Civil War Historians

ULYSSES S. GRANT

• General of the Union Army

during the Civil War

• Successfully launched a siege

at Vicksburg, which forced the
Confederates to surrender on
July 4, 1863

ROBERT E. LEE

• General of the Confederate

Army during the Civil War

• Was forced to surrender at the

Appomattox, Virginia to Ulysses
S. Grant after a siege caused
his soldiers to be starved into
surrender

• Lee never wanted to betray his

country, but could not live with
the fact of fighting against his
brothers, cousins and friends in
the Confederacy

THOMAS OVERTON MOORE

• Was the governor of Louisiana

during the Election of 1860

• Began to take over Louisiana

arsenals in order to prepare for secession

• Seceded from the Union after

the Louisiana legislature voted
to leave the United States in
order to defend slavery and its
economy

ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT

• The naval commander for the Union navy

• Bombarded Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip,

which led many Confederates to burn their
cotton stockpiles and merchandise

• After he captured the city, he turned it over

to Benjamin Butler

• Executed the Anaconda Plan, which seized

the Mississippi River and split the
Confederacy in two and eventually caused
the Confederate surrender

BENJAMIN “BEAST” “SPOONS”

“BLUEBEARD” BUTLER

• Became the Union leader of New Orleans after

the takeover

• Put together a program to feed the hungry
• Organized citizens and freed slaves to clean up

the city to avoid yellow fever outbreak

• Issued Order 28- which demanded that women

cease to insult soldiers and leaders

• Closed schools until they could be changed to

stop teaching Confederate jargon

• Confiscated Confederates valuables when they

were occupied to help newly freed slaves and
poor and misfortunate civillians

HENRY WATKINS ALLEN

• Governor of Louisiana in 1863

• Established a group of state stores

that allowed citizens to buy goods
and supplies at fair prices during the
war.

Mexico to receive products

• Pay benefits to soldiers to assist their

households, while they served in the
Civil War

• Opened up a trade channel with

MAJOR

CHEATHAM ROBERDEAU WHEAT

• Organized a military unit in Louisiana

• Recruited Irish and German

immigrants

• Fought on the side of the

Confederacy

• Known for their rowdiness and their

reputation for fighting and drinking
too much

• Known as “Wheat’s Tigers” and the "Fighting Tigers"

P.G.T. BEAUREGARD

• Was a Confederate general that

ordered the first shots at Fort Sumter

NATHANIEL BANKS

• Led the Red River campaign

• Captured Port Hudson and

Vicksburg

• Tried to take over Shreveport, but

failed

• He held the siege for 48 days

• He was a Union officer

GENERAL RICHARD TAYLOR

• Prevented the Union troops from

taking over all parts of Louisiana

• Prevented the Union control from

extended to Texas

• Led a victory over the Union in

Mansfield

Match

Match the following Civil War Historical figures with their political positions during the Civil War.

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Benjamin Franklin Butler

• Henry Watkins Allen

• P.G.T. Beauregard

the leader of the Confederate troops in the Civil War; I surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse

leader of the Union military; my campaigns prompted the Confederates to surrender

Union general that led New Orleans after the fall of New Orleans

opened state stores and started a trade channel to support the Louisiana civillians

Confederate general that ordered the first shots at Fort Sumter

• the leader of the Confederate troops in the Civil War; I surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse

• leader of the Union military; my campaigns prompted the Confederates to surrender

• Union general that led New Orleans after the fall of New Orleans

• opened state stores and started a trade channel to support the Louisiana civillians

• Confederate general that ordered the first shots at Fort Sumter