Commanders of the Civil War: Brief Biographies of Selected Generals and Statesmen in the Conflict of the War Between the States
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Commanders of the Civil War - George A Scott
COMMANDERS
OF THE
CIVIL WAR
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF
SELECTED GENERALS AND STATESMEN
IN THE CONFLICT OF
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
GEORGE SCOTT
© 2011 by Scott & Nix, Inc., New York
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isbn (ePub): 978-1-935622-35-2
isbn (PDF): 978-1-935622-36-9
isbn (Kindle): 978-1-935622-37-6
Contents
Introduction
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
General Braxton Bragg
Admiral Franklin Buchanan
Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Major General George Armstrong Curly
Custer
President Jefferson Davis
Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Major General John Charles Frémont
Major General James Abram Garfield
Major General John Gibbon
General-in-Chief Ulysses Simpson Grant
Chief-of-Staff Henry Wager Halleck
Vice President Hannibal Hamlin
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
Lieutenant General William Joseph Old Reliable
Hardee
Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill
Lieutenant General John Bell Hood
Major General Joseph Fightin’ Joe
Hooker
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Stonewall
Jackson
Major General Richard W. Johnson
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
General-in-Chief Robert Edward Lee
President Abraham Lincoln
Major General John Alexander Black Jack
Logan
Lieutenant General James Old Pete
Longstreet
Major General George Brinton Little Mac
McClellan
Major General Irvin McDowell
Major General George Gordon Meade
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan
Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton
Major General George Edward Pickett
Major General Philip Henry Little Phil
Sheridan
Major General William Tecumseh Cump
Sherman
General Edmund Kirby Smith
Vice President Alexander Stephens
Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson
Major General James Ewell Brown Jeb
Stuart
Major General George Henry Rock of Chickamauga
Thomas
Major General Emory Upton
Lieutenant General Joseph Fightin’ Joe
Wheeler
Major General James Harrison Wilson
Admiral John Lorimer Worden
Introduction
Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. Hundreds of officers fell during this bloody period in our nation’s past, sacrificing their lives in the service of their cause and country.
The select group of commanders included in this small book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for their particular contributions.
Interested readers are urged to seek out the excellent books that summarize the lives of famous figures of the Civil War in a much more comprehensive and scholarly way, including Ezra J. Warner’s classic books in two volumes,