Important People of the Civil War

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

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

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.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

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

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Opposed to slavery and even more opposed to the idea of Southern Secession.

Led an army during the Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea.

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Earned his nickname during the First Battle 

of Bull Run for standing brave like a “stone wall.”

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

First and only president of the Confederate States.

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman