Can you identify this historical figure?

Question

Can you correctly identify the person whose picture is in my avatar? Ten points will go the person who identifies him, and gives me some background information on his life.

Thanks for the inspiration - southron!

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Yes, this person was a Union General.
I have extended the expiration for y'all!

Answer 1

Got im, its Don Carlos Buell

Answer 2

You told me who he is and I am not going to say it so the others can think it over .

I will give a clue.

He is a Union man,

Forget the Southern boys like Lee, Jackson, or Longstreet.

J.S: Open up your 360 account from answer profile so people can get to the picture easily

Answer 3

Yes, It is Lee. That picture is of him shortly after the Mexican War, where he fought along with U. S. Grant. Of course Lee was the Commander of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during War Between The States, but few people realize that his family was one of the richest in the U.S. prior to the Civil War, owning the Custis-Lee mansion, which is now Arlington Cemetery. Regarded as maybe the greatest of the General in history, his decision to go ahead with Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg probably cost him the battle and immortality. After the War, he became President of Washington & Lee Univeristy and died in 1870. His horse, Traveler, was his only horse during the entire War Between The States.

Answer 4

Is it General Robert E Lee?

Answer 5

Are you, by any chance, Carl Schurz, who said "Our country right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right." If you are not, you look very much like him.

Answer 6

I gonna say it is JEB Stuart .