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Line 200: ==== Civilians ==== The "Transcendental generation" born 1792 to 1821, enjoyed the greatest one-generation dominance of U.S. politics, a 90 percent share of governors and Congress in 1860. But from 1865 to 1869 was the steepest ever decline in generational leadership.<ref>Strauss, William and Neil Howe. "Generations" op. cit., pp. 200–01.</ref> Note: Abraham Lincoln has a section dedicated to him below. {{double image\|right\|Stanton 1871-7c.jpg\|120\|25c Frederick Douglass stamp.jpg\|125\|<center>Edwin M. Stanton\|<center>Frederick Douglass</center>}} Line 212 ⟶ 209: * [[Clara Barton#American Civil War\|Clara Barton]], the "Angel of the Battlefield", served as a nurse on the front line at Cedar Run, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. In charge of hospitals of the Army of the James in 1864. Subsequently founder of the [[American Red Cross]].<ref>"Barton, Clarissa Harlowe", Webster's Guide to American History" 1971. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers. SBN 87779-081-7. p. 827.</ref> 1940 issue. * [[Andrew Carnegie]] was Superintendent of the Military Railways and the Union Government's telegraph lines in the East. Subsequently the [[U.S. Steel#Formation\|U.S. Steel Corporation]] magnate.<ref>"Carnegie, Andrew", Webster's Guide to American History" 1971. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers. SBN 87779-081-7. p. 877.</ref> He suffered sunstroke assisting Union wounded after First Bull Run.<ref>Weisberger, William. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SdrYv7S60fgC&pg=PA112&dq=American+Civil+War+history+on+stamps&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AMoEU47TEOm4yAHFFw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwADgK%23v=snippet&q=alcott&f=false%20Louisa%20May%20Alcott%5D#v=onepage&q=Carnegie&f=false Andrew Carnegie]", Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social and military history. Op.cit., p. 357, viewed February 20, 2014.</ref> 1960 issue. {{clear}} * [[Sojourner Truth]] was featured as a human rights activist in the Black Heritage Series. During the Civil War she recruited black troops for the Union Army; her grandson enlisted in the [[54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry\|54th Massachusetts]]. In 1864, she worked for the National Freedman's Relief Association in Washington DC. 1986 issue.▼ * [[Harriet Tubman]] was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20. Tubman, "Moses", was a conductor on the [[Underground Railroad]], recruited for [[John Brown (abolitionist)\|John Brown]], and served as a Union spy.<ref>"Tubman, Harriet", Webster's Guide to American History" 1971. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers. SBN 87779-081-7. p. 1282.</ref> 1995 issue.<ref name="United States Stamps 2012. p. 227">Scott 2013 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers. 2012. {{ISBN\|0-89487-475-6}}, "Civil War" A2289 p. 227.</ref>▼ ▲[[Sojourner Truth]] was featured as a human rights activist in the Black Heritage Series. During the Civil War she recruited black troops for the Union Army; her grandson enlisted in the [[54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry\|54th Massachusetts]]. In 1864, she worked for the National Freedman's Relief Association in Washington DC. 1986 issue. ▲[[Harriet Tubman]] was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20. Tubman, "Moses", was a conductor on the [[Underground Railroad]], recruited for [[John Brown (abolitionist)\|John Brown]], and served as a Union spy.<ref>"Tubman, Harriet", Webster's Guide to American History" 1971. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers. SBN 87779-081-7. p. 1282.</ref> 1995 issue.<ref name="United States Stamps 2012. p. 227">Scott 2013 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers. 2012. {{ISBN\|0-89487-475-6}}, "Civil War" A2289 p. 227.</ref> [[Mary Chesnut]] was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20. Chesnut was a Confederate diarist, married to [[James Chesnut, Jr.\|James]], a U.S. Senator, signer of the Confederate Constitution and army general. Chestnut criticized both slavery and "Yankee interference", "Think of all these young lives sacrificed!"<ref>Harrison, Jennifer. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SdrYv7S60fgC&pg=PA112&dq=American+Civil+War+history+on+stamps&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AMoEU47TEOm4yAHFFw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwADgK%23v=snippet&q=alcott&f=false%20Louisa%20May%20Alcott%5D#v=snippet&q=Mary%20Chestnut&f=false Mary Boykin Chestnut]", Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social and military history. Op.cit., p. 424, viewed February 20, 2014.</ref> 1995 issue.<ref name="United States Stamps 2012. p. 227"/> [[Phoebe Pember]] was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20. Pember served as a nurse and Confederate hospital administrator for 15,000 patients in Richmond. Hancock 1995 issue.<ref name="United States Stamps 2012. p. 227"/>

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