General Douglas MacArthur in 1932
Douglas MacArthur, one of America’s great warriors, had a military career that spanned half a century and ranged around much of the world. MacArthur served as chief...
General Douglas MacArthur in 1944
In December 1944 Douglas MacArthur was promoted to General of the Army. He is one of only five people to achieve that rank, along with George Marshall (1944), Dwight...
George Henry Thomas
A pro-union Virginian, many southerners considered Major General Thomas a traitor for fighting against the South. His family turned his portrait to the wall, burned...
Highest ranking officer to resign
Joseph E. Johnston resigned his commission in the United States Army on April 22, 1861. Johnston was the highest ranking Army officer to resign and join the Confederacy.
In case of failure
Drafted (and misdated) by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 5, 1944, this message was written in the event that the Allied invasion of Europe failed. Eisenhower asks...
James Ewell Brown Stuart
Confederate Major General Stuart twice led his cavalry brigades around George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. The first time, he opposed his father-in-law,...
James Longstreet
General Longstreet opposed Robert E. Lee’s course of action at Gettysburg, damaging his reputation among southerners.