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  • Colonel William M. Graham: Antietam Artillery Leader in the 5th U.S. Regiment

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name William Montrose Graham Primary Role Regular Army artillery officer, later U.S. Army colonel Key Event or…
  • Captain John E. Cook in John Brown’s Failed Harpers Ferry Raid

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name John Edwin Cook Primary Role Abolitionist raider and associate of John Brown Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel Andrew W. Cowan at Gettysburg Shaping Union Artillery

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Andrew Ward Cowan Primary Role Union Army artillery officer and postwar veterans’ leader Key Event or…
  • Colonel Henry D. Washburn at Vicksburg and the Road to Yellowstone

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Henry Dana Washburn Primary Role Union Army colonel and Yellowstone expedition leader Key Event or Campaign…
  • Colonel William B. Taliaferro in the Fredericksburg Line

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name William Booth Taliaferro Primary Role Confederate brigadier general and division commander Key Event or Campaign Command…
  • Colonel Rush C. Hawkins at Antietam Shapes Hawkins’ Zouaves

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name Rush Christopher Hawkins Primary Role Union Army colonel and commander of the 9th New York Infantry…
  • Colonel James A. Mulligan at Lexington, 1861’s Irish Brigade Stand

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name James Adelbert Mulligan Primary Role Union Army colonel, 23rd Illinois Infantry Key Event or Campaign Defense…
  • Colonel William J. Sewell at Chancellorsville to the Senate

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name William Joyce Sewell Primary Role Union Army officer and United States Senator from New Jersey Key…
  • Colonel George P. Buell in the 58th Indiana’s Hard War

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name George Pearson Buell Primary Role Union Army colonel and brevet brigadier general Key Event or Campaign…
  • Major William L. B. Jenney: Sherman’s Strategic Engineer

    December 17, 2025
    Detail Information Full Name William Le Baron Jenney Primary Role Union Army engineer and chief engineer in Sherman’s Western armies…
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