Significant People of the Civil War

Union Side (North)

President of the United States Main goal was to preserve the Union Member of the Republican Party- which

had an anti-slavery platform. First president to be assassinated

Abraham Lincoln

Chief Union general

By September 1861 he was promoted to general. After a series of victories, including the capture of

Vicksburg, Lincoln gave him command of the Union army. He created an overall plan concentrated on Sherman’s

march through Georgia and his own assault on the Confederate army in Virginia.

Grant accepted Lee’s surrender in 1865, at Appomattox Court House ending the war.

Ulysses S. Grant

Carney was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, which is the nation's highest military honor

Sergeant William Harvey Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, was awarded the medal for his bravery on July 18, 1863, during the Union assault on Fort Wagner.

Carney was wounded there while planting the U.S. flag and refused to retreat until he had removed it, even as he was shot again.

William Carney

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Born in Chile, South America Navy seaman in Union navy on the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 1865 Won the Medal of Honor for service

Philip Bazaar

Confederacy (South)

President of the Confederate States of America

Strong supporter of secession and states rights

Attended West Point U.S. General in the Mexican War From Mississippi

Jefferson Davis

Commanding Confederate general of all forces

When the South seceded, Lincoln offered Lee the command of Union forces but Lee refused, resigned from the U.S. Army, and returned to Virginia to serve with the Confederate forces.

In 1862 Lee was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia.

His battle strategies are admired to this day, but he was criticized for having a narrow strategy centered on his native Virginia.

He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.

Robert E. Lee

Confederate General Got nickname “Stonewall” at First Battle of

Bull Run Gifted tactical commander lead his troops at

the Battles of Bull Run and Antietam Wounded in left arm by friendly fire after a

battle. Arm was amputated. He died a week later.

Stonewall Jackson