This is a list of people associated with the American Civil War. See also the list of American Civil War topics.

Contents

1 Confederate States Army 2 Confederate States Civilians 3 Confederate States Navy 4 Confederate States Political Leaders 5 United States Army 6 United States Civilians 7 United States Navy 8 United States Political Leaders

Confederate States Army

• Anderson, Joseph Reid, (1813-1892), Brigadier General, owned Tredegar Iron Works
• Armistead, Lewis Addison, Brigadier General
• Beall, William N.R., (1825-1883), Brigadier General
• Beauregard, Pierre G.T., (1818-1893), general, commanded firing on Fort Sumter
• Benavides, Santos, (1823-1891), Colonel (Texas)
• 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
• Cockrell, Francis brigadier general, later a United States Senator
• Dockery, Thomas P., (1833-1898), Brigadier General
• Early, Jubal A., (1816-1894), general
• Evans, Nathan G., (1824-1868), Brigadier General
• Fagan, James F., (1827-1893), Major General
• Forrest, Nathan B., (1821-1877), cavalry general
• Gordon, John B., (1832-1904), Major General, later a U.S. Senator, railroad executive, and Governor of Georgia
• Govan, Daniel C., (1829-1911), Brigadier General
• Hawthorn, Alexander T., (1825-1899), Brigadier General
• Hill, Ambrose P., (1825-1865), Lieutenant General
• Hill, Daniel H., (1821-1889), Major General
• Hindman, Thomas C., (1828-1868), Major General
• Huger, Benjamin, (1805-1877), Major General
• Hunton, Eppa, (1822-1908), Brigadier General, later a U.S. Senator from Virginia
• Jackson, Cummins, ( -)
• Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", (1824-1863), Lieutenant General
• James, Jesse W., (1847-1882), guerilla fighter
• Johnson, Bushrod R., (1817-1880), Major General
• Johnston, Albert Sidney, (1803-1862), general, killed at Shiloh
• Johnston, Joseph E., (1807-1891), Full General
• Jones, William E., ( -1864), Brigadier General
• Lane, James H., (1833-1907), Brigadier General
• Lee, Robert E., (1807-1870), Commander of all Confederate armies
• Lee, Stephen D., (1833-1908), Lieutenant General, the youngest Confederate with that rank
• Longstreet, James, (1821-1904), Lieutenant General
• Mahone, William, (1826-1895), Major General
• McNair, Evander, (1820-1902), Brigadier General
• McRae, Dandridge, (1829-1899), Bridgadier General
• Mitchel, Ormsby M., (1809-1862), Major General
• Mosby, John S. (1833 - 1916), Colonel, guerrilla leader
• Pickett, George E., (1825-1876), Major General, commander of 'Pickett's Charge'
• Pike, Albert, (1809-1891), Brigadier General, also an attorney, writer, and Freemason
• Polk, Leonidas, (1806-1864), Lieutenant General, cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk
• Price, Sterling, (1809-1867), Major General
• 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
• Quantrill, William C. (1837-1865), leader of Quantrill's Raiders

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
• Wood, John T., (1830-1904), Captain of CSS Tallahassee

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
• Stephens, Alexander (1812-1883), Vice-President of the Confederate States

United States Army

• Adams, Charles F. Jr., Brigadier General
• Ames, Adelbert, (1835-1933), Major General
• Aplin, Henry H., (1841-1910), Second Lieutenant
• Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, (1839-1893), Brigadier General, white commander of a colored regiment
• Baker, Edward D., (1811-1861), Colonel, U.S. Rep. from Illinois, Senator from Oregon, close friend of Abraham Lincoln, killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff
• Brinton, Daniel G., (1837-1899), surgeon in charge of the U.S. Army general hospital at Quincy, Illinois
• 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
• Ellet, Charles R., (1843-1863), Colonel
• Fremont, John C., (1813-1890), Major General
• Garfield, James A., (1831-1881), Major General, 20th U.S. President
• Grant, Ulysses S., (1822-1885), Lieutenant General, commander of all US armies
• Grierson, Benjamin H., (1826-1911), Brigadier General
• Hancock, Winfield Scott, Major General
• Harney, William S., (1800-1889), Brigadier General
• Harrison, Benjamin, (1833-1901), Brigadier General, 23rd U.S. President
• 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
• McPherson, James B., (1828-1864), Major General, died at the Battle of Atlanta
• Palmer, William J., (1836-1909), general
• Pope, John, (1822-1892), Major General
• Rosecrans, William S., (1819-1898), Major General
• Scott, Winfield, (1786-1866), General-In-Chief
• Sedgwick, John, (1813-1864), Major General
• Sheridan, Philip H., (1831-1888), cavalry general
• Sickles, Daniel, (1825-1914), Major General
• Sherman, William T., (1820-1891), general, marched to the sea
• Smith, William F., (1824-1903), Major General
• Stone, Charles P., (1824-1887), Brigadier General
• Sumner, Edwin V., (1797-1863), Major General, oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side
• Swallow, Silas C., (1839-1930), Lieutenant
• Thomas, George H., (1816-1870), general, known as 'The Rock of Chickamauga'
• Vincent, Strong, (1837-1863), Brigadier General, hero of the Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded
• Wadsworth, James S., (1807-1864), Major General
• 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