People of the Civil War

• 16th President of the United States

• President during the Civil War from 1861-1865

• Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address

• Assassinated towards the end of the war at Ford’s Theater

• His loss of leadership made overcoming the challenges the nation faced more difficult

Abraham Lincoln

• 1st and only President of the Confederate States of America

• Proclaimed State’s Rights in his inaugural address

Jefferson Davis

• Commanding General of the Union

• Won major victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg

• Defeated General Lee’s troops in Virginia and accepted Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse in 1865

Ulysses S. Grant

• General of the Confederacy

• Commanded the Northern Army of Virginia

• Respected by northerners and loved by white southerners

• Won early victories and invaded the north twice but lost both times (Antietam & Gettysburg)

• Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse

Robert E. Lee

• 1st African American awarded the Medal of Honor

• Served with the 54th regiment during the Civil War

• Held the flag at Fort Wagner

William Carney

• Navy Seaman

• Awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle for Fort Fisher during the Civil War

Philip Bazaar