"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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John Bell Hood
John Bell Hood holds the distinction of being one of the most rapidly promoted leaders in the Confederate military forces during the Civil War. Read more
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Antietam National Battlefield
Joseph Hooker
During the Peninsula Campaign Joseph Hooker distinguished himself as an aggressive combat commander, which would follow him to the Maryland Campaign Read more
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Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
Often characterized as the audacious "hammer" of the army of Northern Virginia, Jackson's actions in the Northern Virginia Campaign of August 1862 were an interesting blend of hammer and anvil. Read more
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Alexander Lawton
In June 1862, Lawton joined Stonewall Jackson's command in the Shenandoah Valley. He led Ewell's division during the Battle of Harpers Ferry and to the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded. Read more
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Robert E Lee
After stopping McClellan's push toward Richmond and sending the Army of the Potomac retreating toward Washington, Lee turned his attention to John Pope's total war on the people of Northern Virginia, which had devastated the region between Culpepper and the railroad junction at Manassas Read more