Famous People of the Civil War Era

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  1. 1. An abolitionist author known for her books highlighting the evils of slavery, her best-selling book was titled Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  2. 4. An American politician and a senator for Illinois who was one of the two nominees who badly split the democratic party to run for president
  3. 10. A newspaper publisher who helped lead the successful abolitionist campaign against slavery in the US
  4. 11. A freedom seeker who dedicated her life to rescue slaves through the Underground railroad
  5. 13. An American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln as part of a broader conspiracy
  6. 15. Secretary of State appointed by John Quincy Adams, known as the “Great Pacificater” for his contributions to domestic policy
  7. 20. The American nurse who founded the Red Cross
  8. 22. An American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate states
  9. 23. A US military officer and later a Confederate major general during the Civil War, famous for leading the ill-fated “Pickett’s Charge” at Gettysburg
  10. 25. An enslaved black American who led an effective four-day rebellion of black slaves
  11. 27. A carpenter and formally enslaved person who planned an extensive slave rebellion
  12. 28. An early 19th-century activist who fought for a change in the medical field and devoted herself to the welfare of the mentally ill
  13. 29. The 16th president of the United States and the first republican president, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  14. 30. An American officer in the Union during the Civil War who commanded a prominent regiment of African American troops
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  1. 2. An American Civil War general who led Union soldiers into crushing campaigns through the South
  2. 3. The 6th president of the United States and a member of the House of Representatives
  3. 5. Born into slavery, but later an advocate speaker for women’s rights and the abolition movement
  4. 6. The 18th president of the United States who was a commanding general leading the Union to victory in the Civil War
  5. 7. An American Army officer during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War, commanding the Confederate army of Tennesee
  6. 8. A white American evangelist who was a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement, belonging to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views
  7. 9. The wife of Abraham Lincoln, serving as the First Lady from 1861 until Lincoln’s assassination
  8. 12. A United States Army officer notable for his leadership in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War
  9. 14. An enslaved African American who was sued along with his wife for their freedom in a territory that prohibited slavery
  10. 16. A confederate military general who put effort into reuniting the country following the American Civil War
  11. 17. A US representative from Massachusetts and later a US senator who defended the union during the state’s rights nullification crisis
  12. 18. A Confederate general who led troops into battle during the Civil War, he got his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run
  13. 19. An escaped slave who became a prominent leader of the abolitionist movement, well known for his anti-slavery writings and speech
  14. 21. A Union general in the American Civil War with a reputation of outspokenness and arrogance, known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
  15. 24. An American antislavery crusader who converted Westerners to the idea of slavery as a national sin
  16. 26. The Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumpter