List of people associated with the American Civil War
See American Civil War
Confederate States Army
- Beall, William N.R, (1825-1883), Brigadier General
- Beauregard, Pierre G.T, (1818-1893), general, commanded firing on Fort Sumter
- Borland, Solon, (1808-1864), Brigadier General
- Breckenridge, John C, (1821-1875), Major General
- Cabell, William L, (1827-1911), Brigadier General
- Churchill, Thomas J, (1824-1905), Major General
- Cleburne, Patrick R, (1828-1864), Major General
- Dockery, Thomas P, (1833-1898), Brigadier General
- Early, Jubal A, (1816-1894), general
- Fagan, James F, (1827-1893), Major General
- Forrest, Nathan B, (1821-1877), cavalry general
- Govan, Daniel C, (1829-1911), Brigadier General
- Hawthorn, Alexander T, (1825-1899), Brigadier General
- Hill, Ambrose P, (1825-1865), Lieutenant General
- Hindman, Thomas C, (1828-1868), Major General
- Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall, (1824-1863), Lieutenant General
- James, Jesse W, (1847-1882), guerilla fighter
- Johnston, Albert Sidney, (1803-1862), general, killed at Shiloh
- Lee, Robert E, (1807-1870), Commander of all Confederate armies
- Longstreet, James, (1821-1904), Lieutenant General
- McNair, Evander, (1820-1902), Brigadier General
- McRae, Dandridge, (1829-1899), Bridgadier General
- Pickett, George E, (1825-1876), Major General, commander of 'Pickett's Charge'
- Roane, John Selden, (1817-1867), Major General
- Rust, Albert, (1818-1870), Brigadier General
- Stuart, James E.B, ( - ), cavalry general
- Tappan, James C, (1825-1906), Brigadier General
Confederate States Civilians
- Booth, John Wilkes, (1838-1865), assassin of Abraham Lincoln
- Mudd, Samuel A, (1833-1883), physician, assisted John Wilkes Booth
Confederate States Navy
- 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
Confederate States Political Leaders
- Benjamin, Judah P, (1811-1884), Attorney General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State
- Breckenridge, John C, (1821-1875), Secretary of War
- Davis, Jefferson F, (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States
United States Army
- Ames, Adelbert, (1835-1933), Major General
- Burnside, Ambrose E, (1824-1881), General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
- Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, ( -1873), Major General
- Custer, George A, (1839-1876), cavalry General
- Doubleday, Abner, (1819-1893), Major General
- Fremont, John C, (1813-1890), Major General
- Grant, Ulysses S, (1822-1885), Lieutenant General, commander of all US armies
- Hooker, Joseph, (1814-1879), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
- Hunter, David, (1803-1888), general
- Meade, George G, (1815-1872), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac, US leader at Gettysburg
- McClellan, George B, (1826-1885), Major General, commander of the Army of the Potomac
- Scott, Winfield, (1786-1866), General-In-Chief
- Sheridan, Philip H, (1831-1888), cavalry general
- Sherman, William T, (1820-1891), general, marched to the sea
- Thomas, George H, (1816-1870), general, known as 'The Rock of Chickamauga'
- Wallace, Lew, (1827-1905), general
United States Civilians
- Barton, Clara, (1821-1912), nurse
- Brown, John, (1800-1859), abolitionist
- 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
- Nightingale, Florence, (1820-1910), inspired US Sanitary Commission
United States Navy
- Dahlgren, John A, (1809-1870), Admiral, head of Ordnance Department
- Farragut, David G, (1801-1870), Admiral, commander of West Gulf Blockading Squadron
United States Political Leaders
- Chase, Salmon P, (1808-1873), Secretary of the Treasury
- 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
- Taney, Roger, (1777-1864), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court