This is the grave of Joshua Chamberlain. Born in Brewer, Maine in 1828, Chamberlain came from old New England stock. His father was a colonel in the War of 1812 and a shipbuilder. His father then wanted his oldest son to be a military man...
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This is the grave of Edward Ord. Born in 1818 in Cumberland, Maryland, Ord grew up pretty well off. He grew up in Washington, D.C., where he and his family.
This is the grave of Alexander Stephens. Born in 1812 in Crawfordville, Georgia, Stephens grew up in the slavery elite, at least at first. His mother died shortly after his.
This is the grave of Elmer Ellsworth. Born in Malta, New York in 1837, Ellsworth grew up in Mechanicville and then New York City. In 1859, he moved to Rockford, Illinois. Because he wanted to marry the daughter of a wealthy man, his future father...
This is the grave of William Brownlow, better known as Parson Brownlow. Born in 1805 in Wythe County, Virginia, Brownlow's parents died young and he was an orphan by the.
This is the grave of David Bustill Bowser. Born in 1820 in Philadelphia, Bowser grew up free. His family had fought for Black rights going back a couple of generations.
This is the grave of P.G.T. Beauregard. Born in 1818 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Beauregard grew up in the sugar planting elite, meaning slaves, slaves, slaves. He was the kind of guy--the southern elite was always like this--who liked to remember his mammy and...
This is the grave of John Bell Hood, Traitor in Defense of Slavery. Born in 1831 in Owingsville, Kentucky, Hood grew up a rich kid. His father was a doctor,.
This is the grave of Dick Taylor. Born in 1826 at his family's plantation outside Louisville, Kentucky, Richard Taylor (though always known as Dick, which you don't see so often.
This is the grave of Sullivan Ballou. Born in 1829 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Ballou grew up pretty wealthy, despite his father dying when he was young. He went to Phillips Academy and then was off to Brown and then the Ballston Law School. He...
This is the grave of James Longstreet. Born in 1821 in Edgefield, South Carolina, a center of the southern planter elite, Longstreet grew up in those traditions. His father, like.
This is the grave of Franz Sigel. Born in 1824 in Sinsheim, Baden, in modern Germany, Sigel grew up in the militaristic culture of that place and time, though at.