Biographies: U.S. Military Leaders

Updated May 3, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

U.S. Military Leaders

Alexander, William, American Revolutionary general
Anderson, Robert, American army officer
Armistead, Lewis Addison, Confederate general
Armstrong, John, American army officer
Arnold, Henry Harley, American general, chief of the U.S. Army Air Forces
Atkinson, Henry, American army officer
Bainbridge, William, American naval officer
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, American politician and Union general in the Civil War
Barney, Joshua, American naval officer and privateer
Barry, John, U.S. naval officer in the American Revolution
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, Confederate general
Bliss, Tasker Howard, American army officer and statesman
Bradley, Omar Nelson, U.S. general
Bragg, Braxton, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War
Brown, Jacob Jennings, American general
Buchanan, Franklin, American naval officer
Buell, Don Carlos, Union general in the Civil War
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, Union general in the U.S. Civil War
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, American politician and Union general in the Civil War
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, Union general in the Civil War
Carlson, Evans Fordyce, U.S. marine officer
Carr, Eugene Asa, Union general in the U.S. Civil War
Carrington, Henry Beebee, U.S. army officer and historian
Carter, Samuel Powhatan, American naval officer and Union general in the Civil War
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, Union general in the Civil War
Chennault, Claire Lee, American general
Clark, George Rogers, American Revolutionary general
Clark, Mark Wayne, U.S. general
Clark, Wesley K., American soldier, political figure
Clay, Lucius DuBignon, American general
Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne, Confederate general
Clinton, James, American Revolutionary general
Cox, Jacob Dolson, Union general in the Civil War and American statesman
Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas, Union general in the Civil War
Crook, George, U.S. general
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, Union general in the Civil War
Cushing, William Barker, Union naval hero in the Civil War
Custer, George Armstrong, American army officer
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, American naval officer
Davis, Benjamin Oliver, American general
Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., American air force general
Davis, Charles Henry, American naval officer and scientist
Davis, Jefferson, American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy
Dearborn, Henry, American general and cabinet member
Decatur, Stephen, American naval officer
Dewey, George, American admiral
Dodge, Grenville Mellen, Union general in the Civil War and railroad builder
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, American naval officer
Early, Jubal Anderson, Confederate general
Eisenhower, Dwight David, American general and 34th President of the United States
Ewell, Richard Stoddert, Confederate general
Farragut, David Glasgow, American admiral
Fiske, Bradley Allen, American naval officer and inventor
Foote, Andrew Hull, American naval officer
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, Confederate general
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, American naval officer
Funston, Frederick, U.S. general
Gates, Horatio, American Revolutionary general
Geary, John White, American politician and Union general in the Civil War
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President
Greene, Nathanael, American Revolutionary general
Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian, U.S. general
Haig, Alexander Meigs, Jr., American general and public official
Haig, Alexander Meigs, Jr., American general and public official
Hale, Nathan, American soldier
Halleck, Henry Wager, Union general in the American Civil War
Halsey, William Frederick, Jr., American admiral
Hampton, Wade, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Hancock, Winfield Scott, Union general in the American Civil War
Hardee, William Joseph, American army officer
Harney, William Selby, American general
Hazen, William Babcock, American general
Hill, Ambrose Powell, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Hill, Daniel Harvey, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Hood, John Bell, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Hooker, Joseph, Union general in the American Civil War
Hopkins, Esek, American Revolutionary naval hero
Howard, Oliver Otis, Union general in the Civil War
Howell, John Adams, American naval officer and inventor
Hull, Isaac, American naval officer
Jackson, Stonewall, Confederate general
Johnston, Albert Sidney, Confederate general
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, Confederate general
Jones, John Paul, American naval hero
Kalb, Johann, American general in the Revolution
Kearny, Philip, Union general in the American Civil War
Kearny, Stephen Watts, American general in the Mexican War
Kimball, William Wirt, American naval officer
King, Ernest Joseph, American admiral, commander in chief of the U.S. fleet
Knox, Henry, American Revolutionary officer
Lane, Joseph, American general in the Mexican War
Lawrence, James, American naval hero
Leahy, William Daniel, American naval officer and diplomat
Lee, Fitzhugh, Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War
Lee, Henry, American Revolutionary soldier
Longstreet, James, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Luce, Stephen Bleecker, American naval officer
MacArthur, Douglas, American general
Macdonough, Thomas, American naval officer
Marion, Francis, American Revolutionary soldier, known as the Swamp Fox
Marshall, George Catlett, American general and cabinet member
Marshall, George Catlett, American general and cabinet member
Mayo, Henry Thomas, American naval officer
McClellan, George Brinton, Union general in the American Civil War
McClernand, John Alexander, Union general in the American Civil War
McPherson, James Birdseye, Union general in the American Civil War
Meade, George Gordon, Union general in the American Civil War
Mercer, Hugh, American Revolutionary general
Miles, Nelson Appleton, American army officer
Milroy, Robert Huston, Union general
Mitchell, William, American army officer and pilot
Morgan, Daniel, American Revolutionary general
Moultrie, William, American Revolutionary general
Murphy, Audie, soldier, actor, world war II figure
Myers, Richard Bowman, American Air Force general
Nimitz, Chester William, American admiral
Patton, George Smith, Jr., American general
Patton, George Smith, Jr., American general
Pemberton, John Clifford, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, American naval officer
Perry, Oliver Hazard, American naval officer
Pershing, John Joseph, American army officer and commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I
Pickett, George Edward, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Pleasonton, Alfred, Union general in the American Civil War
Pope, John, Union general in the American Civil War
Porter, David Dixon, American admiral
Powell, Colin Luther, U.S. army general and government official
Preble, Edward, American naval officer
Putnam, Rufus, American Revolutionary general
Rawlins, John Aaron, Union general in the American Civil War
Rickover, Hyman George, American admiral
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker, U.S. general
Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry, American naval officer
Rodgers, John, American naval officer
Rosecrans, William Starke, Union general in the American Civil War
Sampson, William Thomas, American naval officer
Schofield, John McAllister, Union general in the American Civil War
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, military Leader
Scott, Hugh Lenox, U.S. army officer
Scott, Winfield, American general
Semmes, Raphael, American naval officer
Shaw, Robert Gould, Union hero in the American Civil War
Sheridan, Philip Henry, Union general in the American Civil War
Sherman, William Tecumseh, Union general in the American Civil War
Sigsbee, Charles Dwight, American naval officer
Sims, William Sowden, American naval officer
Smith, Edmund Kirby, American soldier, Confederate general in the Civil War
Smith, Holland McTyeire, American general
Smith, Walter Bedell, U.S. general
Spruance, Raymond Ames, American admiral
Stark, Harold Raynsford, American admiral
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, American general
Stockdale, James Bond, U.S. naval officer
Stoneman, George, Union general in the American Civil War
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War
Sullivan, John, American Revolutionary general
Taylor, Maxwell Davenport, U.S. general
Terry, Alfred Howe, American general
Thomas, George Henry, Union general in the American Civil War
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, American general
Walke, Henry, American naval officer
Ward, Artemas, American general in the American Revolution
Wayne, Anthony, American Revolutionary general
Wedemeyer, Albert Coady, American general
Westmoreland, William Childs, U.S. general
Wheeler, Joseph, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Whipple, Abraham, American Revolutionary naval officer
Whiting, William Henry Chase, Confederate general in the American Civil War
Wilkes, Charles, American naval officer and explorer
Wilkinson, James, American general
Winslow, Cameron McRae, American naval officer
Winslow, John Ancrum, American naval officer
Wood, Leonard, American general and administrator
Worth, William Jenkins, American army officer
York, Alvin Cullum, American soldier known as Sergeant York