Important People From The Civil War

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  1. 4. Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield," for her care of the wounded in the Civil War, ________ was an American heroine. She is best remembered as the founder of the organization that would far outlive her—the American Red Cross.
  2. 6. In June 1861,________was promoted to brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia and the following month, distinguished himself at the First Battle of Bull Run.
  3. 10. When_______resigned from the U.S. Army in February 1861, the Confederate government gave him command of the batteries surrounding Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.
  4. 13. ___________was a popular and skillful American orator and political leader just before the American Civil War. He is best known for his debates with Abraham Lincoln on the question of slavery.
  5. 16. ___________ was a major American political figure before the American Civil War. Calhoun played an important part in national affairs for 40 years. He was vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, and he ran for president several times but never won.
  6. 18. In 1857, _______ resigned his commission in order to become the chief engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad. The next year, he was made vice president in charge of operations, and in 1860, he became president of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad.
  7. 20. ________ was born on Nov. 13, 1814, in Hadley, Massachusetts, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1837. He also served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). He died on Oct. 31, 1879.
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  1. 1. __________ was a leading American statesman for nearly 50 years. He became known as the Great Compromiser because he repeatedly helped settle bitter disputes over slavery between the Northern and Southern states.
  2. 2. was a radical abolitionist whose attempt to free the slaves and helped indirectly to bring on the American Civil War.
  3. 3. a fugitive slave who is best known for helping hundreds of slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
  4. 5. was promoted to lieutenant general in 1866 and to general in 1869, when he succeeded Grant as commander of the U.S. army.
  5. 7. ______________, the first president to be impeached, became chief executive upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  6. 8. _______ led the United States during the American Civil War (1861-1865)
  7. 9. _______, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  8. 11. __________ led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. He was an African American slave and preacher. In 1831, he and about 70 other slaves liberated themselves by killing 60 whites in Virginia. Among their victims were the family of Joseph Travis, his owner.
  9. 12. He was president of the United States and one of the greatest generals in world history, who was the architect of the Union victory in the American Civil War.
  10. 14. _________ was a 1825–75, Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served on the Texas frontier (1849–55) and in Washington Territory (1856–61).
  11. 15. _______________ assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. He entered Lincoln's private box and shot him in the head during the play Our American Cousin.Booth approved of slavery and sympathized with the South in the American Civil War (1861-1865). He believed that Lincoln was responsible for the war.
  12. 17. was a Confederate general and hero who led the Army of Northern Virginia in a protracted defense of the Southern Confederacy's capital city of Richmond, Virginia.
  13. 19. ___________ was an African American slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom. His case, called ____________ v. Sanford, became one of the most important legal battles in United States history.