http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/ages.html
    (lists and gives bios of officers at Valley Forge)

http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/
    (bios of Franklin, Washington, Boone, Jefferson, Revere)

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/people.aspx
    (a list of important people of the revolution)

http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/revolutionary_people.html
    (a list of important people of the revolution)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Native_Americans_in_the_American_Revolution
    (wikipedia list of Native Americans during the revolution)

http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/people/list.cfm?letter=B&Era_ID=1
    (people of the civil war, search alphabetically)

http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm 
    (civil war biography list)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_the_American_Civil_War
    (wikipedia list of civil war leaders)