Ohioan Thomas MacArthur Anderson rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War and remained in the regular army after the conflict, retiring as a brigadier general in January 1900. His father, William Marshall Anderson, was a Copperhead, while one of his uncles, Robert Anderson, was the Union commander at the Battle of Fort Sumter, the first engagement of the Civil War. Full Image »
Antietam, Battle of - Lincoln, Pinkerton and McClelland
This photo taken by Alexander Gardner shows Pinkerton, Lincoln and McClellan soon after the Battle of Antietam. Full Image »
Beauregard, P.G.T.
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was an American military leader. As a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, Beauregard served in the Eastern and Western theaters and was the victorious field commander at the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia on July 21, 1861. Full Image »
Bragg, Braxton
Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who served as a principal commander in the Western theater and later as a military advisor to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Full Image »
Ohioan William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Full Image »
Brough, John
John Brough (pronounced "bruff") served as Ohio governor from January 11, 1864 to August 29, 1865. Full Image »
Buell, Don Carlos
Native Ohioan Don Carlos Buell was a Union general during the American Civil War who directed the Department of the Ohio and commanded the Army of the Ohio in the Western Theater. Buell's army helped turn the tide to a Union victory at the Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862). Buell also forced Braxton Bragg to retreat from Kentucky in the autumn of 1862, ending the Confederate Heartland Campaign. Full Image »
Burnside, Ambrose
Ambrose Burnside was one of five generals to command the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. He also served as the commander of the Department of the Ohio, where he worked diligently to weaken Peace Democrat and Copperhead opposition to the Union war effort. Full Image »
Carroll, Samuel Spriggs
Although not from Ohio, Samuel Spriggs Carroll served as colonel of the Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a portion of the American Civil War. Full Image »
Brevet Brigadier General John E. Cummins commanded the Eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Full Image »
Early, Jubal Anderson
Jubal Anderson Early was a prominent Confederate general during the American Civil War. His Army of the Valley battled Ohioan and Union General Philip Sheridan's force for control of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and early 1865. Full Image »
Emancipation Proclamation - First Reading by Abraham Lincoln
