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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• Clara Barton

  

  Arguably the most famous Civil War nurse, Clara Barton went to great lengths to see after the sick and wounded and to ensure that they were treated both expediently and humanely. Her work in the war led her to found the American Red Cross, an organization that would provide humanitarian relief for a wide variety of crises. Read more

• Judah Philip Benjamin

  

  When Louisiana seceded from the Union, Benjamin resigned his Senate seat and was appointed Attorney General of the Confederacy by his close personal friend, Jefferson Davis. In September 1861 he was appointed Secretary of War, though ultimately had strong disagreements with President Davis over the conduct the war, and quarreled with generals P.G.T. Beauregard and "Stonewall" Jackson. Read more

• Antietam National Battlefield

  Mathew Brady

  

  Mathew Brady was a photographic pioneer who achieved fame photographing famous Americans. When the war began Brady set out to document the war in photographs, famously photographing corpses after the Battle of Antietam and bringing the horror of the war home in a way that had never been done before Read more

• Lawrence O'Brian Branch

  

  Having strongly advocated for the secession of his native North Carolina, Branch quickly volunteered for military service in 1861 and would not make it home to North Carolina alive Read more

• Ambrose E Burnside

  

  Ambrose Burnside had been promoted to major general of volunteers on March 18, 1862. Following George McClellan's failure take Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign, Burnside was offered command of the Army of the Potomac. He refused, citing his loyalty to McClellan and his own lack of military experience. Read more

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