Leaders of the American Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

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President of the United States. He also gave the Gettysburg Address and was a leader of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate commander who began the Battle of Gettysburg. He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House to end the Civil War in 1865.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Union leader who led the Union army to victory in the Civil War.

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Jefferson Davis

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First and only president of the Confederate States.

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

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Earned his nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run for standing brave like a “stone wall.”

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William T. Sherman

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Opposed to slavery and even more opposed to the idea of Southern Secession. Led an army to the Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea.