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y Great congressman of the late 1700s and early 1800s.

y Nicknamed The Great Compromiser

y Was greatly admired by Abraham Lincoln and othermen of high political stature for his ability to makegreat decisions without being biased



y Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of TheUnited States.

y Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing allslaves in Confederate controlled states

y Delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19th,

1863



y American abolitionist

y Participated in the slaying of five pro-slavery settlers in

Kansas. Later referred to as the PottawatomieMassacre.

y Led the Raid on Harpers Ferry in Virginia



y Confederate General of the Civil War

y Served as Commander of the Army of Northern

Virginia

y Surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse



y Flag officer of the United States Union Navy duringthe Civil War.

y Known for his famous phrase: "Damn the torpedoes,full speed ahead!"



y Union General during the Civil War

y Unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party

in 1852

y Known as "Old Fuss"



y Union Career Officer during the Civil War

y He later became a general in the Confederate States

Army during the American Civil War.

y Best remembered for his participation in the futile andbloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears

his name, "Picketts Charge."



y 17th president of The United States

y Johnson succeeded to the presidency upon Lincoln's

assassination on April 15, 1865.

y He presided over the immediate aftermath of the Civil War



y Leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period.

y He negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty thatestablished the definitive eastern border between theUnited States and Canada.



y American politician from the state of Illinois

y Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860

y He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, AbrahamLincoln



y President of the Confederate States of America duringthe Civil War

y During his senator years Davis argued againstsecession, but when faced with his home state leavingthe U.S. Davis decided it was his duty to serve theConfederacy.



y Famous Civil War photographer

y Took many famous pictures of Civil War battle scenes

y Also took many pictures of President Abraham Lincoln

y He even got so close to the action at the First Battle of Bull Run to take pictures that he was almost capturedby Confederates!



y Union General of the Civil War

y Fought at the Battle of Antietam

y He is best known for his victory over ConfederateGeneral Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.




y Held control of the Army of Mississippi

y Known for his critical defeat and surrender to theUnion during the Siege of Vicksburg.




y Fought at the Battle of Shiloh, and the Siege of

Vicksburg.

y Grant was the dominant military figure of the Civil War.

y Grant also served two terms as the 18th President of the United States.



y Prominent American actor during the early 1800s

y Opposed the abolition of slavery fiercely

y His strong anti-abolition beliefs led his to assassinate Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre, in WashingtonD.C. on April 14th, 1865.



y Former slave from Maryland

y Publisher of an abolitionist newspaper called The

North Star.

y Also wrote his own successful autobiography,The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.



y Slave in Virginia during the Pre-Civil War years

y Sued for his freedom using the argument that since he

had lived on free soil, he was rightfully free.

y Lost his court case resulting in a decision that slavesdidnt deserve the basic human rights that white

people enjoyed because slaves were consideredproperty, not people.




y Nicknamed, Stonewall Jackson

y Fought at the Battle of Antietam, the Seven-DaysBattles, and the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.




y Fought in the Seven-Days Battles and at the Battle of

Antietam

y Ran unsuccessfully against Abraham Lincoln in thePresidential Election of 1864



y Confederate spy during the Civil War

y She worked out of her fathers hotel in Virginia to

supply Confederate General Stonewall Jackson.



y Served as a nurse during the Civil War

y She is also known as, The Angel of the Battlefield

y Clara Barton also founded the American Red Cross




y Sherman is most famous for his March to the Sea. His

march to the sea was a long march throughConfederate Georgia. On his march Sherman usedtotal warfare destroying anything and everything inhis path. His march demolished most of Georgia, and

severely damaged Confederate morale.

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