Queen of battle : the infantry

Pvt. James K. Newton, Co. F, 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Pvt. James R. Barrow, Co. B, Cobb's Legion Infantry

Thunder on the battlefield : the artillery

Capt. Francis DeGress, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H

Capt. Thomas J. Key, Arkansas Battery, Hotchkiss's Battalion

Chivalry and sabers : the cavalry

Sgt. James Larson, Co. H, 4th U.S. Cavalry

Pvt. Benjamin Wortham, Co. H, 12th Georgia Cavalry Regiment

Wood and iron : the navies

Seaman William Burke, USS Cairo

Seaman James A. Wicks, CSS H.L. Hunley

Sutures and saws : battlefield medical care

Dr. Thomas Smith Waring, surgeon, 17th South Carolina Volunteers

Hell on earth : prisoners of war

Pvt. William J. Crouse, Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves

Weekend warriors : the militia

Capt. William Jasper Worley, Co. D, "Blue Ridge Rangers", 1st Regiment, Georgia State Line

Pirates and privateers : blockade runners

Tom Taylor (civilian)

The everlasting fire : American indians

Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers (1st Creek Cavalry Regiment, CSA)

"I goes to fight mit Sigel" : immigrant soldiers

Cpl. Anton Steffens, Co. C, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment

We are men, aren't we? : Black soldiers

Pvt. Scott Green, 1st United States Colored Troops (USCT).