People in the Maryland Campaign

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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

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• Jay Cooke

  

  Jay Cooke was a Philadelphia banker and financier who assisted other Northern businessmen to finance the Union war effort through the sale of promissory notes to wealthy investors. In 1870, his firm also helped fund construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. Read more

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

  Father Michael Costello

  

  Father Costello was the only clergymen to remain in Harpers Ferry during the Civil War. Dr. Nicholas Marmion, the only doctor to remain in Harpers Ferry during the war, and Father Costello stayed in Harpers Ferry to aid the remaining citizens. Read more

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

  Benjamin "Grimes" Davis

  

  Benjamin Franklin Davis, known as "Grimes," was a Mississippian who fought for the Union during the Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854 and started his military career by serving with the 5th United States Infantry and later the 1st United States Dragoons. Read more

• Jefferson Davis

  

  During his presidency, Davis was unable to find a strategy to defeat the better organized and more industrially developed North. Perhaps his most successful military move came in June 1862, with the appointment of Robert E. Lee to lead the Army of Northern Virginia. Read more

• Dorothea Dix

  

  Dorothea Dix was a writer and social activist who, in the years before the Civil War, convinced a number of state and local governments to establish and directly support and supervise asylums for the poor and mentally ill. At the outbreak of the Civil War, she was appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses for the Union Army. Read more

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