(1836-1936) American Major-General active in Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Held a seat in Congress 1881-1899.

General Joseph Wheeler

(1836-1936) American Major-General active in Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Held a seat in…

(1834-1903) American painter, author, and etcher

James Whistler

(1834-1903) American painter, author, and etcher

(b. 1832) American diplomat and author

Andrew D. White

(b. 1832) American diplomat and author

(1819-1892) American poet. Author of <I>Leaves of Grass.</em>

Walt Whitman

(1819-1892) American poet. Author of Leaves of Grass.

(1807-1892) American poet and writer

John Greenleaf Whittier

(1807-1892) American poet and writer

(1839-1898) American temperance reformer. President of the National Woman's Temperance Union and of the World's Woman's Temperance Union

Frances Elizabeth Willard

(1839-1898) American temperance reformer. President of the National Woman's Temperance Union and of…

(1831-1897) American historian and librarian

Justin Winsor

(1831-1897) American historian and librarian

(1801-1889) American scholar

T. D. Woolsey

(1801-1889) American scholar

(1735-1826) Second president of the United States of America 1797-1801

John Adams

(1735-1826) Second president of the United States of America 1797-1801

(1758-1831) Fifth president of the United States of America 1817-1825

James Monroe

(1758-1831) Fifth president of the United States of America 1817-1825

(1767-1848) Sixth president of the United States from 1825-1829

John Quincy Adams

(1767-1848) Sixth president of the United States from 1825-1829

(1791-1868) Fifteenth president of the United States from 1857-1861

James Buchanan

(1791-1868) Fifteenth president of the United States from 1857-1861

(1822-1885) Eighteenth president of the Unites States (1869-1876) and Civil War general for the Union.

General Ulysses S. Grant

(1822-1885) Eighteenth president of the Unites States (1869-1876) and Civil War general for the Union.

(1798-1877) American Naval officer and explorer who brought Great Britain on the Confederate side of the Civil War.

Charles Wilkes

(1798-1877) American Naval officer and explorer who brought Great Britain on the Confederate side of…

(1821-1876) Lead figure in Americans telegraph industry

Marshall Lefferts

(1821-1876) Lead figure in Americans telegraph industry

(1819-1868) American dentist who demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthesia.

William Morton

(1819-1868) American dentist who demonstrated the use of ether as an anesthesia.

(1730-1805) Soldier and governor of South Carolina during the American Revolutionary war.

William Moultrie

(1730-1805) Soldier and governor of South Carolina during the American Revolutionary war.

(1734-1820) Archetype of the American frontiersman.

Daniel Boone

(1734-1820) Archetype of the American frontiersman.

(1782-1852) American politician

Daniel Webster

(1782-1852) American politician

(1824-1863) Union soldier during the American Civil War

Thomas J. Jackson Stonewall

(1824-1863) Union soldier during the American Civil War

(1822-1885) Eighteenth president of the Unites States1869-1876 and Civil War general for the Union.

General Ulysses S. Grant

(1822-1885) Eighteenth president of the Unites States1869-1876 and Civil War general for the Union.

(1831-1888) Union soldier who forced out the Confederates from the Shenandoah Valley

Philip H. Sheridan

(1831-1888) Union soldier who forced out the Confederates from the Shenandoah Valley

(1746-1807) American politician

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

(1746-1807) American politician

(--1793) Member of the Assembly of Notables in the French Revolution.

Charles Henry Count D'Estaing

(--1793) Member of the Assembly of Notables in the French Revolution.

(1759-1825) Clergyman that wrote the first biography of President George Washington

Reverend Mason L. Weems

(1759-1825) Clergyman that wrote the first biography of President George Washington

(1736-1799) American patriot

Patrick Henry

(1736-1799) American patriot

(1752-1818) Surveyor and soldier of the Revolutionary war. Led a militia group in Kentucky and after the war he participated in a military expedition against the Wabash Indians.

Major George Rogers Clark

(1752-1818) Surveyor and soldier of the Revolutionary war. Led a militia group in Kentucky and after…

(1755-1836) Early American Frontiersman. Said to have saved the life of Daniel Boone

Simon Kenton

(1755-1836) Early American Frontiersman. Said to have saved the life of Daniel Boone

(1723-1788) French military leader that assisted with the Revolutionary war

Count De Grasse

(1723-1788) French military leader that assisted with the Revolutionary war

(--) French major general who led troops for the American Revolution

M. De Choisé

(--) French major general who led troops for the American Revolution

(--) French major general that led troops for the American Revolution

Francis John, Marquis De Chastellux

(--) French major general that led troops for the American Revolution

(--) Captain during the Revolutionary War

Viscount Viomenil

(--) Captain during the Revolutionary War

(--) Captain during the Revolutionary War

Montmorenci

(--) Captain during the Revolutionary War

(--) Commanded a regiment n the French army in the Ameican Revolution

Custine

(--) Commanded a regiment n the French army in the Ameican Revolution

(--) General for the American Revolution

Baron Viomenil

(--) General for the American Revolution

(1753-183) French general who helped with the American war

Count Mathieu Dumas

(1753-183) French general who helped with the American war

(1725-1807) In charge of the French army that joined the Continental Army and fought in the American Revolution.  When he returned to France he commanded the army of the North in the French Revolution.

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Count De Rochambeau

(1725-1807) In charge of the French army that joined the Continental Army and fought in the American…

(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York, he was driven from his home during the American Revolution and was commissioned by British General William Howe. He raised a regiment of Loyalists known as the King's American Regiment.

Edmund Fanning

(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York,…

(1756-1818) Soldier and public official who wrote the eulogy of George Washington.

Henry Lee

(1756-1818) Soldier and public official who wrote the eulogy of George Washington.

(1742-1787) American general of in the Revolution.

Nathaniel Greene

(1742-1787) American general of in the Revolution.

(1754-1833) British soldier who fought in the American War of Independence

Banastre Tarleton

(1754-1833) British soldier who fought in the American War of Independence

(1750-1826) Soldier and Public official who fought important battles during the American Revolution. He became the first governor of Kentucky.

Colonel Isaac Shelby

(1750-1826) Soldier and Public official who fought important battles during the American Revolution.…

(1757-1777) Army leader during the American Revolution

William Augustine Washington

(1757-1777) Army leader during the American Revolution

(1734-1832) Public official and soldier that led campaigns during the American Revolutionary war.

Thomas Sumter

(1734-1832) Public official and soldier that led campaigns during the American Revolutionary war.

(1751-1780) German soldier who fought along Lafayette in the American Revolutionary war

Baron De Kalb

(1751-1780) German soldier who fought along Lafayette in the American Revolutionary war

(1732-1792) Served with the British army during the French and Indian War. He led troops in the American Revolutionary War.

William Smallwood

(1732-1792) Served with the British army during the French and Indian War. He led troops in the American…

General in the Revolution

General Francis Marion

General in the Revolution

(--1815) American Patriot who helped troops in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.

Rebecca Brewton

(--1815) American Patriot who helped troops in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.

(1742-1787) American general of the Revolution.

Nathaniel Greene

(1742-1787) American general of the Revolution.

(1739-1817) Soldier of the American Revolution

Andrew Pickens

(1739-1817) Soldier of the American Revolution

(1751-1815) He served in the Revolution as lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia Continental Lines

Joseph Habersham

(1751-1815) He served in the Revolution as lieutenant Colonel in the Georgia Continental Lines

(1732-1786) Appointed general for the North Carolina regiment during the Revolutionary War.

Robert Howe

(1732-1786) Appointed general for the North Carolina regiment during the Revolutionary War.

(1748-1779) Polish Count and general who fell in the American Revolution

Count Kazimierz Pulaski

(1748-1779) Polish Count and general who fell in the American Revolution

(1730-1805) Governor of South Carolina and soldier in the Revolution

William Moultrie

(1730-1805) Governor of South Carolina and soldier in the Revolution

(1739-1800) A lawyer and a judge, Rutledge was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress and the Continental Congress, President and then Governor of South Carolina during the American Revolution, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Governor John Rutledge

(1739-1800) A lawyer and a judge, Rutledge was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress and the Continental…

(1750-1828) American diplomat and soldier that served in the American Revolutionary war.

Thomas Pinckney

(1750-1828) American diplomat and soldier that served in the American Revolutionary war.

(1724-1803) British publisher who emigrated in 1760 to Philadelphia and founded the New York Gazette. After the American Revolution his paper failed.

James Rivington

(1724-1803) British publisher who emigrated in 1760 to Philadelphia and founded the New York Gazette.…

(1718-1790) American soldier that fought in the French and Indian Wars

General Putnam

(1718-1790) American soldier that fought in the French and Indian Wars

(1726-1799) British admiral that defended the American coast against the French.

Lord Howe

(1726-1799) British admiral that defended the American coast against the French.

(1742-1817) American artist known for his horse portraiture

Earl Percy

(1742-1817) American artist known for his horse portraiture