Famous People of the Civil War

3. one of the most prominent generals for the confederates won decisive victory in the First Battle of Bull run
9. union commander at Fort Sumter
12. made uncle tom's cabin
17. His most important role was as commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee
18. major general for confederates, led bloody charge on the 3rd day of the battle of Gettysburg
19. secretary of sate under william henry harrison, john tyler, millard filmore. Prominant Lawyer
21. free slave, accused and convicted of plotting a major slave revolt in 1822
25. popular escaped slave, published 3 autobiographies
26. Lincoln 16th president, his face is on the penny
27. commander the first black regiment for the union
28. led the raid on harpers ferry
30. she was an escaped slave who led other slaves through the underground railroad

1. best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper The Liberator
2. He is best known for his co-authorship of the authoritative compendium American Slavery As It Is, Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, published in 1839
4. 6th president of America
5. killed Abraham Lincoln
6. Abraham Lincoln's wife
7. first black women to win a court case against a white man
8. well respected commander, led his division at the disastrous Second Battle of Bull Run
10. Commanding general of the union, 18th president
11. key broker in the compromise of 1850, wanted the states to have popular sovereignty
13. Union General, led the capture of Atlanta
14. led the Southampton Insurrection, which was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people
15. accomplished general, overall commander of the confederacy
16. confederate president
20. founded the American red cross
22. created the first generation of mental asylums
23. 7th speaker of the house, helped found the whig and republican party
24. union general he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
29. one of the most popular slaves, sued for freedom