Set of 52: Civil War Figures

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Gen. Lewis Addison Armistead 1817-1863 Confederate States of America Lead a brigade during Pickett's Charge on Union lines at Gettysburg. Crossing a stone wall at the Union line he was mortally wounded, July 3, 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Clara Barton 1821-1912 During the Civil War she distributed medical supplies for the wounded and in 1881 she became the first president of the American Red Cross. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC2604 HERE Gen. John Buford 1826-1863 United States Federal Army Given command of Hookers calvary brigade he ordered a dismount defense to slow A.P. Hill at Gettysburg until Reynolds arrival. Died of typhoid fever, Dec. 16, 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside 1824-1881 United States Federal Army Delayed attacking weak Confederate positions at "Burnside Bridge" Sharpsburg and attacking an impregnable line at Fredericksburg caused his dismissal and his command was given to Hooker. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard 1818-1893 Confederate States of America Commanded the forces that captured Ft. Sumter. Maj. Robert Anderson, the Union commander of Ft. Sumter was his West Point gunnery instructor. Later defended South Carolina & Georgia coasts. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain 1828-1914 United States Federal Army Wounded six times in twenty-four engagements. He gained the rank of Brigadier General and received the Medal of Honor for his defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain 1828-1914 United States Federal Army Wounded six times in twenty-four engagements. He gained the rank of Brigadier General and received the Medal of Honor for his defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. 1805-1866 Brig. Genl. Samuel Curtis Commanded victorious Union Army of the Southwest at Pea Ridge March 7-8, 1862. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Gen George Armstrong Custer United States Federal Army LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Jefferson C. Davis 1808-1889 President of Confederate States of America. Inaugurated February 22, 1862 in Richmond, VA LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest 1821-1877 Confederate States of America Numerous independent cavalry raids which disrupted Federal supplies and communications. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885 United States Federal Army Given the rank General of Armies of the United States on March 12, 1864, by President Lincoln. Later became eighteenth President (1868-1875). LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885 Ranking General of the Armies of the United States and eighteenth President. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. General Winfield S. Hancock United States Federal Army w/Barlow, Birney, Gibbon LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock 1824-1886 United States Federal Army Successfully prevented Longstreet's two divisions from flanking Union lines at Gettysburg. The next day he received wounds repelling Pickett's celebrated charge. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill 1825-1865 Confederate States of America Repelled Burnside at Sharpsburg, later took command of Jacksons troops after his death. At Gettysburg his corps began the fighting. Was killed by a Federal straggler on Petersburg lines. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. John Bell Hood 1831-1879 Confederate States of America Under Longstreet he distinguished himself at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. Severly wounded at Gettysburg and Chickamauga. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Confederate States of America LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson 1824-1863 Confederate States of America Earned his nickname "Stonewall" at First Manassas. Commanded troops during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign where he defended Richmond brilliantly. Later died from wounds at Chancellorsville, Va. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870 Confederate States of America Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies. Taken by Mathew Brady at Lee's home in Richmond, VA only days after the surrender. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870 Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States of America with his son Gen. Custis Lee on left, and military secretary Lt. Col. Walter Taylor. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870 Confederate States of America Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies with his famed "Maryland" sword. Taken by Julian Vannerson. c1863 LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870 on "Traveler". Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States of America. by Michael Miley 1866 LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Gen. Robert Edward Lee 1807-1870 Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States of America. by J.W. Davies c1863 LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 16th President of the United States Called for troops to preserve the Union and later issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Assassinated by John W. Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 16th President with his son Tad Called for troops to preserve the Union and later issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Assassinated by John W. Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC74 Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 President of the United States of America at Antietam urging McClellan to go after Lee. After letting Lee escape, McClellan was relieved. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC95 Gen. James Longstreet 1821-1904 Confederate State of America Commanded successfully at 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. His delayed attack on the second day of Gettysburg brought him unwarranted charges that he caused the loss of the battle. Responsible for the victory at Chickamauga and brilliant counterattack at Wilderness. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. George Brinton McClellan 1826-1885 General-in-Chief of the armies of the United States. He stopped Lee's northern invasion at Sharpsburg, MD. September 17, 1862 LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Brig. Genl. Ben McCulloch 1811-1862 Credited with Confederate victory at Wilson's Creek August 10, 1861, he was killed at Pea Ridge March 7, 1862. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA George Gordon Meade 1815-1872 United States Federal Army Given command of the Army of the Potomac, June 28, 1863. He quickly prevailed over Lee at Gettysburg but let him escape over the Potomac, July 13, 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. General John Hunt Morgan Confederate States of America Photo circa 1863. J.B. LEIB PHOTO CO., YORK, PA HERE Col. John Singleton Mosby 1833-1916 Confederate States of America Scout for JEB Stuart. In 1863 he organized the Partisan Rangers and conducted guerrilla warfare in northern Virginia. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. Edward Pickett 1825-1875 Confederate States of America Best known for his small divisions charge against the center of an impregatable Union line at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Maj. Genl. Sterling Price 1809-1867 Commanded Confederate Missouri State Guard at Wilson's Creek August 10, 1861, and Pea Ridge March 7-8, 1862. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC83402 Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan United States Federal Army Brady photo circa 1864. J.B. LEIB PHOTO CO., YORK, PA Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman 1820-1891 United States Federal Army Created "modern warfare" by total destruction of the civilian population in the path of the advancing columns. This "March to the Sea" cut a path forty- miles wide through Georgia. A march through the Carolinas followed. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Brig. Genl. Franz Sigel 1824-1902 Widely known German immigrant officer who fought for the Union at Wilson's Creek August 10, 1861, and Pea Ridge March 6-8, 1862. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC23305 Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart 1833-1864 Confederate States of America Lee's famous cavalry leader. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Maj. Genl. Earl Van Dorn 1820-1863 Commanded Confederate Army at Pea Ridge March 7-8, 1862. Nine months later, he destroyed Grant's supply base at Holly Springs, MS. photo (Alabama Dept. of Arch.) LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Colonel Stand Watie 1806-1871 Commanded 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles at Wilson's Creek August 10, 1861, and Pea Ridge March 7-8, 1862. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Charleston Light Artillery c1861 Company I, Palmetto Battery, taken at Fort Pemberton on the Stono River. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Civil War Sailor USS New Hampshire Photo circa 1864. J.B. LEIB PHOTO CO., YORK, PA Clinch Rifles Confederate States of America 5th Georgia Infantry c1861 LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA HERE Confederate Soldiers, Gettysburg, PA Of the 150,000 soldiers that fought, 51,000 became casualties which made Gettysburg the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, July 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. "Devil's Den", Gettysburg, PA At the base of Little Round Top was this strong hold for confederate sharpshooters. This confederate sniper was probably killed by Union batteries, July 2, 1863. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. "Drummer Jackson" 79th United States Colored Troops. This image was one of many propaganda acts used to encourage Negro enlistments. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Fort Sumter, Sullivan's Island, S.C. This image of the Confederate flag flying from a make shift staff was taken a day after the surrender of the fort, April 15, 1861. LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA Printed in U.S.A. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson's Headquarters when he was in Winchester, Va. J.B. LEIB PHOTO CO., YORK, PA "Men of Color, To Arms! Now or Never!" The government of the U.S. calls for every Able-Bodied Colored Man to enter the Army for the Three Year Service, and join in fight- ing the Battles of Liberty and the Union. From a recruiting poster, c1863. ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC72105 U.S. Marines U.S. Navy Yard, Wash., DC LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA 107th United States Colored Troops, Fort Corcoran, Washington DC. These troops were assigned to guard the Capital. 1865 ©LEIB IMAGE ARCHIVES, YORK, PA PC4105