CDV, General Winfield Scott

General-in-Chief of the United States Armies in 1861

(1786-1866) A year older than the Constitution, the venerable Scott, hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, became General in chief of the U. S. Army in 1841, a position he still held at the start of the Civil War. A true professional soldier, he was one of the very few men in the country who saw the need to prepare for a major military effort. His Anaconda Plan proved to be very sound. Succeeded by General George B. McClellan in Nov. 1861, he retired to write his memoirs, and died...  

CDV, General William T. Sherman

Captured the city of Atlanta, Georgia in 1864

His infamous march from Atlanta to the sea laid waste to much of Georgia!

(1820-1891) He was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated #6 in the West Point class of 1840. Sherman roomed with and befriended another important future Civil War general for the Union, George H. Thomas. Fellow cadet William S. Rosecrans remembered Sherman as "one of the brightest and most popular fellows" at the academy and as "a bright-eyed, red-headed fellow, who was always prepared for a lark of...  

CDV, General Joseph Hooker

"Fighting Joe Hooker"

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(1814-1879) Graduated in the West Point class of 1837. He displayed a gallant record in the Mexican War. A solid combat officer, Hooker fought in the Peninsular campaign, the Seven Days battles, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, where he commanded the Army of the Potomac, and in the Atlanta campaign. His sobriquet was, "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Known as a ladies man General Hooker made a good name for himself as a combat leader handling himself well and...  

CDV, General Ambrose E. Burnside

Commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., in December 1862

United States Congressman and Senator from Rhode Island

Governor of Rhode Island

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(1824-1881) Graduated in the West Point class of 1847, and he fought in the Mexican War. Serving on the western frontier, he was wounded in a skirmish with Apache Indians in 1849. He resigned his commission in 1853, invented a breech loading rifle, was appointed a Major General of the Rhode Island State Militia and was elected to...  

CDV, General Irvin McDowell

He commanded the Union army at the 1st battle of Bull Run, Virginia in July 1861

1862 Mathew Brady imprint on the front mount

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(1818-1885) He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in the West Point class of 1838 where one of his classmates was future Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, his future adversary at the Battle of First Bull Run, Va. He was later assigned to the 1st U.S. Artillery. From 1841 to 1845 he taught tactics at the United States Military Academy, and many of the students he taught...  

CDV, General Israel B. Richardson

Mortally wounded in the battle of Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1815-62) Born in Fairfax, Vermont, he graduated in the celebrated West Point class of 1841 which produced 23 generals that fought in the Civil War. Richardson served as a second lieutenant in the Second Seminole...  

CDV, General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

The first Regular U.S. Army officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, on June 10, 1861, at the battle of Big Bethel, Virginia

He was wounded again in the 1864 Atlanta, Georgia campaign

United States Minister to Chile

(1836-81) Born near Deckertown, New Jersey, he graduated in the West Point class of May 1861, and only a month after graduating from the academy he had the distinction of being the first Regular U.S. Army officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, this coming at the battle of Big Bethel, Va.,...  

CDV, General John H. Martindale

1862 Civil War dated image

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(1815-81) The son of a 5 term United States Congressman, he was Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls) New York. He graduated with honors being #3 in his West Point class of 1835. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1838 commencing his practice in Batavia, N.Y. where he served two terms as the district attorney. On August 9, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers and fought throughout the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign in command of a brigade of...  

CDV, General James S. Wadsworth

Mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia in May 1864

His division fought like heroes to fight off disaster on July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1807-64) He was born to wealthy parents in Geneseo, Livingston County, in western New York State. His father, James Wadsworth,...  

CDV, General Nathaniel P. Banks

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

United States Speaker of the House

Governor of Massachusetts

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the...  

CDV, General John A. McClernand

Accompanied President Abraham Lincoln's body on the Lincoln Funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois.

Buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, which is where President Lincoln is buried.

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1812-1890) Born near Hardinsburg, Kentucky, he moved with his...  

CDV, General Godfrey Weitzel

Acting Mayor of the captured city of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1862

He commanded the 25th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in 1864, which was composed entirely of negro troops.

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1835-84) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1855. Commissioned into the elite...