During the American Civil War, the Commonwealth of Kentucky contributed a large number of officers, politicians, and troops to the war efforts of both the Union and Confederacy. Most notable among all of these were Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (born near Hodgenville, Kentucky) and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (born in Fairview, Kentucky).
The following is a partial list of generals or naval officers (at or above the rank of commodore) either born in Kentucky or living in Kentucky when they joined the army or navy (or in a few cases, men who were buried in Kentucky following the war, although they did not directly serve in Kentucky units). Those given the temporary or honorary rank of brevet brigadier general, are also included in this list.
Union Barton S. Alexander Robert Anderson James Armstrong Francis Preston Blair Jr. Jeremiah T. Boyle John Buford Napoleon Bonaparte Buford Stephen G. Burbridge Edward Canby Cassius M. Clay Joseph Alexander Cooper George Henry Cram Thomas Leonidas Crittenden John T. Croxton John Edwards Speed S. Fry Kenner Garrard Theophilus T. Garrard James Isham Gilbert Willis A. Gorman William Harrow Edward H. Hobson Joseph Holt James S. Jackson Richard W. Johnson William J. Landram Daniel W. Lindsey Eli Long John Alexander McClernand James W. McMillan Ormsby M. Mitchel Eli Houston Murray William "Bull" Nelson Richard James Oglesby John M. Palmer Garrett J. Pendergrast John Pope Samuel Woodson Price Isaac C. Pugh Joseph J. Reynolds Lovell H. Rousseau William P. Sanders James M. Shackelford Green Clay Smith Alexander M. Stout Joseph Pannell Taylor Charles Mynn Thruston John Blair Smith Todd John Durbin Ward William Thomas Ward Louis Douglass Watkins Walter C. Whitaker James Alexander Williamson Thomas J. Wood
Confederate Daniel Weisiger Adams William Wirt Adams Alpheus Baker William Beall Tyree H. Bell John C. Breckinridge Simon Bolivar Buckner Abraham Buford Thomas James Churchill George B. Cosby George B. Crittenden Basil W. Duke James Fleming Fagan Charles W. Field Richard Montgomery Gano Samuel J. Gholson Randall L. Gibson John B. Grayson Roger Hanson James Morrison Hawes Benjamin Hardin Helm George B. Hodge John Bell Hood William Lowther Jackson Albert Sidney Johnston Joseph Horace Lewis Hylan B. Lyon James H. McBride Humphrey Marshall William T. Martin Samuel B. Maxey John Hunt Morgan William F. Perry William Preston William Andrew Quarles Jerome B. Robertson Joseph O. Shelby William Y. Slack Gustavus Woodson Smith Richard Taylor Lloyd Tilghman John Stuart Williams
See also
Kentucky in the American Civil War