What United States Army post, based in  the Nome Census Area of Alaska, is named for an officer who served in the American Civil War?
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Fort Davis, Alaska Fort Davis was a United States Army post established in the Nome Census Area of Alaska in 1900. It was named for General Jefferson C. Davis, the military commander of Alaska from 1868 to 1870.
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Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson Columbus Davis (March 2, 1828 – November 30, 1879) was a regular officer of the United States Army during the American Civil War, known for the similarity of his name to Confederate President Jefferson Davis and for his killing of a superior officer in 1862.
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Lysander Cutler Lysander Cutler (February 16, 1807 – July 30, 1866) was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.
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Cadmus M. Wilcox Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox (May 20, 1824 – December 2, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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Charles Ferguson Smith Charles Ferguson Smith (April 24, 1807 – April 25, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and as a Union General in the American Civil War.
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William T. H. Brooks William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks (January 28, 1821 – July 19, 1870) was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general during the American Civil War.
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Joseph B. Plummer Joseph Bennett Plummer (November 15, 1816 – August 9, 1862) was a career soldier in the United States Army, serving as a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War.
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John T. Averill John Thomas Averill (March 1, 1825 – October 3, 1889) was a United States Army officer in the American Civil War who later became a U.S. congressional representative from Minnesota.
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John Aaron Rawlins John Aaron Rawlins (February 13, 1831 September 6, 1869) was a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a cabinet officer in the Grant administration. A longtime confidant of Ulysses S. Grant, Rawlins served on Grant's staff throughout the war, rising to the rank of brevet major general, and was Grant's chief defender against allegations of insobriety. He was appointed Secretary of War when Grant was elected President of the United States.
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John E. Phelps John Elisha Phelps (April 6, 1839 - September 17, 1921) was a Union officer during the American Civil War who was promoted to brevet brigadier general of volunteers on March 13, 1865. The former Springfield, Missouri-born grocer and cattle trader started his military career as a secret agent for Nathaniel Lyon in 1861. He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Pea Ridge. In 1862, he became an aide-de-camp on the staff of Brigadier General Eugene Asa Carr. While recovering from malaria, he organized the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry and was made its colonel on March 18, 1864. After the war he became a farmer and a miner and later moved to Tacoma, Washington and eventually died in Pasadena, California.
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Kirkwood Otey Kirkwood Otey (October 18, 1832-June 1, 1897) served as the commanding officer of the 11th Virginia Infantry in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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Bryan M. Thomas Bryan Morel Thomas (May 8, 1836 – July 16, 1905) was an American soldier, farmer, marshal, and educator. He served as an officer in the United States Army, and later in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was a son-in-law of Jones M. Withers, under whom Thomas would serve in the war. Thomas also participated in and was captured during the 1865 Battle of Fort Blakely, the conflict's final infantry fight.
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William F. Cassidy William F. Cassidy (August 28, 1908 near Nome, Alaska – March 31, 2002) was a commanding officer in the United States Army during and after World War II.
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Edward Clifford Anderson, SR General Edward Clifford Anderson, SR, (November 8, 1815 – January 6, 1883) was a naval officer in the United States Navy, Mayor of Savannah, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded Old Fort Jackson near Savannah, Georgia before its capture in 1864. He was elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia nine times, before and after the war. He was the first Mayor to be elected after the civil war on December 6, 1865.
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Andrew Boyd Cummings Andrew Boyd Cummings (22 June 1830 – 18 March 1863) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War who was killed in action off the coast of Louisiana. Two naval ships, USS "Cummings", have been named in his honor.
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John W. Frazer John Wesley Frazer (January 6, 1827 – March 16, 1906) was an American soldier, planter, and businessman. He was a career officer in the United States Army, and then served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
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Fort Rucker Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum. Small sections of the post also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties. Part of the Dale County section of the base is a census-designated place; its population was 4,636 at the 2010 census.
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Robert C. Buchanan Robert Christie Buchanan (March 1, 1811 – November 29, 1878) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War and then was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Buchanan held numerous commands (including several forts) and received multiple citations for bravery and distinguished service.
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George W. Lucas George Washington Lucas (1845 – May 17, 1921) was an American soldier, who was a Private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
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Fitz John Porter Fitz John Porter (August 31, 1822 – May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter or Fitz-John Porter) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He is most known for his performance at the Second Battle of Bull Run and his subsequent court martial.
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Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. (February 8, 1824 – July 22, 1861) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, one of the first general officers to be killed in the war. During that battle, he was responsible for inspiring the famous nickname for Brig. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
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George Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1830 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook "Nantan Lupan", which means "Chief Wolf."