William Rector Beall (March 20, 1825 – July 25, 1883) was a Confederate brigadier general raised in Arkansas. He received his commission in 1848 and served in Texas and the Western Frontier during the Indian Wars. He conducted raids on Kiowas and Comanches mostly in Kansas.

When the US Civil War began he resigned his commission and accepted an appointment as a cavalry captain in the Confederate Army. He rose up the ranks to brigadier general and was taken prisoner when the CSA force surrendered at the Siege of Port Hudson.

Beall was appointed an agent to provide supplies to Confederate POWs. His job consisted of accepting shipments of cotton from the south and trading it to provide blankets and clothes to Confederate POWs. He was allowed to set up an office in New York City. His behavior was found to be offensive and he was returned to a prisoner of war camp until 1865. When Lee surrendered he was released and moved to St Louis Missouri to become a merchant.

Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was a German military officer. He fought as an infantry officer on the Eastern Front during World War I where he was wounded in battle. He became a staff officer during the Wehrmacht Republic and a friend of Erich von Manstein.

Manstein and Blumentritt helped draw plans for the invasion of Poland and France. Later Blumentritt was in the staff drawing plans for the invasion of Great Britain called Operation Sealion. He then was assigned to the planning behind the defense of France and the Great Seawall against the impending allied invasion.

Blumentritt was implicated in the July 20 (1944) plot to kill Hitler. He was saved from execution because Hitler didn’t believe he was involved. He was later awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross by Hitler. He later became the commander of Corps Group Blumentritt involved in the defense of Germany. His unit was overrun by US forces after the Battle of the Bulge. He took command of German troops in the Netherlands. He surrendered after the suicide of Hitler and cooperated with disarmament. He gave testimony at the Nuremberg Trials and was released from prison in 1948. He advised the new German Army and wrote several books about his life and experiences.

Gunther Blumentritt died in 1967.