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Civil War People part I. For the North…. Abraham Lincoln. 16 th President Didn’t like slavery Author of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address First President to be assassinated. George B McClellan. Commander of the Army of the Potomac - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Civil War People part I
For the North…
Abraham Lincoln
• 16th President• Author of the
Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address
• First President to be assassinated
George B McClellan
• Commander of the Army of the Potomac
• Fails four times, and fired twice
Clara Barton
• Volunteered as a nurse• Founder of the
American Red Cross
William Carney
• First African American to win the Medal of Honor
Philip Bazaar
• First Hispanic to win the Medal of Honor
Julia Ward Howe
• Wrote “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
For the South…
Jefferson Davis
• President of the Confederate States of America
Robert E Lee
• Military genius• Confederate general
“Stonewall” Jackson
• Another military genius• Accidentally killed by his
own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville
John Wilkes Booth
• Assassinates President Lincoln on April 14, 1865