Historical Figures
- Judah Benjamin, Confederate secretary of state
- George Armstrong Custer, U.S. general
- Jefferson Davis, Confederate president
- Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. general
- Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S. general
- Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
- Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
- James Longstreet, Confederate general
- James B. McPherson, U.S. general
- Phillip Sheridan, U.S. general
- George Sykes, U.S. general
- Elihu B. Washburne, U.S. congressman
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