Famous Civil War Figures

• Barton, Clara

  Founder of the American Red Cross

• Farragut, David Glasgow

  The Civil War admiral who said, "Damn the torpedoes..."

• Grant, Ulysses

  President of the United States, 1869-1877

• Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"

  Brilliant Confederate general killed during the U.S. Civil War

• Lee, Robert E.

  Leader of Confederate armies in the Civil War

• Longstreet, James

  The Confederate Civil War general blamed for the Gettysburg loss

• McClellan, George

  The Civil War general Lincoln replaced in 1862

• Shaw, Robert Gould

  Civil War leader of the African-American 54th Massachusetts Infantry

• Sherman, William Tecumseh

  Union general who said, "War is hell."

See: Index by Occupation