Civil War Biographies

Civil War Biography Introduction

Barton, Clara

Booth, John Wilkes

Brown, John

Calhoun, John

Chamberlain, Joshua ,

Chesnut, Mary

Davis, Jefferson

Dix, Dorothea

Douglass, Frederick

Forrest, Nathan Bedford

Garrison, William Lloyd

Grant, Ulysses S.

Hooker, Joseph

Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall

Lee, Robert E.

Lincoln, Abraham

Lincoln, Mary Todd

Longstreet, James

McClellan, George

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Civil War Biographies

Tab 0 -- Civil War Biography Introduction

Introduction: Civil War Biographies

In this introduction tab, you will find general Civil War resources.

To find specific information about a person who played a role in the Civil War, use the tabs to find the person you are researching. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will need to use the left and right arrows to scroll through the tabs and see all the names.

Image attribution: "Fall Cannon" by Violet Clark http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtclark/3772398440/in/set-72157614433323497 Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3772398440_32cd9766c1.jpg

Subtab 0 -- Civil War Photos from the National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/

Subtab 1 -- Animated battles of the Civil War

http://www.civilwaranimated.com/

Subtab 2 -- Images: American Civil War - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Civil_War

Subtab 3 -- The Civil War | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

Subtab 4 -- The American Civil War

http://www.us-civilwar.com/

Subtab 5 -- The Battle of Gettysburg & The American Civil War - Introduction to the Battle

http://www.brotherswar.com/intro.htm

Tab 1 -- Barton, Clara

Clara Barton

Clara Barton circa 1905 photographed in Boston, Massachusetts. Public Domain

http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html

Subtab 0 -- Clara Barton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton

Subtab 1 -- Clara Barton-Discovery Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjA1MTI=

Subtab 2 -- Images: Clara Barton - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Clara_Barton

Tab 2 -- Booth, John Wilkes

ohn Wilkes Booth

Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold

Source: Library of Congress Public Domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth

Subtab 0 -- Images: John Wilkes Booth - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John_Wilkes_Booth

Subtab 1 -- John Wilkes Booth: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExODk=

Tab 3 -- Brown, John

John Brown

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html

Subtab 0 -- Images: John Brown - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John_Brown

Subtab 1 -- John Brown Homepage

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/jbrown/master.html

Subtab 2 -- John Brown: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExOTI=

Tab 4 -- Calhoun, John

John C. Calhoun

John C. Calhoun, U.S. Secretary of State, April 1, 1844 to March 10, 1845. Image first posted to Flickr by U. S. Department of State. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/2277592660

Public Domain

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExOTQ=

Subtab 0 -- John C. Calhoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

Subtab 1 -- John C. Calhoun Biography - Quotes

http://www.poemofquotes.com/quotes/c/johnccalhoun/

Subtab 2 -- Images:John Calhoun - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

Tab 5 -- Chamberlain, Joshua ,

Joshua Chamberlain

"General Joshua L. Chamberlain" Source=Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. Public Domain

http://learn.bowdoin.edu/joshua-lawrence-chamberlain/

Subtab 0 -- Colonel Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine at Gettysburg

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/chambln.htm

Subtab 1 -- Joshua Chamberlain - World Book Student

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjAxMjI=

Tab 6 -- Chesnut, Mary

Mary Chesnut

Source: Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chesnut/menu.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Boykin_Chesnut

Subtab 0 -- Mary Boykin Chesnut: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExOTM=

Subtab 1 -- Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, 1823-1886 A Diary from Dixie

http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chesnut/menu.html

Tab 7 -- Davis, Jefferson

Jefferson Davis

Source Library of Congress: Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis. Public Domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

Subtab 0 -- Jefferson Davis: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExOTU=

Subtab 1 -- Images: Jefferson Davis - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jefferson_Davis

Tab 8 -- Dix, Dorothea

Dorothea Dix

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/press/pioneers/dix.html

Subtab 0 -- Dorothea Dix: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjExOTY=

Subtab 1 -- Dorothea Dix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Dix

Tab 9 -- Douglass, Frederick

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass from U.S. National Archives http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4101511218/

Public Domain

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html

Subtab 0 -- Frederick Douglass: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMDM=

Subtab 1 -- Images: Frederick Douglass - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

Subtab 2 -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/DUGLAS11.TXT

Subtab 3 -- Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Please note that this Wikipedia article needs additional verification. I included it among these resources because of the rich media content that is included in the article. Remember to check for licensing and permissions before using the images.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

Tab 10 -- Forrest, Nathan Bedford

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest image from National Park Service. Public Domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest

Subtab 0 -- Animated Battles of Nathan Bedford Forrest

http://civilwaranimated.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=70

Subtab 1 -- Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMDQ=

Tab 11 -- Garrison, William Lloyd

William Lloyd Garrison

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1561.html

Subtab 0 -- William Lloyd Garrison Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMDU=

Subtab 1 -- William Lloyd Garrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Garrison

Tab 12 -- Grant, Ulysses S.

Ulysses S. Grant

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/UlyssesSGrant

Subtab 0 -- Animated Battles of Ulysses S. Grant

http://civilwaranimated.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=71

Subtab 1 -- Ulysses S. Grant Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMDk=

Subtab 2 -- Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant

Subtab 3 -- Images: Ulysses S. Grant - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_Grant

Tab 13 -- Hooker, Joseph

Joseph Hooker

http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=42

Subtab 0 -- Images: Joseph Hooker - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Joseph_Hooker

Subtab 1 -- "Fighting Joe" Hooker

http://civilwaranimated.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31&Itemid=73

Tab 14 -- Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall

homas "Stonewall" Jackson

http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=3747&ekmensel=fb5d653b_207_281_btnlink

Subtab 0 -- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMTA=

Subtab 1 -- Stonewall Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson

Tab 15 -- Lee, Robert E.

Robert E. Lee

http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg-3h.htm

Subtab 0 -- Images: Robert E. Lee - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee

Subtab 1 -- Robert E. Lee Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMTE=

Subtab 2 -- Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee

Tab 16 -- Lincoln, Abraham

http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov/default.aspx

Subtab 0 -- Abraham Lincoln Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMTI=

Subtab 1 -- Images: Abraham Lincoln - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Subtab 2 -- Abraham Lincoln library: bibliography, speeches, timelines.

http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/index.asp?ID=5

Subtab 3 -- Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

Tab 17 -- Lincoln, Mary Todd

Mary Todd Lincoln

Image: Mary Todd Lincoln from Library of Congress http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3252914743/ Public Domain

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=17

Subtab 0 -- Mary Todd Lincoln Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMTM=

Subtab 1 -- Images: Mary Todd Lincoln - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln

Subtab 2 -- Abraham Lincoln's White House - Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882)

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=15&subjectID=2

Subtab 3 -- Mary Todd Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln's Classroom

http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=130&CRLI=178

Tab 18 -- Longstreet, James

James Longstreet

Public domain image of James Longstreet from Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Longstreet.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet

Subtab 0 -- Discovery Collection from Gale: James Longstreet

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjAyMzY=

Subtab 1 -- The Longstreet Chronicles

James Longstreet

This website does not have scholarly credentials and should not be used as a main research source. However, there are many photographs and images that I could not find elsewhere that you might find useful. Please note that some photographs, while most likely in the public domain, are from private collections and should not be used without permission. Others are from the Library of Congress and can be used with proper attribution.

http://www.longstreetchronicles.org/index.html

Subtab 2 -- The Battle of Gettysburg: Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain

http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg-2b.htm

Tab 19 -- McClellan, George

George McClellan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan

Subtab 0 -- George B McClellan Discovery Document from Gale

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjAyNjg=

Subtab 1 -- Images: George B. McClellan - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_B._McClellan

Tab 20 -- Mead, George

George Mead

Photograph of George Mead by Hal Jespersen. Source: Library of Congress Item number LC-DIG-cwpbh-01198 . Public Domain.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/meadebio.htm

Subtab 0 -- George Meade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade

Subtab 1 -- Images: George Meade - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_Meade

Subtab 2 -- General Meade Historical Photo Gallery

http://www.generalmeadesociety.org/gallery.html

Subtab 3 -- Old Baldy - George Mead's heroic horse

http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/oldbaldy.htm

Subtab 4 -- The Battle of Gettysburg: Major General Meade

http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg-3g.htm

Tab 21 -- Pickett, George

George Pickett

George E. Pickett, between 1860 and 1875 Source: Library of Congress. Public domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pickett

Subtab 0 -- George Edward Pickett (U.S. National Park Service)

http://www.nps.gov/sajh/historyculture/george-edward-pickett.htm

Subtab 1 -- Military History Online - Battle of Gettysburg Pickett's Charge

http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/getty32.aspx

Subtab 2 -- Letter from George Pickett after Battle of Gettysburg

http://www.brotherswar.com/Gettysburg_Day_3.htm

Tab 22 -- Scott, Dred

Dred Scott

Image Credit: Missouri Historical Society

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html

Subtab 0 -- Dred Scott Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMTk=

Subtab 1 -- Missouri Digital Heritage: Collections : Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/scott/scott.asp

Subtab 2 -- Dred Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

Tab 23 -- Shaw, Robert Gould

Robert Gould Shaw

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http://www.nps.gov/boaf/historyculture/shaw.htm

Subtab 0 -- 54th Massachusetts regiment Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjY=

Subtab 1 -- Robert Gould Shaw: Biography from Answers.com

http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-gould-shaw

Tab 24 -- Sheridan, Philip

Philip Sheridan

Gen. Philip H. Sheridan from U.S. National Archives. Local Identifier: NWDNS-111-B-55. Photographer: Brady, Mathew. Public Domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan

Subtab 0 -- Images: Philip Sheridan - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Philip_Sheridan

Subtab 1 -- Philip Sheridan Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjA=

Tab 25 -- Sherman, William T.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Sherman. Photographer E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. from the George Eastman House Collection. Public Domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman

Subtab 0 -- Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjE=

Subtab 1 -- Images: William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman

Subtab 2 -- PBS - THE WEST - William Tecumseh Sherman

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sherman.htm

Tab 26 -- Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Harriet Beecher Stowe

http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/

Subtab 0 -- Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjI=

Subtab 1 -- Images: Harriet Beecher Stowe - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe

Subtab 2 -- Uncle Tom's Cabin - Impact on American Culture

http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/sitemap.html

Tab 27 -- Tompkins, Sally

Sally Tompkins

Portrait of Sally Tompkins from the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. Public Domain

http://mason.gmu.edu/~rmaggian/hist697/finalproject/sallytompkins.html

Subtab 0 -- VCU Libraries | Tompkins McCaw Library | Events | Centennial

http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/events/centennial/namesakes.html

Tab 28 -- Truth, Sojourner

Sojourner Truth

Original source: Wood, Norman B. White Side of a Black Subject. Chicago: American Publishing, 1897. Public Domain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth

Subtab 0 -- Images: Sojourner Truth - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sojourner_Truth

Subtab 1 -- Sojourner Truth-Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjM=

Subtab 2 -- Sojourner Truth speech: Ain't I a Woman

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/sojtruth-woman.html

Tab 29 -- Tubman, Harriet

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Harriet Tubman from the Library of Congress. Public Domain

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/tubman/aa_tubman_subj.html

Subtab 0 -- Harriet Tubman-Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjQ=

Subtab 1 -- Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

Subtab 2 -- Images: Harriet Tubman - Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

Tab 30 -- Walker, Mary

Mary Edwards Walker

Mary Edwards Walker, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-8542. Public Domain

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_325.html

Subtab 0 -- Mary Edwards Walker: Discovering Collection Document

http://livebinders.com/media/get/NjEyMjU=

Subtab 1 -- Mary Edwards Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Edwards_Walker

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