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Key facts about Philip Kearny, a prominent Union general who was killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly during the American Civil War.

Key facts about Erasmus D. Keyes, a prominent Union general officer who was one of the original five corps commanders of the Army of the Potomac.

Full Name: Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Birth Date: January 14, 1836 Birth Location: Wantage Township, near Deckertown, New Jersey Parents: Colonel…

Key facts about Manning M. Kimmel who was one of four West Point graduates to fight initially for the Union during the American Civil War before switching sides.

Key facts about Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of Robert E. Lee and a Confederate major general who served one term as governor of Virginia before commanding U.S. troops as a brigadier general during the Spanish-American War.

Important facts about Confederate General Robert E. Lee who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Key facts about W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee, the second son of Robert E. Lee, W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee who was a cavalry commander in the Army of Northern Virginia and later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Key facts about Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States who guided the federal government through most of the Civil War.

Key facts about Major General John A. Logan who rose from a volunteer with the Illinois Infantry in 1861, to command the Union Army of the Tennessee by the end of the American Civil War.

APUSH Definition — James Longstreet (1821–1904) was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was one of Robert E. Lee’s most-trusted officers, and he played a significant role in Confederate operations in the Eastern and Western Theaters. Following the war, supporters of the “Lost Cause” blamed him for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg.

Key facts about Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon who was killed during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, on August 9, 1861, making him the first Union general to die in combat during the American Civil War.

Key facts about Captain William Thomas Magruder who was one of four graduates of the United States Military Academy to resign his commission in the U.S. Army and join the Confederate Army after fighting for the Union during the American Civil War.

Key facts about Major General William Mahone, a prominent Confederate officer who served in nearly all of the major campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

APUSH Definition — George B. McClellan (1826–1885) was an officer in the United States Army during the Civil War. Although McClellan was popular with his men, he clashed with President Abraham Lincoln. He is most well-known for running against Lincoln in the 1864 Presidential Election as the candidate for the Democratic Party.

Key facts about John A. McClernand, an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Union general who Ulysses S. Grant relieved as commander of the Army of Tennessee prior to the surrender of Vicksburg.

Key facts about Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, who served as a divisional and a corps commander with the Army of the Ohio and the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War.

Facts about Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch who died at the Battle of Pea Ridge in 1862.

APUSH Definition — General Irvin McDowell (1818–1885) was an officer in the United States Army during the Civil War.

Key facts about William McKinley, Jr., twenty-fifth President of the United States.

Key facts about Major General James Birdseye McPherson who was killed while commanding the Army of the Tennessee during the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864.