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Biographical sites about individuals who were involved in the American Civil War.

Subcategories

• Barton, Clara
• Chamberlain, Joshua L.
• Custer, George Armstrong
• Davis, Jefferson
• Dix, Dorothea
• Douglass, Frederick
• Forrest, Nathan Bedford
• Grant, Ulysses S
• Jackson, Thomas Jonathan
• Johnson, Andrew
• Lee, Robert E.
• Lincoln, Abraham
• Longstreet, James
• Loring, William Wing
• Mosby, John Singleton
• Shaw, Robert Gould
• Sherman, William Tecumseh
• Walker, Mary Edwards
• Women

Resources in This Category

• "Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg" and "Sickles at Gettysburg"

  http://www.sicklesatgettysburg.com/
  Biographical information of Union General Daniel E. Sickles, including his pre-war murder trial, Civil War activities, and contributions to the development of the Gettysburg National Military Park. By James Hessler and Wayne Motts

• And Then A.P. Hill Came Up

  http://www.aphillcsa.com/
  An online archive of information dedicated to the life and career of Civil War general and Confederate hero, Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill.

• Belle Boyd - Siren of the Shenandoah

  http://belleboydinfo.tripod.com/
  Full biography, with timeline and additional web resources, of the famous Confederate spy.

• Captain William Downs Farley

  http://members.tripod.com/detlaurens/index.htm
  In memory of chief scout for J.E.B. Stuart. Killed at Brandy Station and buried in Va. Exhumed by Smithsonian in 2001, to be buried in hometown in Laurens,SC in 2002.

• Civil War Biographies

  http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm
  Features detailed information about many of the major players in the American Civil War, including Belle Boyd, Jubal Early, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Clara Barton.

• George Crook, Major General, United States Army

  http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gcrook.htm
  Biography of General Crook, Civil War General and of the Indian Wars, with pictures.

• George H. Thomas Homepage

  http://generalthomas.com/index.htm
  The history of General George H. Thomas who was a great general of the American Civil War. George H. Thomas was called the Rock of Chickamauga.

• JamesBirdseye McPherson, Major General, Union

  http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/James_Birdseye_McPherson
  Historical data on the General that served under Grant and Sherman.

• John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail

  http://www.hhhills.org/JohnHuntMorgan.html
  Depicts Civil War General John Hunt Morgan's Great Raid in 1863.

• Micah Jenkins

  http://home.freeuk.com/gazkhan/micah.htm
  A history of the life of the Confederate General.

• Nancy Hart - Confederate Spy

  http://www.richwooders.com/net/nancy/hart.htm
  Rebel of the Family following her heart and beliefs for the Confederacy.

• Philip St. George Cooke and the American Civil War

  http://www.philipstgeorgecooke.info/
  Philip St. George Cooke and the story of families split during the American Civil War. Famous men and their silent women, their lives, trials and tribulations as told by the great great granddaughter of Philip St. George Cooke.

• Rose O'Neal Greenhow

  http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/greenhow/
  Greenhow, a leader in Washington society, was also one of the most celebrated Confederate spies in the Civil War. Site has letters, news clippings and background.

• SpotlightBiography: Civil War

  http://smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/civilwar1.html
  Information and links about several leaders during the Civil War.

• USA: Edwin McMasters Stanton

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/edwin-mcmasters-stanton/
  Biographical information on the Secretary of War that served under Abraham Lincoln.

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