I joined the U.S. Navy after immigrating here from Chile. I was awarded the Medal of Honor for my bravery in the Civil War

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S Grant

• William Carney

• Philip Bazaar

After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, I joined the newly created 54th Massachusetts (all black regiment). Because of my bravery in the Civil War I became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor

• Frederick Douglass

• Wentworth Cheswell

• William Carney

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

​ (a)   was elected president of the Confederate States during the Civil War

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S Grant
• Robert E Lee

I escaped from slavery, published my own newspaper, wrote an book, and became a leading Abolitionist

• William T. Sherman

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

I won the battle of Vicksburg in 1864, then was given command of the entire Union army. After another year of fighting I defeated Robert E Lee and accepted his surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackston

• Ulysses S Grant

• William T Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

I commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War

• Ulysses S Grant

• Robert E Lee

• George Washington

• Jefferson Davis

As our 1st Republican president I issued the Emancipation Proclamation, gave the Gettysburg Address, and won the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S Grant

• Andrew Jackson

I helped recruit African American soldiers to the Union Army. After the war I was elected to the US Senate

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Wentworth Chesswell

• Daniel Webster

• John C Calhoun

I began helping care for wounded soldiers during the first few months of the Civil War and after the war I founded the American Red Cross to continue my work

• William Carney

• Jefferson Davis

• Hiram Revels

• Clara Barton

I used the tactic of total war. My destruction of everything between Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia helped convince the South to quit the fight

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E Lee

• William T Sherman

• Ulysses S Grant