List of people associated with the American Civil War

This is a list of people associated with the American Civil War. See also the list of American Civil War topics.
==Confederate System (CWSS) hosted by the National Park Service > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/]==
*Anderson, Joseph Reid, (1813-1892), Brigadier General, owned Tredegar Iron Works
*Armistead, Lewis Addison, Brigadier General
*Barton, Seth M., Brigadier General, Commanding, Barton's Brigade
*Beall, William N.R., (1825-1883), Brigadier General
*Beauregard, Pierre G.T., (1818-1893), General, commanded firing on Fort Sumter
*Benavides, Santos, (1823-1891), Colonel (Texas)
*Benning, Henry L., (1814-1875), Brigadier General
*Bonham, Milledge Luke, (1813-1890), Brigadier General and Governor of South Carolina
*Borland, Solon, (1808-1864), Brigadier General
*Bragg, Braxton, (1817-1871), Lieutenant General
*Breckinridge, John C., (1821-1875), Major General
*Buckner, Simon Bolivar, (1823-1914), Major General, Commanding, Army of East Tennessee
*Cabell, William L., (1827-1911), Brigadier General
*Chalmers, James R., (1831-1898), Brigadier General
*Churchill, Thomas J., (1824-1905), Major General
*Clark, John Bullock Sr., Brigadier General, Commanding, 3rd Division, Missouri State Guard
*Clark, John Bullock Jr., Brigadier General
*Cleburne, Patrick R., (1828-1864), Major General
*Cockrell, Francis Brigadier General, later a United States Senator
*Cooper, Douglas H., (1815-1879), Brigadier General
*Dahlgren, Charles G, (1811-1888), Brigadier General, Commander of the 3rd Brigade, Army of Mississippi
*Dockery, Thomas P., (1833-1898), Brigadier General
*Early, Jubal A., (1816-1894), Lieutenant General
*Evans, Clement A., (1833-1911), Brigadier General
*Evans, Nathan G., (1824-1868), Brigadier General
*Fagan, James F., (1827-1893), Major General
*Forrest, Nathan Bedford, (1821-1877), Cavalry general
*Gordon, John B., (1832-1904), Major General, later a U.S. Senator, railroad executive, and Governor of Georgia
*Govan, Daniel C., (1829-1911), Brigadier General
*Hanson, Roger W., (1827-1863), Brigadier General, mortally wounded at Murfreesboro, Tennessee
*Hawthorn, Alexander T., (1825-1899), Brigadier General
*Hébert, Louis, Colonel, Commanding, 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment
*Hill, Ambrose P., (1825-1865), Lieutenant General
*Hill, Daniel H., (1821-1889), Major General
*Hindman, Thomas C., (1828-1868), Major General
*Hood, John Bell, ((1831 - 1879) Lieutenant General
*Huger, Benjamin, (1805-1877), Major General
*Hunton, Eppa, (1822-1908), Brigadier General, later a U.S. Senator from Virginia
*Imboden, John D., (1823-1895), Brigadier General, Virginia politician
*, (1824-1863), Lieutenant General
*Johnson, Bushrod R., (1817-1880), Major General
*Johnston, Albert Sidney, (1803-1862), General, killed at Shiloh
*Johnston, Joseph E., (1807-1891), Full General
*Jones, William E., ( -1864), Brigadier General
*Lane, James H., (1833-1907), Brigadier General
*Law, Evander M., (1836-1920), Brigadier General
*Lee, Robert E., (1807-1870), Commander of all Confederate armies
*Lee, Stephen D., (1833-1908), Lieutenant General, the youngest Confederate with that rank
*Longstreet, James, (1821-1904), Lieutenant General
*Mahone, William, (1826-1895), Major General
*Marmaduke, John S., (1833-1887), Major General
*Maxey, Samuel Bell, general.
*McCulloch, Benjamin, Brigadier General, Commanding, McCulloch's Brigade, and Commanding, all Southern Forces at Wilson's Creek
*McGuire, Hunter, (1835-1900), Brigade surgeon, doctor for Stonewall Jackson
*McNair, Evander, (1820-1902), Brigadier General
*McRae, Dandridge, (1829-1899), Brigadier General, Commanding, McRae's Arkansas Infantry Battalion
*Morgan, John Hunt, Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division, Department of East Tennessee
*Mosby, John S. (1833-1916), Colonel, guerrilla leader
*Parsons, Mosby M., Brigadier General, Commanding, 6th Division, Missouri State Guard
*Pearce, Nicholas Bartlett, Brigadier General, Commanding, 1st Division, Army of Arkansas, and Commanding, all Arkansas State Forces
*Pemberton, John C., (1814-1881), Lieutenant General, Commanding, Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana
*Pender, William Dorsey, (1834-1863), Major General
*Pickett, George E., (1825-1876), Major General, commander of 'Pickett's Charge'
*Pike, Albert, (1809-1891), Brigadier General
*Polk, Leonidas, (1806-1864), Lieutenant General, cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk
*Price, Sterling, (1809-1867), Major General
*Rains, James S., Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Division, Missouri State Guard
*Roane, John Selden, (1817-1867), Major General
*Ruggles, Daniel, (1810-1897), Major General
*Rust, Albert, (1818-1870), Brigadier General
*Scurry, William R., (1821-1864), Brigadier General
*Smith, Edmund Kirby, (1824-1893), General
*Stevenson, Carter L., Major General, Commanding, 2nd Military District, including Vicksburg, Mississippi
*Stuart, James E.B., (1833-1864), Major General, cavalry
*Tappan, James C., (1825-1906), Brigadier General
*Taylor, Walter H., (1838-1916), Lieutenant Colonel
*Thomas, William H., Colonel
*Thompson, M. Jeff, (1826-1876), Brigadier General in the Missouri State Guard
*Van Dorn, Earl, (1820-1863), Major General, Commanding, Army of the West and Trans-Mississippi District
*Vaughn, John C., Brigadier General, Commanding, Vaughn's Brigade
*, (1829-1863), Brigadier General
*Watie, Stand (1806-9 - 1871) Brigadier General.
*Wharton, John A., (1828-1865), Major General
*Wheeler, Joseph, (1813-1892), Major General
Confederate States civilians
*Booth, John Wilkes, (1838-1865), assassin of Abraham Lincoln
*Chesnut, Mary, (1823-1886), diarist
*James, Frank, (1843-1915), claimed to have been present at the Battle of Wilson's Creek-- likely a member of a Clay County company in the 5th Division, Missouri State Guard
*James, Jesse W., (1847-1882), guerilla fighter
*Mudd, Samuel A., (1833-1883), physician, assisted John Wilkes Booth
*Quantrill, William C. (1837-1865), leader of Quantrill's Raiders
*Younger, Cole, (1844-1916), guerilla fighter
==Confederate States Navy [See also: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) hosted by the National Park Service > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/]==
*Brown, Isaac N., (1817-1889), Captain of CSS Arkansas
*Read, Charles W., (1840-1890), Confederate raider
*Semmes, Raphael, (1809-1877), Admiral, Captain of CSS Alabama
*Wood, John T., (1830-1904), Captain of CSS Tallahassee
Confederate States political leaders
*Davis, Jefferson F., (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States
*Stephens, Alexander (1812-1883), Vice-President of the Confederate States
*Benjamin, Judah P., (1811-1884), Attorney General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State
*Breckenridge, John C., (1821-1875), Secretary of War
*Stephen Mallory, (1812-1873), Confederate Secretary of the Navy
*Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, (1805-1869), Secessionist Governor of South Carolina
==United States Army [See also: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) hosted by the National Park Service > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/]==
*Adams, Charles F. Jr., Brigadier General
*Ames, Adelbert, (1835-1933), Major General
*Anderson, Robert, (1805-1871), Major, commander at Fort Sumter
*Aplin, Henry H., (1841-1910), Second Lieutenant
*Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, (1839-1893), Brigadier General, white commander of a colored regiment
*Asboth, Alexander, Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Division, Army of the Southwest
*Baker, Edward D., (1811-1861), Colonel, U.S. Rep. from Illinois, Senator from Oregon, close friend of Abraham Lincoln, killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff
*Blair, Frank P., Jr., (1821-1875), Major General, Commanding, 1st Brigade
*Bootes, Levi Clark Officer, wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg. Survived the War
*Boyle, Jeremiah T., Brigadier General, Commanding, District of Western Kentucky
*Brinton, Daniel G., (1837-1899), surgeon in charge of the U.S. Army general hospital at Quincy, Illinois
*Buell, Don Carlos, (1818-1898) Controversial Major General; resigned June 1, 1864
*Buford, John F., (1826-1863), Brigadier General, cavalry
*Burnside, Ambrose E., (1824-1881), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
*Butler, Benjamin Franklin, (1818-1893), Major General, USV, Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts
*Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, ( -1873), Major General
*Chamberlain, Joshua, (1828-1914), Major General
*<font color=blue>Clark, Horace Lee</font>, ( -1865), Lieutenant, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
*Curtis, Samuel R., (1805-1866), Brigadier General, Commanding, Army of the Southwest
*Custer, George A., (1839-1876), cavalry Major General
*Custer, Thomas W., (1845-1876), cavalry Lieutenant
*Davis, Jefferson C., (1828-1879), Brigadier General, USV, Commanding, 3rd Division, Army of the Southwest
*Doubleday, Abner, (1819-1893), Major General, Army of the Potomac
* (1823-1895), Lieutenant Colonel who fought at Battle of Fredericksburg
*Eaton, John (1829-1906) Brevet brigadier general
*Ellet, Charles R., (1843-1863), Colonel
*Fremont, John C., (1813-1890), Major General
*Fry, James Barnet (1827-94) Major General; author of books
*Garfield, James A., (1831-1881), Major General, 20th U.S. President
*Grant, Ulysses S., (1822-1885), Lieutenant General, commander of all US armies
*Grierson, Benjamin H., (1826-1911), cavalry Brigadier General
*Halleck, Henry Wager, (1815-1872), General-in-chief, Chief of Staff
*Haller, Granville O., (1819-1897), Major, responsible for the defense of south-central Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign
*Hancock, Winfield Scott, Major General, II Corps, Army of the Potomac
*Harney, William S., (1800-1889), Brigadier General
*Harrison, Benjamin, (1833-1901), Brigadier General, 23rd U.S. President
*Hobson, Edward H., (1825-1901), Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Army Corps
*Hooker, Joseph, (1814-1879), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
*Howard, Oliver O., (1830-1909), Brigadier General, USV, Army of the Potomac, Commanding, Army of the Tennessee
*Hovey, Charles Edward, (1827-1897), Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Brigade
*Hunter, David, (1803-1888), Major General
*Kautz, August, (1828-1895), Brigadier General
*Kearny, Philip, (1815-1862), Major General
*King, Rufus, (1814-1876) General
*Lyon, Nathaniel, (1818-1861), Brigadier General, the first Union general killed in the war
*Manson, Mahlon D., (1820-1895), Brigadier General, Commanding, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Army Corps
*McDowell, Irvin (1818-85) Major General; served from 1838-82
*McClellan, George B., (1826-1885), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
*McClernand, John A., (1812-1900), Major General, USV, commander of the Army of the Mississippi
*McPherson, James B., (1828-1864), Major General, commander of the Army of the Tennessee, died at the Battle of Atlanta
*Meade, George G., (1815-1872), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac, including at Gettysburg
*Meigs, Montgomery C., (1816-1892), Brigadier General, Brevet Major General, Quartermaster General beginning 1861
*Miles, Nelson A., (1839-1925), Major General, USV
*Mitchel, Ormsby M., (1809-1862), Major General
*Morgan, George Washington, (1820-1893), Brigadier General, Commanding, 3rd Division
*Ord, Edward, (1818-1883), Major General, commander of the Army of the James
*Ordronaux, John, (1830-1908), Army surgeon
*Palmer, William J., (1836-1909), Brigadier General
*Pope, John, (1822-1892), Major General, commander of the Army of Virginia
*Rosecrans, William S., (1819-1898), Major General, commander of the Army of the Cumberland
*Schimmelfennig, Alexander, (1824-1865), Brigadier General, USV
*Schurz, Carl, (1829-1906), Major General, USV
*Scott, Winfield, (1786-1866), General-In-Chief
*Sedgwick, John, (1813-1864), Major General, commander, VI Corps
*Shaw, Robert G., (1837-1863), Colonel, white commander of colored 54th Massachusetts Regiment, killed at Battle of Ft. Wagner
*Sheridan, Philip H., (1831-1888), Major General, commander of the Middle Military Division
*Sherman, William T., (1820-1891), Major General, marched to the sea
*Sickles, Daniel, (1825-1914), Major General, commander, III Corps
*Sigel, Franz, (1824-1902), Brigadier General, Commanding, 1st and 2nd Divisions, Army of the Southwest
*Smith, Andrew J., (1815-1897), Brigadier General, Commanding, 1st Division, consisting of Company C, 4th Indiana Cavalry as Escort, 1st and 2nd Brigades and Artillery
*Smith, Morgan L., (1822-1874), Brigadier General, Commanding, 2nd Division
*Smith, William F., (1824-1903), Major General
*Steele, Frederick, (1819-1868), Major General
*Stone, Charles P., (1824-1887), Brigadier General
*Porter, Fitz John, (1822-1901), Major General, USV, commander of the V Corps
*Sumner, Edwin V., (1797-1863), Major General, oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side
*Swallow, Silas C., (1839-1930), Lieutenant
*Thayer, John M., (1820-1906), Major General, USV
*Thomas, George H., (1816-1870), Major General, known as 'The Rock of Chickamauga'
*Vincent, Strong, (1837-1863), Brigadier General, hero of the Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded
*Wadsworth, James S., (1807-1864), Major General
*Walden, John Morgan, (1831-1914) Lt. Colonel
*Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919), Army Surgeon
*Wallace, Lew, (1827-1905), Major General
*Wallace,W.H.L. (1821-1862) Brigadier General
*Wright, Horatio G., (1820-1899), Major General, Commanding, Department of the Ohio
United States civilians
*Barton, Clara, (1821-1912), nurse
*Brown, John, (1800-1859), abolitionist
*Canby, Louisa Hawkins, (1818-1889) general's wife and nurse
*Douglass, Frederick, (1818-1895), abolitionist
*Ericsson, John, (1803-1889), designer of USS Monitor
*Garrison, William L., (1805-1879), abolitionist
*Greeley, Horace, (1811-1872), publisher of New York Tribune
*Howe, Julia Ward, (1819-1910), writer of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
*Lenthall, John (1807-1882), naval architect and shipbuilder, chief of the United States Navys Bureau of Construction and Repair
*Opothleyahola, (1798-1863), Creek Indian leader in a series of battles with Confederate cavalry in Indian Territory
==United States Navy [See also: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) hosted by the National Park Service > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/]==
*Dahlgren, John A., (1809-1870), Admiral, head of Ordnance Department
*Farragut, David G., (1801-1870), Admiral, commander of West Gulf Blockading Squadron
*Porter, David D., (1813-1891), Admiral, one of the most noted naval heroes of the war
United States political leaders
*Chase, Salmon P., (1808-1873), Secretary of the Treasury
*Hamlin, Hannibal, (1809-1891) Vice President of the United States
*Johnson, Andrew, (1808-1875), Vice President of the United States
*Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865), President of the United States
*Murphy, Isaac, (1799-1882), Governor of Arkansas, first Lincoln Reconstruction Governor
*Seward, William H., (1801-1872), Secretary of State
*Stanton, Edwin W., (1814-1869), Secretary of War
*Taney, Roger, (1777-1864), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
*Welles, Gideon, (1861-1865), Secretary of the Navy

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