JAMES CAMP (1825-1906) Confederate Brigadier General - Arkansas

# tappanjamescamp

TATGE, CONRAD (1827-97) German-Born Farmer & Government Official in Crete, Will County, Illinois

# tatgeconrad

TATTNALL, JOSIAH, III (1795-1871) Confederate Commodore

# tattnalljosiahIII

TAYLOR, EZRA (1819-85) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery; Served on the staff of General William Tecumseh Sherman

# taylorezra

TAYLOR, JOSEPH PANNELL (1796-1864) Union Brigadier General; Younger brother of U.S. President Zachary Taylor; Veteran of the War of 1812

# taylorjosephpannell

TAYLOR, MARGARET MACKALL (1788-1852) U.S. First Lady – 1849-50; Wife of President Zachary Taylor

# taylormargaretmackall

TAYLOR, NELSON (1821-94) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 72nd New York Infantry; U.S. Representative – New York – 1865-67; Veteran of the Mexican War

# taylornelson

TAYLOR, RICHARD (1826-79) Confederate Lieutenant General – Louisiana; Son of U.S. President Zachary Taylor

# taylorrichard

TAYLOR, SUSIE KING (1848-1912) First African-American Nurse during the American Civil War; Wrote & self-published her memoirs, “Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers”

# taylorsusieking

TAYLOR, THOMAS HART (1825-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# taylorthomashart

TAYLOR, WALTER HERRON (1838-1916) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – Staff Officer to Confederate General Robert E. Lee

# taylorwalterherron

TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850) Twelfth U.S. President - 1849-50; U.S. Army Major General – Mexican War; Served in the War of 1812 & Second Seminole War

# taylorzachary

TENNEY, DANIEL KENT (1834-1915) Prominent Citizen & Attorney in Chicago, Illinois and Madison, Wisconsin; Namesake of Tenney Park in Madison

# tenneydanielkent

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD (1809-92) English Victorian Poet, known for “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

# tennysonalfredlord

TERRY, ALFRED HOWE (1827-90) Union Major General; Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Infantry; Military Commander of the Dakota Territory – 1866-69 & 1872-86; Veteran of the postbellum western Indian Wars

# terryalfredhowe

* With Brevet Generals George Brown Dandy, Edward Worthington Smith

TERRY, HENRY DWIGHT (1812-69) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 5th Michigan Infantry

# terryhenrydwight

TERRY, WILLIAM (1824-88) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Virginia - 1871-73 & 1875-77

# terrywilliam

TERRY, WILLIAM RICHARD (1827-97) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# terrywilliamrichard

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-63) English Novelist; Best Known for Vanity Fair

# thackeraywilliammakepeace

THATCHER, HENRY KNOX (1806-80) Union Navy Officer, promoted to Rear Admiral on July 25, 1866

# thatcherhenryknox

THAYER, JOHN MILTON (1820-1906) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Nebraska Infantry; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1867-71; Governor of Wyoming Territory – 1875-78; Governor of Nebraska – 1887-92; Veteran of the antebellum plains Indian Wars

# thayerjohnmilton

THIERS, ADOLPHE (1797-1877) French Statesman & Historian; Second Elected President of France & First President of the French Third Republic – 1871-73; Prime Minister of France – 1836 & 1840

# thiersadolphe

THOMAS, ALLEN (1830-1907) Confederate Brigadier General - Louisiana

# thomasallen

THOMAS, BRYAN MOREL (1836-1905) Confederate Brigadier General

# thomasbryanmorel

THOMAS, CHARLES (1797-1878) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# thomascharles

THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-70) Union Major General during the American Civil War, known as the “Rock of Chickamauga”; Veteran of the Mexican War

# thomasgeorgehenry

THOMAS, HENRY GODDARD (1837-97) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd & 19th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiments

# thomashenrygoddard

THOMAS, JAMES HOUSTON (1808-76) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1847-51 & 1859-61

# thomasjameshouston

THOMAS, JOHN (1800-94) Commanded a regiment in the Black Hawk War – 1832; Prominent resident of Belleville, Illinois

# thomasjohn

THOMAS, LORENZO (1804-75) U.S. Army Brigadier & Adjutant General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# thomaslorenzo

THOMAS, STEPHEN (1809-1903) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 8th Vermont Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Cedar Creek – October 19, 1864

# thomasstephen

THOMAS, WILLIAM H. (1805-93) Confederate Colonel - North Carolina; Commanded Thomas’s Cherokee Legion; White Chief of the Oconaluftee Cherokee

# thomaswilliamh

THOMPSON, JACOB (1810-85) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel & Inspector General of the Confederate Army; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1857-61; U.S. Congressman – Mississippi - 1839-51

# thompsonjacob

THOMPSON, MERIWETHER JEFFERSON (1826-76) Confederate Brigadier General of Missouri Militia; Mayor of St. Joseph, Missouri – 1857-60

# thompsonmeriwetherjefferson

THOMPSON, WILLIAM (1813-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Iowa Cavalry; Served on the staff of Brigadier General John W. Davidson; U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1847-50

# thompsonwilliam

THORP, THOMAS JONES (1837-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st New York Dragoons

# thorpthomasjones

THROCKMORTON, JAMES WEBB (1825-94) Confederate Brigadier General of Texas Troops; Governor of Texas – 1866-67; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1875-79 & 1883-87

# throckmortonjameswebb

THURMAN, ALLEN GRANBERRY (1813-95) U.S. Senator - 1869-81; U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1845-47

# thurmanallengranberry

THURSTON, BENJAMIN BABCOCK (1804-86) U.S. Representative - Rhode Island – 1847-49 & 1851-57

# thurstonbenjaminbabcock

TIBBATTS, JOHN WOOLESTON (1802-52) U.S. Representative – Kentucky – 1843-47

# tibbattsjohnwooleston

TIBBITS, WILLIAM BADGER (1837-80) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 21st New York Cavalry

# tibbitswilliambadger

TIFFANY, OTIS HENRY (1825-91) Prominent Clergyman in Chicago, Illinois

# tiffanyotishenry

TILDEN, DANIEL ROSE (1804-90) U.S. Congressman – Ohio – 1843-47

# tildendanielrose

TILDEN, SAMUEL JONES (1814-86) Governor of New York – 1875-76; Democratic Candidate for U.S. President in the disputed election of 1876

# tildensamueljones

TILGHMAN, LLOYD (1816-63) Confederate Brigadier General – Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi – May 16, 1863

# tilghmanlloyd

TILGHMAN, TENCH (1744-86) American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army; Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington

# tilghmantench

TILLEY, THOMAS (1834-1908) Union Soldier – 113th Illinois Infantry, the Third Board of Trade Regiment; Saw action at the Battles of Chickasaw Bayou & Arkansas Post; Renowned Chicago, Illinois architect after the Civil War

# tilleythomas

TILLSON, DAVIS (1830-95) Union Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Maine Battery, 1st Mounted Artillery

# tillsondavis

TILTON, THEODORE (1835-1907) American Poet & Abolitionist Newspaper Editor

# tiltontheodore

TIROBOSCHI, GIROLAMO (1731-94) Italian Literary Critic

# tiroboschigirolamo

TODD, JOHN BLAIR SMITH (1814-72) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Dakota Territory – 1861-65; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars

# todjohnblairsmith

TOMPKINS, AMOS F. (1814-84) Prominent Attorney & Real Estate Speculator in Chicago, Illinois

# tompkinsamosf

TOMPKINS, CHARLES HENRY (1834-95) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

# tompkinscharleshenry

TOMPKINS, DANIEL D. (1774-1825) U.S. Vice President - 1817-25; Governor of New York – 1807-17

# tompkinsdanield

TOOMBS, ROBERT A. (1810-85) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Confederate Secretary of State; Member of the Provisional Confederate Congress; U.S. Congressman – Georgia – 1845-53; U.S. Senator – Georgia - 1853-61

# toombsrobert

TORBERT, ALFRED THOMAS ARCHIMEDES (1833-80) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Infantry

# torbertalfredthomasarchimedes

TORRENS, HENRY (1779-1828) British Army Major General

# torrenshenry

TOTTEN, JOSEPH GILBERT (1788-1864) U.S. Army Brigadier General; Veteran of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the American Civil War

# tottenjosephgilbert

TOUCEY, ISAAC (1792-1869) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1857-61; U.S. Senator – Connecticut – 1852-57; U.S. Attorney General – 1848-49; Governor of Connecticut – 1846-47; U.S. Representative – Connecticut - 1835-39

# touceyisaac

TOWER, ZEALOUS BATES (1819-1900) Union Brigadier General; Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – July-September, 1864; Veteran of the Mexican War

# towerzealousbates

TOWNSEND, EDWARD DAVIS (1817-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Adjutant General of the U.S. Army - 1869-80

# townsendedwarddavis

TOWNSHEND, RICHARD WELLINGTON (1840-89) Prominent Attorney in Shawneetown, Illinois; U.S. Representative – Illinois - 1877-89; Officer in the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad Company and the Gallatin National Bank of Shawneetown

# townshendrichardwellington

TRACY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1830-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 109th New York Infantry, later of the 127th U.S. Colored Infantry; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1889-93

# tracybenjaminfranklin

Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of the Wilderness – May 6, 1864

TRACY, EDWARD DORR (1833-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Killled-in-Action at the Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi - May 1, 1863

# tracyedwarddorr

TRACY, FRANK W. (1833-1903) Officer in the First National Bank of Springfield, Illinois

# tracyfrankw

TRAPIER, JAMES HEYWARD (1815-65) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# trapierjamesheyward

TRENHOLM, GEORGE ALFRED (1807-76) South Carolina Businessman, Politician, and Slaveholding Planter; Confederate Treasury Secretary – 1864-65

# trenholmga

TRIMBLE, ISAAC RIDGEWAY (1802-88) Confederate Major General

# trimbleisaacridgeway

TRIPLETT, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1809-94) Confederate Officer – 1st Kentucky Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1864-65

# triplettgeorgewashington

TROTSKY, LEON (1879-1940) Soviet Marxist Revolutionary

# trotskyl

TROWBRIDGE, THOMAS, 1st BARONET (1757-1807) British Royal Navy Officer, promoted to Rear Admiral in 1804; Veteran of the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary, and Napoleonic Wars

# trowbridgethomas1stbaronet

TRUDEAU, JAMES DeBERTY (1817-87) Confederate Physician & Surgeon; Brigadier General of Louisiana Militia

# trudeaujamesdeberty

TRUMAN, ELIZABETH VIRGINIA “BESS” (1885-1982) U.S. First Lady – 1945-53; Wife of U.S. President Harry S. Truman

# trumanbess

TRUMAN, HARRY S. (1884-1972) Thirty-Third U.S. President - 1945-53; U.S. Vice President – 1945; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1935-45

# trumanharrys

TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843) American Artist, known as “The Painter of the Revolution”; Served as Second Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War

# trumbulljohn

TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-85) Colonial & Revolutionary-Era Governor of Connecticut – 1769-84; Continental Army Paymaster General - 1778

# trumbulljonathan

TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813-96) U.S. Senator - Illinois - 1855-73; Co-authored the Thirteenth Amendment – Prohibiting Slavery in the United States

# trumbulllyman

TRUTH, SOJOURNER (1797-1883) Black American Abolitionist

# truthsojourner

TUCKER, TILGHMAN MAYFIELD (1802-59) Governor of Mississippi – 1842-44; U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1843-45

# tuckertilghmanmayfield

TURCHIN, JOHN BASIL (1822-1901) Russian-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 19th Illinois Infantry; Veteran of the Crimean War & the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

# turchinjohnbasil

TURLEY, THOMAS BATTLE (1845-1910) Private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1897-1901

# turleythomasbattle

TURNER, JOHN WESLEY (1833-99) Union Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals David Hunter & Quincy A. Gillmore; Veteran of the Third Seminole War; Helped found Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

# turnerjohnwesley

TURNER, JONATHAN BALDWIN (1805-99) Personal Friend of Abraham Lincoln; Instrumental in establishing Normal University in Bloomington, Illinois; Prominent Farmer & Educator in Jacksonville, Illinois

# turnerjonathanbaldwin

TURNER, JOSIAH, JR. (1821-1901) Confederate Officer – 2nd North Carolina Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – North Carolina – 1864-65

# turnerjosiahjr

TUTTLE, JAMES MADISON (1823-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry

# tuttlejamesmadison

TWEED, WILLIAM MARCY “BOSS” (1823-78) American Politician; Mayor of New York City; U.S. Representative – New York – 1853-55

# tweedwilliammarcy

TWICHELL, JOSEPH H. (1838-1918) Union Chaplain, 71st New York State Volunteers, Excelsior Brigade

# twichelljosephh

TWIGGS, DAVID EMANUEL (1790-1862) Confederate Major General; U.S. Army Brevet Major General – Served from the War of 1812 through the Mexican & Seminole Indian Wars; Namesake of Twiggs County, Georgia

# twiggsdavidemanuel

TYLER, ASHER (1798-1875) U.S. Congressman – New York – 1843-45

# tylerasher

TYLER, DANIEL P., IV (1799-1882) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Connecticut Infantry; Founded the town of Anniston, Alabama in the 1870s

# tylerdanielpVI

TYLER, ERASTUS BERNARD (1822-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 7th Ohio Infantry; Postmaster of Baltimore, Maryland after the American Civil War

# tylererastusbernard

TYLER, JOHN (1790-1862) Tenth U.S. President - 1841-45; U.S. Vice President – 1841; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1827-36; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1816-21; Governor of Virginia – 1825-27; Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1862

# tylerjohn

TYLER, JOHN, JR. (?-?) Son & Private Secretary of President John Tyler

# tylerjohnjr

TYLER, ROBERT CHARLES (1832-65) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of West Point, Georgia – April 16, 1865

# tylerrobertcharles

TYLER, ROBERT OGDEN (1831-74) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Connecticut Infantry; Veteran of the Yakima & Utah Wars

# tylerrobertogden

TYNDALE, HECTOR (1821-80) Union Brigadier General - Pennsylvania; Returned the body of John Brown for burial after his Execution

# tyndalehector

ULLMAN, DANIEL (1810-92) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 78th New York Infantry; Led the Corps d'Afrique in the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana

# ullmandaniel

UNDERWOOD, ADIN BALLOU (1828-88) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Massachusetts Infantry

# underwoodadinballou

UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM HENRY (1818-75) Prominent Judge & Attorney in Belleville, Illinois

# underwoodwilliamhenry

UPSHUR, ABEL P. (1790-1844) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1841-43; U.S. Secretary of State – 1843-44; Killed by a bursting cannon aboard the USS “Princeton”

# upshurabelp

UPTON, EMORY (1839-81) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 121st New York Infantry

# uptonemory

VAIL, NICHOLAS JOHN (1839-74) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 14th U.S. Colored Infantry

# vailnicholasjohn

VALLANDIGHAM, CLEMENT LAIRD (1820-71) U.S. Representative – Ohio – 1858-63; Leader of the anti-war “Copperheads” during the American Civil War

# vallandighamclementlaird

VALLETTE, HENRY FRANKLIN (1821-1909) Early Settler & President of Wheaton, Illinois – 1868-69

# vallettehenryfranklin

VAN ALEN, JAMES HENRY (1819-86) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 3rd New York Cavalry

# vanalenjameshenry

VAN ANTWERP, VERPLANCK S. (1807-75) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of General Winfield Scott Hancock

# vanantwerpverplancks

VAN BUREN, DANIEL TOMPKINS (1826-90) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Chief of Staff to Major General John A. Dix; Veteran of the Mexican War

# vanburendanieltompkins

VAN BUREN, MARTIN (1782-1862) Eighth U.S. President - 1837-41; U.S. Vice President - 1833-37; U.S. Secretary of State – 1829-31; Governor of New York – 1829; U.S. Senator – New York - 1821-28

# vanburenm

VAN CLEVE, HORATIO PHILLIPS (1809-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Minnesota Infantry

# vanclevehoratiophillips

VAN DORN, EARL (1820-63) Confederate Major General - Mississippi

# vandornearl

VAN GOGH, VINCENT (1853-90) Dutch Painter

# vangoghvincent

VAN LEW, ELIZABETH (1818-1900) American Abolitionist; Union Spy during the American Civil War; Appointed Postmaster of Richmond, Virginia by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1866

# vanlewelizabeht

VAN NESS, MARCIA BURNS (1782-1832) Philanthropist & Founder of the Washington, D.C. Orphan Asylum; Interred in the Van Ness Mausoleum; Wife of John Peter Van Ness, U.S. Representative – New York – 1801-03 & Mayor of Washington, D.C. – 1830-34

# vannessmarciaburns

VAN NORTWICK, JOHN (1809-90) Railroad, Banking, and Manufacturing Executive in Batavia, Illinois

# 8931

VAN OSDEL, JOHN MILLS (1811-91) Prominent Architect in Chicago, Illinois; Designed numerous buildings in downtown Chicago, including the Palmer House and the Tremont House, after the great fire of 1871

# vanosdeljohnmills

VAN RENSSELAER, STEPHEN (1764-1839) American Politician & Businessman; U.S. Representative – New York – 1822-29

# vanrensselaerstephen

VAN VLIET, STEWART LEONARD (1815-1901) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole, Mexican, and Utah Wars

# vanvlietstewartleonard

VAN WYCK, CHARLES HENRY (1824-95) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 56th New York Infantry; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1881-87; U.S. Representative – New York – 1859-63 & 1867-71

# vanwyckcharleshenry

VANCE, ROBERT BRANK (1828-99) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – North Carolina - 1873-85

# vancerobertbrank

VANCE, ZEBULON BAIRD (1830-94) Confederate Colonel; Governor of North Carolina – 1862-65 & 1877-79; U.S. Senator – North Carolina – 1879-94; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1858-61

# vancezebulonbaird

VANDEVER, WILLIAM (1817-93) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 9th Iowa Infantry; U.S. Representative – Iowa – 1859-63; U.S. Representative – California - 1887-91

# vandeverwilliam

VANSITTART, NICHOLAS, 1st BARON BEXLEY (1766-1851) English Politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer – 1812-23

# vansittartnicholas

VASSALL, HENRY RICHARD, 3rd BARON HOLLAND (1773-1840) English Politician; Lord Privy Seal – 1806-07

# vassallhenryrichardbaronholland

VAUGHAN, ALFRED JEFFERSON, JR. (1830-99) Confederate Brigadier General

# vaughanalfredjeffersonjr

VAUGHN, JOHN CRAWFORD (1824-75) Confederate Brigadier General

# vaughnjohncrawford

VEATCH, JAMES CLIFFORD (1819-95) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 25th Indiana Infantry

# veatchjamesclifford

VENABLE, ABRAHAM WATKINS (1799-1876) Confederate Congressman – North Carolina - 1861-62; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1847-53

# venableabrahamwatkins

VENABLE, CALVIN DAVENPORT (c. 1815-1862) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 5th Tennessee Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky – October 8, 1862

# venablecalvindavenport

VERTOT, RENE-AUBERT (1655-1735) French Clergyman & Historian

# bertotreneaubert

VEST, GEORGE GRAHAM (1830-1904) Confederate Senator – Missouri – 1865; Confederate Congressman – Missouri – 1862-65; U.S. Senator – Missouri – 1879-1903

# vestgeorgegraham

VIBBARD, CHAUNCEY (1811-91) American Railroad Executive; U.S. Representative – New York – 1861-63

# vibbardchauncey

VICTOR EMMANUEL II (1820-78) King of Sardinia – 1849-61; King of Unified Italy – 1861-78

# victoremmanuelII

VICTORIA (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland – 1837-1901; Empress of India – 1876-1901

# victoriaofengland

VICTORIA MARY LOUISA (1786-1861) Duchess of Kent; Mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

# victoriamarylouisa

VIELE, EGBERT LUDOVICUS (1825-1902) Union Brigadier General – New York

# vieleegbertludovicus

VIERTEL, PETER (1920-2007) German-born Author & Screenwriter

# viertelpeter

VILLA, FRANCISCO "PANCHO" (1878-1923) Mexican Revolutionary Hero

# villafrancisco

VILLEPIGUE, JOHN BORDENAVE (1830-62) Confederate Brigadier General

# villepiguejohnbordenave

VILLERE, CHARLES JACQUES (c. 1828-1899) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1862-65

# villerecharlesjacques

VINCENT, STRONG (1837-63) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 2, 1863

# vincentstrong

VINCENT, THOMAS McCURDY (1832-1909) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the antebellum Indian Wars

# vincentthomasmccurdy

*     With Generals Joseph Hooker, John Sedgwick
**   With Generals George G. Meade, Gouverneur K. Warren, James C. Rice, James S. Wadsworth  
***  With General Silas Casey

VINTON, DAVID HAMMOND (1803-73) Union Brevet Major General; Veteran of the Mexican, Creek, and Florida Seminole Wars

# vintondavidhammond

VINTON, FRANCIS LAURENS (1835-79) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 43rd New York Infantry

# vintonfrancislaurens

VOGDES, ISRAEL (1816-89) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole Wars

# vogdesisrael

VOISENON, CLAUDE-HENRI de Fusée, abbé de (1708-75) French Playwright & Writer

# voisenonch

VOLCK, ADALBERT J. (1828-1912) Bavarian-Born Political Cartoonist & Caricaturist

# volckadalbert

VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS de Chassebœuf, comte de (1757-1820) French Philosopher, Abolitionist, Writer, and Politician

# volneycf

VON STEINWEHR, ADOLPH (1822-77) Union Brigadier General - Connecticut

# vonsteinwehra

VOORHEES, DANIEL W. (1827-97) U.S. Senator - Indiana - 1877-97; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1861-66 & 1869-73

# voorheesdanielw

WADSWORTH, JAMES SAMUEL (1807-64) Union Major General – New York; Mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness - May 6, 1864

# wadsworthjamessamuel

* With Generals George G. Meade, Gouverneur K. Warren, James C. Rice, Thomas M. Vincent

WADSWORTH, WILLIAM HENRY (1821-93) U.S. Representative - Kentucky – 1861-65 & 1885-87

# wadsworthwilliamhenry

WAGNER, GEORGE DAY (1829-69) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 15th Indiana Infantry

# wagnergeorgeday

WAGNER, RICHARD (1813-83) German Composer

# wagnerrichard

WAITE, MORRISON REMICK (1816-88) Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court – 1874-88 – Nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant

# waitemorrisonremick

WAKEFIELD, CYRENIUS (1815-85) Renowned Physician & Druggist in Bloomington, Illinois; Pioneer in the development of Prescription Medications

# wakefieldcyrenius

WALCUTT, CHARLES CARROLL (1838-98) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 46th Ohio Infantry; Mayor of Columbus, Ohio – 1883-87

# walcuttcharlescarroll

WALKE, HENRY A. (1809-96) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Mexican War

# walkehenrya

WALKER, DUNCAN STEPHEN (1841-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals Nathaniel P. Banks, William H. Emory, and Winfield Scott Hancock; Great-Great Grandson of Benjamin Franklin

# walkerduncanstephen

WALKER, GILBERT CARLTON (1833-85) Governor of Virginia – 1869-74; U.S. Congressman – Virginia – 1875-79; President of the New York Underground Railroad Company

# walkergilbertcarlton

WALKER, HENRY HARRISON (1832-1912) Confederate Brigadier General

# walkerhenryharrison

WALKER, ISAAC PIGEON (1815-72) U.S. Senator – Wisconsin – 1848-55

# walkerisaacpigeon

WALKER, JAMES ALEXANDER (1832-1901) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Representative -Virginia – 1895-99

# walkerjamesalexander

WALKER, JOHN GEORGE (1821-93) Confederate Major General

# walkerjohngeorge

WALKER, JOHN GRIMES (1835-1907) U.S. Navy Admiral during the American Civil War

# walkerjohngrimes

WALKER, JOSEPH KNOX (1818-63) Confederate Colonel – 2nd Tennessee Infantry; Nephew & Private Secretary to James Knox Polk; Tennessee State Senator - 1858

# walkerjosephknox

WALKER, LEROY POPE (1817-1884) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Secretary of War - 1861

# walkerleroypope

WALKER, REUBEN LINDSAY (1827-90) Confederate Brigadier General

# walkerreubenlindsay

WALKER, THOMAS McCORMICK (1834-1910) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 111th Pennsylvania Infantry

# walkerthomasmccormick

WALKER, WILLIAM HENRY TALBOT (1816-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Atlanta – July 22, 1864

# walkerwilliamhenrytalbot

WALKER, WILLIAM STEPHEN (1822-99) Confederate Brigadier General

# walkerwilliamstephen

WALLACE, DANIEL (1801-59) U.S. Congressman – South Carolina – 1848-53

# wallacedaniel

WALLACE, LEWIS (1827-1905) Union Major General; Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry; Governor of the New Mexico Territory – 1878-81; Veteran of the Mexican War; Author of “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ”

# wallacelewis

WALLACE, WILLIAM (1827-1901) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 2nd South Carolina Infantry; Brigadier General of South Carolina Militia

# wallacewilliam

WALLACE, WILLIAM HARVEY LAMB (1821-62) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Illinois Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh; Veteran of the Mexican War

# wallacewilliamharveylamb

WALLACE, WILLIAM HENRY (1827-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina

# wallacewilliamhenry

WALLEN, HENRY DAVIES (1819-86) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of General James H. Carleton; Veteran of the Mexican War

# wallenhenrydavies

WALLIS, RICHARD W. (?-?) Prominent Resident of Chicago, Illinois

# wallisrw

WALLS, JOSIAH THOMAS (1842-1905) Union Sergeant – 3rd U.S. Colored Troops; Black Reconstruction-Era U.S. Congressman – Florida – 1871-76

# wallsjosiahthomas

WALSH, PATRICK (1840-99) American Politician & Journalist; U.S. Senator – Georgia - 1894-95; Mayor of Augusta, Georgia – 1897-99

# walshpatrick

WALTHALL, EDWARD CARY (1831-98) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1885-98

# walthalledwardcary

WALTON, GEORGE (1749-1804) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1795-96; Governor of Georgia – 1789-90; Chief Justice of Georgia 1783-89

# waltongeorge

WARD, ARTEMUS (1727-1800) Major General in the Continental Army, American Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1791-95

# wardartemus

WARD, JOHN HENRY HOBART (1823-1903) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 38th New York Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# wardjohnhenryhobart

WARD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1808-78) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1851-53; Veteran of the Mexican War

# wardwilliamthomas

WARNER, JAMES MEECH (1836-97) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 11th Vermont Infantry

# warnerjamesmeech

WARNER, WILLARD (1826-1906) Union Brevet Major General; Colonel of the 180th Ohio Infantry; Staff officer to General William Tecumseh Sherman; U.S. Senator – Alabama - 1868-71

# warnerwillard

WARREN, FITZ-HENRY (1816-78) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Iowa Cavalry

# warrenfitzhenry

WARREN, FULLER (1905-73) Governor of Florida – 1949-53; Member of the Florida House of Representatives – 1926-28 & 1938-40; Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II

# warrenfuller

WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (1830-82) Union Major General – New York

# warrengouverneurkemble

* With Generals George G. Meade, James S. Wadsworth, James C. Rice, Thomas M. Vincent

WARREN, JOSEPH (1741-75) American Revolutionary War, Major General of Massachusetts Militia; Saw Action at the Battles of Lexington & Concord; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775

# warrenjoseph

WASHBURN, CADWALLADER COLDEN (1818-82) Union Major General; Colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry; Governor of Wisconsin – 1872-74; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin – 1855-61 & 1867-71

# washburncadwalladercolden

WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. (1856-1915) African-American Educator, Author & Political Leader

# washingtonbookert

WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-99) First U.S. President – 1789-97; American Revolutionary War General; Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army – 1775-83

# washingtong

WASHINGTON, JOHN AUGUSTINE, III (1821-61) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Cheat Mountain – September 13, 1861

# washingtonjohnaugustineIII

WASHINGTON, MARTHA (1731-1802) U.S. First Lady – 1789-97; Wife of U.S. President George Washington

# washingtonm

WASHINGTON, WILLIAM (1752-1810) American Revolutionary War, Cavalry Officer in the Continental Army; U.S. Brigadier General – 1798-1800

# washingtonwilliam

WATERHOUSE, RICHARD (1832-76) Confederate Brigadier General

# waterhouserichard

WATERMAN, JAMES SEARS (1820-83) Prominent Merchant & Banker in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois

# watermanjamessears

WATIE, STAND (1806-71) Confederate Brigadier General – Indian Territory; Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation - 1862-66

# watiestand

WATKINS, LOUIS DOUGLAS (ca.?1835–1868) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th Kentucky Union Cavalry; Served on the staff of General Andrew Jackson Smith

# watkinslouisdouglas

WATSON, JOHN WILLIAM CLARK (1808-90) Confederate Senator – Mississippi – 1864-65

# watsonjohnwilliamclark

WATTS, THOMAS HILL, SR. (1819-92) Governor of Alabama – 1863-65

# wattsthomashillsr

WAUL, THOMAS NEVILLE (1813-1903) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Congressman – Texas – 1861-62

# waulthomasneville

WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-96) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; U.S. Congressman – Georgia – 1791-92

# wayneanthony

WAYNE, HENRY CONSTANTINE (1815-83) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# waynehenryconstantine

WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry; U.S. Representative – 1879-81 & 1885-89

# weaverjamesbaird

WEBB, ALEXANDER STEWART (1835-1911) Union Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals William F. Barry, Fitz John Porter, and George G. Meade; Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg; Veteran of the Third Seminole War

# webbalexanderstewart

WEBBER, JULES C. (1838-72) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Illinois Infantry; Staff officer to General Frederick Steele

# webberjulesc

WEBER, MAX (1824-1901) German-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 20th New York Infantry; Veteran of the European Revolutions of 1848

# webermax

WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852) U.S. Secretary of State - 1841-43 & 1850-52; U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1827-41 & 1845-50

# websterdaniel

WEBSTER, DANIEL FLETCHER (1813-62) Union Army Officer; Colonel of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Second Bull Run – August 30, 1862; Son of U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster

# websterdanielfletcher

WEBSTER, EDMUND A. (?-?) Secretary of State of Alabama – 1834-36

# websteredmunda

WEBSTER, JOSEPH DANA (1811-76) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery; Chief-of-Staff to Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant & William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War; Veteran of the Mexican War

# websterjosephdana

WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843) American Lexicographer & Author; Published “An American Dictionary of the English Language” in 1828

# websternoah

WEDDELL, LORD THOMAS PHILLIP (1781-1859) British Tory Statesman; First Lord of the Admiralty – 1834-35

# wedellthomasphillip

WEED, EDWARD THURLOW (1797-1882) American Newspaper Publisher & Politician

# weededwardthurlow

WEIR, JOHN H. (1809-78) Prominent Physician, Abolitionist, and Philanthropist in Edwardsville, Illinois

# weirjohnh

WEISIGER, DAVID ADDISON (1818-99) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# weisigerdavidaddison

WEITZEL, GODFREY (1835-84) Bavarian-born Union Major General

# weitzelgodfrey

WELLES, GIDEON (1802-78) U.S. Secretary of the Navy - 1861-69, during the American Civil War

# wellesgideon

WELLESLEY, ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852) British Military Leader – Defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815; British Prime Minister – 1828-30 & 1834

# wellesleyarthur

WELLESLEY, RICHARD, 1st MARQUESS WELLESLEY (1760-1842) Anglo-Irish Politician & Colonial Administrator; Governor-General of India – 1798-1805; Member of Parliament – 1784-97

# wellesleyrichardmarquis

WELLS, HENRY (1805-78) American Businessman; Co-founder of the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company

# wellshenry

WELLS, WILLIAM W., JR. (1837-92) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg

# wellswilliamwjr

WELSH, ISRAEL VICTOR (1822-69) Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1862-65; Served in the 11th Mississippi Infantry during the American Civil War

# welshisraelvictor

WELSH, THOMAS (1824-63) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry; Veteran of the Mexican War

# welshthomas

WENTWORTH, JOHN (1815-88) Mayor of Chicago, Illinois – 1857-58 & 1860-61; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1843-51, 1853-55, and 1865-67

# wentworthj

WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820) American Painter - Known for The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, and The Death of Nelson; Second President of the Royal Academy – 1792-1805

# westbenjamin

WEST, CALEB WALTON (1844-1909) Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; Governor of Utah Territory – 1886-89 & 1893-96

# westcalebwalton

WEST, JOSEPH RODMAN (1822-98) Union Brigadier General – California; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1871-77

# westjosephrodman

WHARTON, GABRIEL COLVIN (1824-1906) Confederate Brigadier General - Virginia

# whartongabrielcolvin

WHARTON, JOHN AUSTIN (1828-65) Confederate Major General - Texas

# whartonjohnaustin

WHARTON, WILLIAM HARRIS (1802-39) Early Texas Statesman; Republic of Texas Senator – 1836-39

# whartonwilliamharris

WHEATON, FRANK (1833-1903) Union Brigadier General - Rhode Island

# wheatonfrank

WHEELER, CHARLES GILBERT (1836-1912) Canadian-Born Chemist in Chicago, Illinois; Appointed U.S. Consul at Nuremburg, Bavaria by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862

# wheelercharlesgilbert

WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906) Confederate Major General; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1881-83 & 1885-1900

# wheelerjoseph

WHIPPLE, AMIEL WEEKS (1817-63) Union Major General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia

# whippleamielweeks

WHIPPLE, WILLIAM DENISON (1826-1902) Union Major General; Aide-de-Camp to Union General William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War; Veteran of the western Indian Wars

# whipplewilliamdenison

WHITAKER, WALTER CHILES (1823-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th Kentucky Infantry during the Mexican & American Civil Wars

# whitakerwalterchiles

WHITE, ADDISON (1824-1909) U.S. Representative - Kentucky – 1851-53

# whitea

WHITE, CHILTON ALLEN (1826 -1900) U.S. Representative - Ohio – 1861-65

# whitechiltonallen

WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840) U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1825-40

# whitehughlawson

WHITE, JOHN (1802-45) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1841-43; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1835-45

# whitej

WHITE, JULIUS (1816-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 37th Illinois Infantry

# whitejulius

WHITE, MOSES (1829-1907) Confederate Colonel – 37th Tennessee Infantry

# whitemoses

WHITE, WILLIAM (1748-1836) U.S. Senate Chaplain – 1790-1800; Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church – 1789 & 1795-1836; First Bishop of Pennsylvania – 1787-1836

# whitewilliam

WHITELEY, ROBERT HENRY KIRKWOOD (1809-96) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Florida Seminole War

# whiteleyroberthenrykirkwood

WHITFIELD, JOHN WILKINS (1818-79) Confederate Brigadier General

# whitfieldjohnwilkins

WHITFIELD, ROBERT HENRY (1814-68) Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1864-65

# whitfieldroberthenry

WHITING, WILLIAM HENRY CHASE (1824-65) Confederate Major General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, died March 10, 1865

# whitingwilliamhenrychase

WHITNEY, ELI (1765-1825) American Inventor of the Cotton Gin; Manufacturer of muskets for the United States Army

# whitneyeli

WHITTHORNE, WASHINGTON CURRAN (1825-91) Served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1871-83 & 1887-91; U.S. Senator – Tennessee – 1886-87

# whitthornewashingtoncurran

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-92) American Quaker Poet & Abolitionist

# whittierjohngreenleaf

WHITWORTH, CHARLES, VISCOUNT WHITWORTH (1752-1825) British Diplomat & Politician; Ambassador to Russia – 1788-1800; Ambassador to France – 1802-03; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland – 1813-17

# whitworthcharlesviscount

WICKHAM, WILLIAMS CARTER (1820-88) Confederate Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Virginia Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – 1864-65

# wickhamwilliamscarter

WIGFALL, LOUIS TREZEVANT (1816-74) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Senator – Texas – 1862-65; Confederate Representative – Texas – 1861-62; U.S. Representative – Texas – 1859-61

# wigfalllouistrezevant

WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759-1833) English Politician & Abolitionist; Member of Parliament – 1780-1825

# wilberforcewilliam

WILBUR, CHARLES T. (1835-1909) Union Assistant Surgeon - 59th Ohio Infantry; Surgeon - 95th Ohio Infantry - during the American Civil War

# wilburcharlest

Organizing head of the “Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois,” in Jacksonville – 1865 

 

WILCOX, CADMUS MARCELLUS (1824-90) Confederate Major General

# wilcoxcadmusmarcellus

WILD, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1825-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 35th Massachusetts Infantry, later led “Wild’s African Brigade” of U.S. Colored Troops

# wildedwardaugustus

WILEY, DANIEL DAY (1837-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General

# wileydanielday

WILHELM I (1797-1888) King of Prussia – 1861-88; First Emperor of Germany – 1861-78

# wilhelmI

WILKES, CHARLES (1813-91) Union Commodore; Captured Confederate Commissioners James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British Steamer Trent on November 8, 1861; Antarctic Explorer

# wilkescharles

WILKES, PETER SINGLETON (1827-1900) Confederate Congressman – Missouri - 1864-65

# wilkespetersingleton

WILKIE, WENDELL L. (1892-1944) American Lawyer & Corporate Executive; Republican Candidate for U.S. President - 1940

# wilkiewendelll

WILLARD, GEORGE (1839-1909) Served in the 132nd Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War; Prominent Lawyer in Chicago, Illinois; Attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company

# willardgeorge

WILLCOX, ORLANDO BOLIVAR (1823-1907) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of First Bull Run; Veteran of the Mexican, Frontier, and Third Seminole Wars

# willcoxorlandowillcox

WILLEY, WAITMAN THOMAS (1811-1900) U.S. Senator – West Virginia – 1863-71; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1861-63

# willeywaitmanthomas

WILLIAM I, THE CONQUEROR (circa 1028-87) King of England – 1066-87

# williamItheconqueror

WILLIAM IV (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – 1830-37

# williamIVofengland

WILLIAMS, ALPHEUS STARKEY (1810-78) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Michigan – 1875-78

# williamsalpheusstarkey

WILLIAMS, JOHN STUART (1818-98) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1879-85

# williamsjohnstuart

WILLIAMS, JONATHAN (1751-1815) First Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – 1802-03 & 1805-1812; Nephew of Benjamin Franklin

# williamsjonathan

WILLIAMS, OTHO H. (1749-94) American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General in the Continental Army; Saw Action at the Battles of Fort Washington, Monmouth, and Cowpens

# williamsothoh

WILLIAMS, REUBEN (1831-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Indiana Infantry

# williamsreuben

WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1829-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry; Served on the staff of General Nathaniel P. Banks

# williamsrobert

WILLIAMS, SETH (1822-66) Union Brigadier General - Maine

# williamsseth

* With John F. Reynolds, Abner Doubleday, William F. Rogers
** With Joseph Hooker, Joseph F. Knipe, Henry W. Slocum

WILLIAMS, THOMAS R. (1815-62) Union Brigadier General; Killed in Action during the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana – August 5, 1862; Veteran of the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican Wars

# williamsthomasr

WILLIAMSON, HUGH (1735-1819) Signer of the U.S. Constitution; North Carolina State Physician & Surgeon General during the American Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1791-93

# williamsonhugh

WILLIAMSON, JAMES ALEXANDER (1829-1902) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou – December 29, 1862

# williamsonjamesalexander

WILLICH, AUGUST (1810-78) Prussian-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 32nd Indiana Infantry

# willichaugust

WILLIS, EDWARD SHACKLEFORD (1840-64) Confederate Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Georgia Infantry; Killed-in-Action at Bethesda Church, Virginia – May 30, 1864

# willisedwardshackleford

WILLITTS, EDWIN (1830-96) U.S. Congressman – Michigan – 1877-83; First Assistant U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – 1889-93

# willittsedwin

WILMOT, DAVID (1814-68) U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania - 1845-51; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1861-63; Authored the “Wilmot Proviso” in 1846, intending to outlaw slavery in the Western Territories acquired by the United States in the Mexican War

# wilmotd

WILSON, CLAUDIUS CHARLES (1831-63) Confederate Brigadier General

# wilsonclaudiuscharles

WILSON, EDITH BOLLING (1872-1961) U.S. First Lady – 1915-21; Second Wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

# wilsonedithbolling

WILSON, ELLEN A. (1860-1914) U.S. First Lady – 1913-14; First Wife of President Woodrow Wilson

# wilsonellena

WILSON, HAROLD (1916-95) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - 1964-70 & 1974-76; Leader of the Labour Party – 1963-76; Member of Parliament - 1945-83

# wilsonharold

WILSON, HENRY (1812-75) U.S. Vice President - 1873-75 - Died in Office; U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1855-73

# wilsonhenry

WILSON, JAMES (1742-98) Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Signer of the U.S. Constitution; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1789-98

# wilsonjames

WILSON, JAMES (1835-1920) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – 1897-1913; U.S. Congressman – Iowa – 1873-77

# wilsonjames

WILSON, JAMES GRANT (1832-1914) Scottish-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th U.S. Colored Cavalry; Staff officer to Union Major General Nathaniel P. Banks; Co-editor of “Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography”

# wilsonjamesgrant

WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837-1925) Union Major General; Major General of Volunteers during the Spanish-American War

# wilsonjamesharrison

WILSON, JOHN JAMES SPEED (1834-?) Officer in the Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Company, later part of the Western Union Company

# wilsonjohnjamesspeed

WILSON, MARGARET WOODROW (1886-1944) Eldest Child of President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson Wilson

# wilsonmargaretwoodrow

WILSON, ROBERT (1803-70) U.S. Senator - Missouri – 1862-63

# wilsonrobert

WILSON, STANLEY C. (1879-1967) Governor of Vermont – 1931-35; Member of the Vermont Senate – 1927-29; Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives – 1917

# wilsonstanleyc

WILSON, WILLIAM (1823-74) English-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th New York Infantry

# wilsonwilliam

WILSON, WILLIAM BAUCHOP (1862-1934) U.S. Secretary of Labor – 1913-15; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1907-13

# wilsonwilliambauchop

WILSON, WILLIAM SYDNEY (1816-62) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 48th Mississippi Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862

# wilsonwilliamsydney

WILSON, WOODROW (1856-1924) Twenty-Eighth U.S. President - 1913-21; Governor of New Jersey – 1911-13; President of Princeton University – 1902-10

# wilsonwoodrow

WINDER, JOHN HENRY (1800-65) Confederate Brigadier General

# winderjohnhenry

WINSLOW, EDWARD FRANCIS (1837-1914) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Iowa Cavalry; Staff officer to Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman

# winslowedwardfrancis

WINSLOW, JOHN ANCRUM (1811-73) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to Rear Admiral; Most remembered for the capture of the CSS “Alabama” at the Battle of Cherbourg, France – June 19, 1864; Veteran of the Mexican War

# winslowjohnancrum

WINTHROP, JOHN (1587/8-1649) Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony – 1630-34, 1637-40, 1642-44 & 1646-49; English Puritan Lawyer & A Founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

# winthropjohn

WINTHROP, THEODORE (1828-61) Union Major – 7th New York State Militia; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Big Bethel, June 10, 1861; First Union Officer Killed in the American Civil War; Abolitionist & Author

# winthroptheodore

WIRZ, HENRY (1823-65) Swiss-Born Confederate Officer; Commandant of the Andersonville Prison Camp; Executed by hanging on November 10, 1865

# wirzhenry

WISE, GEORGE D. (1816-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Cousin of Confederate General Henry Wise

# wisegeorged

WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-76) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Virginia – 1856-60; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1833-44

# wisehenryalexander

WISTAR, ISAAC JONES (1827-1905) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry

# wistarisaacjones

WITHERS, JOHN (?-?) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel; Assistant Adjutant General of the Confederate Army

# withersjohn

WITHERS, JONES MITCHELL (1814-90) Confederate Major General

# withersjonesmitchell

WITHERS, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1804-65) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina - 1861

# withersthomasjefferson

WITHERSPOON, JAMES HERVEY JR. (1810-65) Confederate Colonel – 4th South Carolina State Troops; Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1864-65

# witherspoonjamesherveyjr

WITTMANN, MICHAEL (1914-44) Nazi German Tank Commander during World War II; Recipient of the Iron Cross; Killed-in-Action on August 8, 1944

# wittmannmichael

WOFFORD, WILLIAM TATUM (1824-84) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# woffordwilliamtatum

WOHLGEMUTH, HENRY (1822-1905) Prominent German-Born Physician in Springfield, Illinois

# wohlgemuthhenry

WOLCOTT, OLIVER, JR. (1760-1833) U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1795-1800; Governor of Connecticut – 1817-27; Revolutionary War Deputy Quartermaster General

# wolcottoliverjr

WOLF, GEORGE (1777-1840) Governor of Pennsylvania – 1829-35; U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania – 1824-29

# wolfgeorge

WOLL, ADRIAN (1795-1875) French Mexican General in the Army of Mexico during the Texas Revolution

# wolladrian

WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828) English Chemist & Physicist, famous for discovering the chemical elements Palladium and Rhodium

# wollastonwilliamhyde

WOOD, BENJAMIN (1820-1900) U.S. Representative – New York - 1861-65 & 1881-83

# woodbenjamin

WOOD, FERNANDO (1812-81) Mayor of New York City – 1855-57 & 1860-61; U.S. Representative – New York – 1841-43, 1863-65, and 1867-81

# woodfernando

WOOD, JOHN TAYLOR (1830-1904) Confederate Army Colonel & Naval Officer

# woodjohntaylor

WOOD, STERLING ALEXANDER MARTIN (1823-91) Confederate Brigadier General - Alabama

# woodsterlingalexandermartin

WOOD, THOMAS JOHN (1823-1906) Union Major General - Kentucky; Veteran of the Mexican War

# woodthomasjohn

* With Generals James A. Garfield, William S. Rosecrans, Gordon Granger

WOODBURY, DANIEL PHINEAS (1812-64) Union Brigadier General; Died of Yellow Fever during the American Civil War

# woodburydanielphineas

WOODFORD, STEWART LYNDON (1835-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 103rd U.S. Colored Troops; Chief of Staff to Major General Quincy A. Gillmore; U.S. Representative – New York – 1873-74; Lieutenant Governor of New York – 1867-69

# woodfordstewartlyndon

WOODHULL, NATHANIEL (1722-76) Brigadier General of Militia during the American Revolutionary War; Served in the French & Indian War

# woodhullnathaniel

WOODRUFF, GEORGE (1812-82) Merchant, Manufacturer, and Banker in Joliet, Illinois; Co-organizer and President of the First National Bank of Joliet

# woodruffgeorge

WOODRUFF, GILBERT (1817-1903) Mayor of Rockford, Illinois – 1873-75; President of the Rockford National Bank and the Forest City Insurance Company

# woodruffgilbert

WOODS, CHARLES ROBERT (1827-85) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 76th Ohio Infantry

# woodscharlesrobert

WOODS, WILLIAM BURNHAM (1824-95) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 76th Ohio Infantry; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1881-87

# woodswilliamburnham

WOOL, JOHN ELLIS (1784-1869) U.S. Army Major General; Veteran of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the American Civil War

# wooljohnellis

WOOLLEY, JOHN (1824-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Indiana Cavalry; Served on the staff of Union Major General Lewis Wallace

# woolleyjohn

WOOLSEY, SARAH CHAUNCEY (1835-1905) American Children’s Author, wrote under the pen-name Susan Coolidge

# woolseysc

WOOSTER, DAVID (1710-77) Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; Died of wounds sustained in the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut; Namesake of Wooster, Ohio

# woosterdavid

WORDEN, JOHN LORIMER (1818-97) Union Navy Officer, later promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral; Commander of the USS “Monitor” in her clash with the CSS “Virginia” in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia – March 9, 1862

# wordenjohnlorimer

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850) English Romantic Poet

# wordsworthwilliam

WORTH WILLIAM J. (1794-1849) U.S. Army Officer; Saw Action during the War of 1812 – Seriously Wounded at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane; Brevetted Brigadier & Major General for Gallantry in the Florida Indian & Mexican Wars; Namesake of Ft. Worth, TX

# worthwilliamj

WRANGHAM, FRANCIS (1769-1842) English Author & Abolitionist; Archdeacon of the East Riding

# wranghamfrancis

WRIGHT, AMBROSE RANSOM (1826-72) Confederate Brigadier General - Georgia

# wrightambroseransom

WRIGHT, AUGUSTUS ROMALDUS (1813-91) Confederate Colonel – 38th Georgia Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Georgia – 1861-64; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1857-59

# wrightaugustusromaldus

WRIGHT, GEORGE (1803-65) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Second Seminole, Mexican, and Yakima Wars

# wrightgeorge

WRIGHT, HORATIO GOUVERNEUR (1820-99) Union Major General

# wrighthoratiogouverneur

WRIGHT, JOSEPH A. (1810-67) Governor of Indiana – 1849-57; U.S. Senator – Indiana – 1862-63; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1843-45

# wrightjosepha

WRIGHT, MARCUS JOSEPH (1831-1922) Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee

# wrightmarcusjoseph

WRIGHT, ORVILLE (1871-1948) American Aviation Pioneer

# wrightorville

WRIGHT, RICHARD (1908-60) American Writer, best known for “Native Son”

# wrightrichard

WRIGHT, WILBUR (1867-1912) American Aviation Pioneer

# wrightwilbur

WYNDHAM, GEORGE O’BRIEN, 3rd EARL OF EGREMONT (1751-1837) British Peer, Major Landowner, and Art Collector

# wyndhamgeorgeobrien

WYTHE, GEORGE (1726-1806) Signer of the Declaration of Independence

# wythegeorge

YAGER, JOHN H. (1833-?) German-Born Attorney & Legal Colleague of Lyman Trumbull of Alton, Illinois; Appointed Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Alton by President Abraham Lincoln - 1861

# yagerjohnh

YANCEY, WILLIAM LOWNDES (1814-63) Confederate Senator – Alabama – 1862-63; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1844-46

# yanceywilliamlowndes

YATES, GEORGE WILHELMUS MANCIUS (1843-76) Union Officer – 4th Michigan Infantry; U.S. Army Captain - 7th U.S. Cavalry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Little Bighorn – June 25, 1876

# yatesgeorgewilhelmusmancius

YATES, RICHARD, JR. (1860-1936) Governor of Illinois – 1901-05; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1919-33; Son of Civil War Governor Richard Yates, Sr.

# yatesrichardjr

YATES, RICHARD, SR. (1815-73) Governor of Illinois - 1861-64; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1851-55; U.S. Senator – Illinois - 1865-71

# yatesrichardsr

YORK, ALVIN C. (1887-1964) U.S. Army Sergeant during World War I; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France

# yorkac

YORK, ZEBULON (1819-1900) Confederate Brigadier General

# yorkzebulon

YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-77) American Mormon Leader; First Governor of Utah Territory – 1850-58

# youngbrigham

YOUNG, EDWARD (1683-1765) English Poet, Philosopher, and Theologian

# youngedward

YOUNG, HENRY EDWARD (1831-1918) Confederate Officer, served on the staff of Robert E. Lee

# younghenryedward

YOUNG, JOHN S. Tennessee Secretary of State – 1839-47

# youngjohns

YOUNG, JOSIAH T. (1831-1907) American Newspaper Editor & Politician; Iowa State Congressman – 1890-92; Served in the Eighth Iowa Infantry during the American Civil War

# youngjosiaht

YOUNG, PIERCE MANNING BUTLER (1836-96) Confederate Major General; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1868-75

# youngpiercemanningbutler

YOUNG, SAMUEL BALDWIN MARKS (1840-1924) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry; U.S. Brigadier General of Volunteers during the Spanish-American & Philippine-American Wars

# youngsamuelbaldwinmarks

YOUNG, STARK (1881-1963) American Writer & Literary Critic

# youngstark

YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829) British Physician & Polymath

# youngthomas

YOUNG,WILLIAM HUGH (1838-1901) Confederate Brigadier General

# youngwilliamhugh

YULEE, DAVID LEVY (1810-76) Confederate Congressman - Florida; First Jewish U.S. Senator – Florida – 1845-51 & 1855-61; U.S. Representative – Florida – 1841-45

# yuleedavidlevy

ZABRISKIE, JAMES CANNON (1804-83) Prominent Attorney in Sacramento & San Francisco, California

# zabriskiejamescannon

ZACHRY, CHARLES THORNTON (1828-1906) Confederate Brigadier General & Colonel – 27th Georgia Infantry

# zachrycharlesthornton

ZEILIN, JACOB (1806-80) Colonel Commandant of the United States Marine Corps – 1864-76; Union Brevet Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War

# zeilinjacob

ZELTER, CARL FRIEDRICH (1758-1832) German Composer & Conductor

# zeltercarlfriedrich

ZEPPELIN, COUNT FERDINAND von (1838-1917) German General, later inventor of Zeppelin Rigid Airships

# zeppelinfgv

ZILCHER, HERMANN (1881-1948) German Composer, Pianist, and Conductor

# zilcherhermann

ZIMBALIST, EFREM, SR. (1889-1985) Russian-born Concert Violinist, Composer, and Conductor

# zimbalistefremsr

ZINGARELLI, NICCOLO ANTONIO (1752-1837) Italian Composer

# zingarelliniccoloantonio

ZOLA, EMILE (1840-1902) French Novelist, Journalist, and Playwright

# zolaeansnd

ZOLLICOFFER, FELIX KIRK (1812-62) Confederate Brigadier General, Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Mill Springs – January 19, 1862; U.S. Congressman – Tennessee – 1853-59

# zollicofferfelixkirk

ZOOK, SAMUEL K. (1821-63) Union Brigadier General - New York; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 2, 1863

# zooksamuelk

ZSCHOKKE, HEINRICH (1771-1848) German-Swiss Author & Reformer

# zschokkeh

ZUKOR, ADOLPH (1873-1976) Hungarian-Born American Film Producer; A Founder of Paramount Pictures

# zukora

ZWINGLI, ULRICH (1484-1531) Swiss Reformation Leader

# zwingliu
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