People In The Civil War
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- 1. Best known for his tactical prowess and bravery
- 4. Best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
- 5. Major commanding the Union garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina when the Civil War began
- 8. Lecturer for the American Anti-Slavery Society
- 10. A printer, newspaper publisher, radical abolitionist, and civil rights activist
- 13. A carpenter and formerly enslaved person, allegedly planned an enslaved insurrection to coincide with Bastille Day in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822
- 15. Known for his leadership in the Mexican-American War
- 16. Playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States and becoming one of the most famous military leaders in U.S. history
- 19. Led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- 22. Played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill
- 23. Lincolns wife
- 24. Led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
- 28. Served as the sixth President of the United States
- 30. Leader of the Underground Railroad
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- 2. A Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero of the Mexican-American War
- 3. American officer who accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast
- 6. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 7. An American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress
- 9. Shot Abraham Lincoln
- 11. Best known for the bloody Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg
- 12. Prmoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 14. Risked her life to bring supplies and support to soldiers on the battlefield
- 17. Led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
- 18. 1845 publication of his first book The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- 20. An American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S.
- 21. An American abolitionist of New York Dutch heritage and a women's rights activist
- 25. Leader of the Southampton Insurrection
- 26. The 16th President of The United States and pushed for the 13th Amendment
- 27. Commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga
- 29. Sued for his freedom, formerly known as the Dred Scott decision