Civil War and Reconstruction

President during the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

President of the Confederate States of America

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Commander of the Confederate forces

• Ulysses S. Grant

• John C. Breckingridge

• Robert E. Lee

• William T. Sherman

First state to secede from the Union

• Tennessee

• Arkansas

• South Carolina

• Georgia

First major battle of the American Civil War

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

Bloodiest single day battle in American History

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

First battle of the American Civil War

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

Last major Confederate attempt to invade the North

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

Final commander of the Union Army

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Offered command of the Union army, but turned it down to stay loyal to his native state.

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• Stephen A. Douglas