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![]() | Lt. General Ulysses Simpson Grant, Commander In Chief Of The U.s. Forces 1866 Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA | Mayer, Constant | ![]() Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) following his dominant role in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military; having effectively ended the war and secession with the surrender of Robert E.... | Unrated |
![]() | General Robert E. Lee 1876 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Elder, John Adams | ![]() Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III and a top graduate of the United States Military Academy, Robert E. Lee... | Unrated |
![]() | Prepatory Sketch For Pickett's Charge At The Battle Of Gettysburg about 1871 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Rothermel, Peter Frederick | GA | |
![]() | Engagement Between The "Monitor" And The "Merrimac" 1891 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Tanner, J.G. | Unrated | |
![]() | General Winfield Scott ca. 1855 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Weir, Robert W. | ![]() Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.
Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history, and many historians rate him the best... | Unrated |
![]() | Jefferson Davis 1849 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Saunders, George Lethbridge | ![]() Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, from 1861 to 1865. Davis was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane (Cook) Davis. After attending Transylvania University,... | Unrated |
![]() | George Brinton Mcclellan 1888 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Scott, Julian | ![]() George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic Party candidate for President in 1864. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an... | Unrated |
![]() | The Battle Of Gettysburg: Repulse Of Longstreet's Assault, July 3, 1863 ca. 1864-1870 Johnson Collection Spartanburg, SC | Walker, James | Unrated | |
![]() | Pierre G. T. Beauregard circa 1840s-1850s Private Collection Unknown, USA | Clague, Richard | ![]() Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. | Unrated |
![]() | William Starke Rosecrans 1868 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Price, Samuel Woodson | ![]() William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898) was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but his military career was effectively ended... | Unrated |
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