Lawrence Rousseau
Lawrence Rousseau, a New Orleans native, spent over five decades at sea, rising to captain in the United States Navy by 1837 after joining as a midshipman in 1809. At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned his federal commission and was commissioned a captain in the Confederate States Navy, helping organize naval defenses […]
Frederick C. Sturm
Frederick C. Sturm is listed as a captain in a Union volunteer regiment during the Civil War, a rank commonly held by company commanders of the period. Repeated searches of Wikipedia, Find A Grave, and Civil War roster resources did not surface a biography that could be confidently matched to this exact name and rank; […]
Thomas E. Rose
Thomas E. Rose commanded the 77th Pennsylvania Infantry through Stones River, Chickamauga, and Kennesaw Mountain, where he was wounded. Captured at Chickamauga and held at Libby Prison in Richmond, he organized and led the famous February 1864 tunnel escape of 109 Union officers, the largest prison break of the war, though he himself was recaptured […]
Oliver H. P. Carey
Oliver H. P. Carey is listed as a lieutenant colonel of a Union volunteer regiment during the American Civil War. Extensive searching of Wikipedia, Find A Grave, state adjutant-general rosters, and regimental histories under multiple name variants (full name, initials, likely home states) turned up no record that could be confidently matched to this specific […]
Isaac C. B. Suman
Isaac C. B. Suman commanded the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry as its colonel for most of the Civil War, leading the regiment through the Western Theater. In March 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers for meritorious service but declined the honor, stating it was “a position I never asked for.” After the […]
Louis H. Waters
James Cunningham
George W. Northup
George W. Northup was commissioned captain of the 23rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) in September 1861 and rose to lieutenant colonel, commanding the regiment at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. He mustered out in December 1865 and settled in Louisville, Kentucky, working as a railroad agent and becoming a prominent Freemason. Northup died […]
John E. Bennett
Colonel John E. Bennett helped raise three regiments of Illinois volunteers and rose to colonel of the 75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry by December 1862, commanding a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. He fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and through the Atlanta Campaign, surviving the war. Postwar, Bennett practiced law in Arkansas, served on […]
William Grose
William Grose was a Union brigadier general from Indiana who raised and commanded the 36th Indiana Infantry before leading a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland’s IV Corps. He fought at Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and the Atlanta and Franklin-Nashville campaigns, earning a reputation for courage under fire. Wounded twice, with […]