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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• George Jerrison Stannard

  

  George Jerrison Stannard was one of the first Vermonters to volunteer for service when the Civil War began. Read more

• Edwin M Stanton

  

  Edwin M. Stanton was a prominent lawyer and U.S. Attorney General before serving as Lincoln's controversial but effective Secretary of War. Read more

• William E Starke

  

  Despite his lack of formal military education, when he volunteered his services to the Confederate army William Starke was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 53rd Virginia Infantry Read more

• James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart

  

  James Ewell Brown Stuart, often identified by his initials as "Jeb", was a man who came from an acclaimed military lineage. He put his breeding to good use in March 1862 when he was given command of all the cavalry brigades in what would soon become the Army of Northern Virginia. Read more

• Antietam National Battlefield

  Edwin Vose Sumner

  

  When David E. Twiggs was removed from command in March, 1861 Abraham Lincoln chose Edwin Sumner as his replacement, appointing him as one of only three brigadier generals in the regular army. This made Sumner the first new Union general created by the secession crisis. Read more

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