6. James A. Garfield (Union)-- 20th President of United States. Defeated fellow Union General Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880 election. Shot while in office. Died at hands of his physicians.
5. John C. Breckenridge (Confederate)-- Vice President of U.S. before the war.
4. George B. McClellan (Union)-- Lost to Abraham Lincoln for president in 1864. Governor of New Jersey after the war.
3. Stand Watie (Confederate)-- Last Confederate general to surrender. Was a Cherokee Indian.
2. George Crook (Union)-- Made quite a name for himself after the war fighting Indians out West. Involved with Custer's Last Stand and fighting Geronimo.
1. Leonidas Polk (Confederate)-- Episcopal priest and bishop. Killed in the Atlanta Campaign.
--Old Secesh
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