Category Archives: Personalities

William T. Sherman fought on the Northern side as a general in the American Civil War. He was one of the most controversial generals and, through his "scorched earth" tactics, one of the northern leaders most hated in the South. (more…)...

Samuel Ryan Curtis began his career as a lawyer, switched to politics and led as a brigadier general several battles in the American Civil War. (more…)...

Joseph E. Johnston served as a brigadier general in the US Army until he joined the Confederation troops at the start of the American Civil War, becoming one of the highest-ranking officers there. He was considered one of the most able commanders of the southern states, but also one of the most controversial due to...

George B. McClellan was commander-in-chief of the Potomac Army and the entire Union army during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself as an excellent officer, but often valued his opponents as too strong in the war and dragged on the war by his hesitation. (more…)...

Albert S. Johnston was one of the most able officers in the US Army until he joined the Southern States at the beginning of the American Civil War. There he put his tactics to the Northern States heavy losses, had it not fallen during the war, this could have ended differently.

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Robert E. Lee was the most successful general of the Confederate armed forces during the American Civil War. Through his novel military tactics, smaller units and subordinates to leave more freedom of action and their own decisions, he managed to achieve significant victories with his personnel and material subordinate army anyway. Mehr lesen

Ulysses S. Grant was one of the formative generals of the Northern Army during the American Civil War, helping them to defeat the Southern states. After his military career Grant made a career as a politician and held office as the 18th President of the United States of America. Mehr lesen

Jefferson Davis was an ambitious politician whose career ranged from Senator for Mississippi to Secretary of War to First and Only President of the Confederate States. (more…)...

Abraham Lincoln was one of the most important presidents of American history. He not only prepared the abolition of slavery, he also led the northern states through civil war and paved the way for a modern industrialized nation.

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Otto von Bismarck was one of the most important figures in German history. He was not only a skilled diplomat and used his intelligence partly unscrupulously for his purposes, he was also one of the pioneers for the unification of Germany to a united German Empire. As the first chancellor of the German empire, Bismarck...