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Union leaders, such as Ulysses S. Grant and George McClellan, led the American army in the fight to restore order to the Union. Here you can find information about important Union figures.
Featured Article: John Pope
Pope, John (1822–1892), a United States army officer. As commander of the Army of Virginia during the Civil War, he badly misjudged Confederate movements at the Second Battle of Bull Run, August 28–30, 1862, and was decisively defeated. See more »
Irvin McDowell
McDowell, Irvin (1818–1885), a United States army officer. McDowell was born in Columbus, Ohio.
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McPherson, James Birdseye (1828–1864), a United States army officer. He graduated from West Point in 1853, at the head of his class.
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Cooke, Jay (1821–1905), a United States banker, known as the "financier of the Civil War," His role has been compared to that of Robert Morris during the Revolutionary War.
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Logan, John Alexander (1826–1886), a United States political leader and army officer.
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Schofield, John McAllister (1831–1906), a United States army officer and for seven years commanding general of the U.S.
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Pope, John (1822–1892), a United States army officer. As commander of the Army of Virginia during the Civil War, he badly misjudged Confederate movements at the Second Battle of Bull Run, August 28–30, 1862, and was decisively defeated.
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Hooker, Joseph (1814–1879), a United States Union army officer, called “Fighting Joe.” Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts.
See more »Lew Wallace
Wallace, Lew (Lewis) (1827–1905), a United States novelist and army officer. His literary reputation rests chiefly on Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880).
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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894), a United States politician and army officer.
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Lyon, Nathaniel (1818–1861), a United States army officer. His military actions early in the Civil War kept Missouri from entering the Confederacy.
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Miles, Nelson Appleton (1839–1925), a United States army officer in the Civil War, the Indian wars, and the Spanish-American War.
See more »Philip H. Sheridan
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831–1888), United States army officer. A daring and aggressive cavalry officer, “Little Phil,” as he was called by his men, was one of the most successful Union commanders in the Civil War.
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Kearny, Philip (1814–1862), a United States army officer. A daring cavalry officer, Kearny was called by General Winfield Scott "the bravest man I ever knew and a perfect soldier.'' Kearny, New Jersey, is named for him and there are statues of him in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia (his burial place), and in the Capitol in Washington.
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Porter, the family name of two United States naval officers, father and son.
See more »Robert Anderson
Anderson, Robert (1805–1871), a United States army officer. As a major, Anderson was the commander of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, when it was bombarded by the Confederates in the first military action of the Civil War.
See more »Robert Smalls
Smalls, Robert (1839–1915), a black United States congressman and Civil War hero.
See more »Salmon Portland Chase
Chase, Salmon Portland (1808–1873), a United States statesman and jurist. He was secretary of the treasury in Lincoln's cabinet, 1861–64, and the sixth chief justice of the United States, 1864–73, serving during the difficult period of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
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Cameron, Simon (1799–1889), a United States public official and political boss.
See more »W. S. Hancock
Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824–1886), a United States army officer. Hancock fought in most of the major battles of the Union Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
See more »W. S. Rosecrans
Rosecrans, William Starke (1819–1898), a United States army officer. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and graduated from West Point in 1842.
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