"Let us beware of our past errors. Let us not pronounce our generals imbecile, or traitors, or cowards, because they are not uniformly successful."
~Harper's Weekly-The Rebel Raid into Maryland
Saturday, September 27, 1862
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Manassas National Battlefield Park
Richard Stoddert Ewell
Ewell's leadership during the Valley Campaign and the Peninsula Campaign showed what kind of man he was but getting wounded would affect him during the Maryland Campaign Read more
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Thomas H Ford
When the Civil War began, Ford was commissioned as Colonel of the 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Read more
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William Buel Franklin
When the Civil War began William Buel Franklin was a natural choice for command and led a brigade at First Bull Run. Shortly afterwards he was appointed as a division commander in the newly-created Army of the Potomac. Then, in March 1862, when the army was reorganized into corps, Franklin was selected as the commander of VI Corps, which he subsequently led in the Peninsula Campaign. Read more
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Antietam National Battlefield
William Henry French
William Henry French was stationed at Fort Duncan, Texas when the lone star state seceded from the Union, and as a staunch unionist, he rapidly led his command to stamp down on secessionist activities. Read more
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Antietam National Battlefield
Alexander Gardner
An influental photographer who mastered the art of photography by taking iconic images of people like President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth and the Conspirators to kill President Lincoln. Also he worked with fellow photographer Mathew Brady and captured the destruction at Civil War battlefields. Read more