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This is a list of people associated with the [[American Civil War]]. See also the [[list of American Civil War topics]].
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== Confederate States Army ==


*[[Lewis Addison Armistead|Armistead, Lewis Addison]], Brigadier General


*[[William Beall|Beall, William N.R.]], (1825-1883), Brigadier General


*[[P.G.T. Beauregard|Beauregard, Pierre G.T.]], (1818-1893), general, commanded firing on Fort Sumter


*[[Solon Borland|Borland, Solon]], (1808-1864), Brigadier General


*[[John C. Breckenridge|Breckenridge, John C.]], (1821-1875), Major General


*[[William Lewis Cabell|Cabell, William L.]], (1827-1911), Brigadier General


*[[Thomas James Churchill|Churchill, Thomas J.]], (1824-1905), Major General


*[[Patrick Cleburne|Cleburne, Patrick R.]], (1828-1864), Major General


*[[Thomas Pleasant Dockery|Dockery, Thomas P.]], (1833-1898), Brigadier General


*[[Jubal A. Early|Early, Jubal A.]], (1816-1894), general


*[[James Fleming Fagan|Fagan, James F.]], (1827-1893), Major General


*[[Nathan Bedford Forrest|Forrest, Nathan B.]], (1821-1877), cavalry general


*[[Daniel Govan|Govan, Daniel C.]], (1829-1911), Brigadier General


*[[Alexander Travis Hawthorn|Hawthorn, Alexander T.]], (1825-1899), Brigadier General


*[[A.P. Hill|Hill, Ambrose P.]], (1825-1865), Lieutenant General


*[[Thomas C. Hindman|Hindman, Thomas C.]], (1828-1868), Major General


*[[Thomas J. Jackson|Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall"]], (1824-1863), Lieutenant General


*[[Jesse James 1847|James, Jesse W.]], (1847-1882), guerilla fighter


*[[Albert Sidney Johnston|Johnston, Albert Sidney]], (1803-1862), general, killed at Shiloh


*[[Robert E. Lee|Lee, Robert E.]], (1807-1870), Commander of all Confederate armies


*[[James Longstreet|Longstreet, James]], (1821-1904), Lieutenant General


*[[Evander McNair|McNair, Evander]], (1820-1902), Brigadier General


*[[Dandridge McRae|McRae, Dandridge]], (1829-1899), Bridgadier General


*[[George Pickett|Pickett, George E.]], (1825-1876), Major General, commander of 'Pickett's Charge'


*[[John Selden Roane|Roane, John Selden]], (1817-1867), Major General


*[[Albert Rust|Rust, Albert]], (1818-1870), Brigadier General


*[[JEB Stuart|Stuart, James E.B.]], ( - ), cavalry general


*[[James Camp Tappan|Tappan, James C.]], (1825-1906), Brigadier General

== Confederate States Civilians ==


*[[John Wilkes Booth|Booth, John Wilkes]], (1838-1865), assassin of Abraham Lincoln


*[[Samuel Mudd|Mudd, Samuel A.]], (1833-1883), physician, assisted John Wilkes Booth


*[[William Clark Quantrill|Quantrill, William C.]] (1837-1865), leader of Quantrill's Raiders
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== Confederate States Navy ==


*[[Isaac N. Brown|Brown, Isaac N.]], (1817-1889), Captain of CSS Arkansas


*[[Charles Read|Read, Charles W.]], (1840-1890), Confederate raider


*[[Raphael Semmes|Semmes, Raphael]], (1809-1877), Admiral, Captain of CSS Alabama
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== Confederate States Political Leaders ==


*[[Judah P. Benjamin|Benjamin, Judah P.]], (1811-1884), Attorney General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State


*[[John C. Breckenridge|Breckenridge, John C.]], (1821-1875), Secretary of War


*[[Jefferson Davis|Davis, Jefferson F.]], (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States


*[[Alexander Stephens|Stephens, Alexander]] (1812-1883), Vice-President of the Confederate States
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== United States Army ==


*[[Adelbert Ames|Ames, Adelbert]], (1835-1933), Major General


*[[Ambrose Burnside|Burnside, Ambrose E.]], (1824-1881), General, commander of the Army of the Potomac


*[[Edward Canby|Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg]], (    -1873), Major General


*[[George Armstrong Custer|Custer, George A.]], (1839-1876), cavalry General


*[[Abner Doubleday|Doubleday, Abner]], (1819-1893), Major General


*[[John C. Fremont|Fremont, John C.]], (1813-1890), Major General


*[[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant, Ulysses S.]], (1822-1885), Lieutenant General, commander of all US armies

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*[[Colonel Benjamin Grierson|Grierson, Benjamin H.]], (1826-1911), Brigadier General
*[[Winfield Scott Hancock|Hancock, Winfield Scott]], Major General


*[[Joseph Hooker|Hooker, Joseph]], (1814-1879), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac


*[[David Hunter|Hunter, David]], (1803-1888), general


*[[George Meade|Meade, George G.]], (1815-1872), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac, US leader at Gettysburg


*[[George Brinton McClellan|McClellan, George B.]], (1826-1885), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac


*[[John Pope (military officer)|Pope, John]] (1822-1892), Major General


*[[Winfield Scott|Scott, Winfield]], (1786-1866), General-In-Chief


*[[Philip Sheridan|Sheridan, Philip H.]], (1831-1888), cavalry general


*[[William T. Sherman|Sherman, William T.]], (1820-1891), general, marched to the sea


*[[George Henry Thomas|Thomas, George H.]], (1816-1870), general, known as 'The Rock of Chickamauga'


*[[Lew Wallace|Wallace, Lew]], (1827-1905), general

== United States Civilians ==


*[[Clara Barton|Barton, Clara]], (1821-1912), nurse


*[[John Brown (abolitionist)|Brown, John]], (1800-1859), abolitionist


*[[Frederick Douglass|Douglass, Frederick]], (1818-1895), abolitionist


*[[John Ericsson|Ericsson, John]], (1803-1889), designer of USS Monitor


*[[William Lloyd Garrison|Garrison, William L.]], (1805-1879), abolitionist


*[[Horace Greeley|Greeley, Horace]], (1811-1872), publisher of New York Tribune


*[[Julia Ward Howe|Howe, Julia Ward]], (1819-1910), writer of the ''Battle Hymn of the Republic''


*[[Florence Nightingale|Nightingale, Florence]], (1820-1910), inspired US Sanitary Commission
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== United States Navy ==


*[[John A. Dahlgren|Dahlgren, John A.]], (1809-1870), Admiral, head of Ordnance Department


*[[David Farragut|Farragut, David G.]], (1801-1870), Admiral, commander of West Gulf Blockading Squadron
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== United States Political Leaders ==


*[[Salmon P. Chase|Chase, Salmon P.]], (1808-1873), Secretary of the Treasury


*[[Andrew Johnson|Johnson, Andrew]], (1808-1875), Vice President of the United States


*[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln, Abraham]], (1809-1865), President of the United States


*[[Isaac Murphy|Murphy, Isaac]], (1799-1882), Governor of Arkansas, first Lincoln reconstruction Governor


*[[Roger Taney|Taney, Roger]], (1777-1864), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court