People of the Civil War

Who served as president to the Confederacy (South) from 1861-1865. He did not want the South to secede, but agreed to lead once they did.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

This man was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, after being taught to read and write. He also believed in women's rights.

• Frederick Douglass

• Stonewall Jackson

• William Sherman

• Ulysses S. Grant

This man was a commander of the Confederate States Army. He was from and VERY LOYAL to the state of Virginia.

• Sojourner Truth

• Horace Mann

• Robert E. Lee

• Dred Scott

An enemy of slavery, this man also believed that ALL children deserved a free and equal education.

• Horace Mann

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

This man sued for the freedom of himself and his family after having lived in the "free' state. The case went to the US Supreme Court. The ruling against him is considered a cause of the Civil War.

• Horace Mann

• Dred Scott

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Sherman

A general in the Union Army, this man's March to the Sea helped to destroy the South and end the war.

• Frederic Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Sherman