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Ambrose Burnside was a Union General who fought many battles in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, including First Bull Run, the Battle of Roanoke Island, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. He served briefly as Commander of the Army of the Potomac before being transferred to the Western Theater after a disastrous charge at Fredericksburg, Virginia. After another failure at the Battle of the Crater, he was relived of duty and eventually retired from service.

Born enslaved in 1831, Andrew J. Redman learned the blacksmithing trade at an early age. By the outbreak of the Civil War, Redman worked as a blacksmith at the corner of the Groveton intersection. He witnessed the battles during both Manassas campaigns in 1861 and 1862.

Learn more about Wilmer McLean, the man whose house that Generals Lee and Grant used for their surrender meeting.

Anna Etheridge, one of the Civil War's only two female Kearny Cross recipients, is proof that women of the era could be just as brave as men in places of battle.

"Stonewall" Jackson went from being an orphan to one of the most valued generals in the Confederate Army.

At Harpers Ferry, when not faced with floods and attacks by the Confederate forces, Miles drilled the soldiers to better prepare them for battle.

In June 1862, Lawton joined Stonewall Jackson's command in the Shenandoah Valley. He led Ewell's division during the Battle of Harpers Ferry and to the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded.

Major General George L. Hartsuff, US Army Officer, who was the first commander of the Twenty-third Corps, Army of the Ohio during the Civil War.

Nathaniel P. Banks was a lifelong politician. When Civil War began in 1861 he was well regarded and respected as a former governor of Massachusetts. He was one of the first generals appointed by President Lincoln to command newly raised volunteer troops.

Arguably the most famous Civil War nurse, Clara Barton went to great lengths to see after the sick and wounded and to ensure that they were treated both expediently and humanely. Her work in the war led her to found the American Red Cross, an organization that would provide humanitarian relief for a wide variety of crises.