People in the Maryland Campaign

Union Fife Player

National Park Service

Whether face to face in infantry assaults or directing artillery fire from the heights, battles are won by the men who fight them. But it is the generals who develop effective strategy and the officers who lead their men into the fire of combat who provide the opportunities for victory. Whether you are more interested in the common soldier or the army commander, learn more about some of the people that helped bring about the momentous events of the 1862 Northern Virginia and Maryland Campaigns.

"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

Showing results 51-55 of 70

• Manassas National Battlefield Park

  Fitz John Porter

  

  The career of Fitz John Porter was destroyed in the aftermath of the Union army's defeat at the Second Battle of Manassas. Read more

• Manassas National Battlefield Park

  Jesse L Reno

  

  Reno was a man who was willing to fight regardless of his official position. He quickly gained a reputation as a "soldier's soldier," often fighting beside his troops without a sword or any sign of his rank. Read more

• John Fulton Reynolds

  

  John F. Reynolds was a distinguished leader that would be a commander that would sacrifice his life for the Union. Read more

• Israel B. Richardson

  

  Successful in the Peninsula Campaign but was one of the six general killed at the Battle of Antietam Read more

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

  Edward Hastings Ripley

  

  Edward H. Ripley was commissioned Captain of Company B, 9th Vermont Infantry Volunteers on June 20, 1862 and mustered into United States service on July 9. Read more

Prev

1 …

• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14

of 14

Next