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Army of Northern Virginia
Joseph E. JohnstonJoseph Eggleston Johnston entered the world on the 3rd of February 1807 at Longwood House in Cherry Grove near Farmville Virginia.
Robert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia on the 19th of January 1807. His father Henry Lee III suffered…
First Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaOn the 1st of June 1862, Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of the Potomac following Johnston's wounding during Battle of Seven Pines.
Army of Northern VirginiaOn the 20th of June 1861, the Army of the Potomac organized itself from operational forces in Northern Virginia. This unit would eventually become known as…
John Bell HoodJohn Bell Hood graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853, ranking 44th out of a class that originally numbered 96 students.
James LongstreetJames Longstreet was born on the 8th of January 1821 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. His father James owned a cotton plantation near where Gainesville…
P. G. T. BeauregardPierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was born on the 28th of May 1818 at the Contreras sugar-cane plantation in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.