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Abner Doubleday
He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter. -
Robert Anderson
Known for surrendering Fort Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War -
George McClellan
Lead the army of the Potomac in the early years of the Civil War. -
Irvin McDowell
Known for his defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run -
George Thomas
Served as an army officer during the Civil War -
Nathaniel Banks
He suffered many defeats while General of the Union Army -
John Pope
Known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run -
Joshua Chamberlain
He was a college professor who eventually became a brigadier general, famous for leading the 20th Maine Brigade. -
John Reynolds
A respected senior commander and known for getting the army of the Potomac to Gettysburg -
George Meade
He was successful for defeating General Lee, but criticized for not pursuing the confederates. -
Oliver Howard
He suffered defeats at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, but his reputation was restored in the Western Theater. -
John Buford
Officer of the Union Calvary and his most important battle was at Gettysburg. -
Ulysses S. Grant
He lead the Union army near the end of the war. -
William Sherman
Best known for taking Atlanta, Georgia and his "march to the sea" -
George Custer
He served in the Civil War and the Indian wars, his famous death at the Battle of Little Big Horn. -
Joseph Hooker
he was a major general for the Union during the Civil war -
Ambrose Burnside
Besides being a soldier, he was an industrialist, a railroad executive, and an inventor. -
Benjamin Butler
Not only a soldier, he became a lawyer and eventually a politician for Massachusetts. -
Winfield Hancock
He was in the U.S army for his entire career and even nominated for president in 1880 -
Philip Sheridan
He is known for his relationship with Grant and his fast achievement of general -
William Rosecrans
He was not only a general for the Union, but a coal and oil executive, an inventor, a politician, and a diplomat -
Arthur Macarthur
One of the five men to ever be promoted to a five star general. -
Daniel Sickles
A union general during the Civil War, he was also a politician.
