President of the US during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Former enslaved African American who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist.
Frederick Douglass
General of the Union army that defeated Lee at Appomattox Courthouse
Ulysses S. Grant
"The Man Who Burned the South", he was Union general who served under General Grant.
William T. Sherman
Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia. (General of the Confederate Army)
Robert E. Lee
Skilled confederate general from Virginia. He earned his nickname during the First Battle at Manassas.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
African American sailor and Union Naval Captain
Robert Smalls
The firing on this fort started the Civil War-
Fort Sumter
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. (*Hint: It was the worst picnic in history!)
First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
This key event caused the Southern states to secede from the Union-
Election of 1860
This key battle divided the South and gave the North control of the Mississippi River-
Battle of Vicksburg
Abraham Lincoln signed this document which made the freeing of slaves the new focus of the Civil War-
Emancipation Proclamation
