Famous People of the Civil War Era

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  1. 3. served as the sixth President of the United States
  2. 7. American Author, Wrote the Liberator
  3. 8. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas
  4. 11. known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war.
  5. 12. his division was decimated during a massive frontal assault that became known as “Pickett's Charge.” After Gettysburg, Pickett commanded troops in North Carolina and later participated in the defense of Petersburg.
  6. 16. He had a brief stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
  7. 20. was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
  8. 22. was a Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War
  9. 23. inspired hundreds of thousands more African Americans to enlist for the Union helping to turn the tide of the war to its ultimate victory
  10. 25. won the lottery and bought his freedom for $600
  11. 26. U.S. politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty
  12. 27. enslaved black man who tried to sue for his freedom against Sandford
  13. 28. helped distribute needed supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War and later founded the disaster relief organization, the American Red Cross.
  14. 29. entered the war in 1861 and was promoted to full general after General Albert Sidney Johnston's death at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  15. 30. was a war hero and one of the South's most successful generals during the American Civil War (1861-65). After a difficult childhood, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in time to fight in the Mexican War
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  1. 1. the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln
  2. 2. he believed that states had an unquestionable right to leave the Union.
  3. 4. radical abolitionist whose fervent hatred of slavery led him to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry
  4. 5. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
  5. 6. helped ease border tensions with Britain through negotiations of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842.
  6. 9. started a slave rebellion in Southampton County
  7. 10. Former slave who petitioned for slave and womens rights
  8. 13. led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
  9. 14. Secretary of John Quincy Adams; "Great Pacificator"
  10. 15. become an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, recruiting and training people to work for the cause
  11. 17. an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement.
  12. 18. shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head and killed him
  13. 19. Her efforts on behalf of the mentally ill and prisoners helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States
  14. 21. escaped slavery and led hundreds of slaves to freedom using the underground railroad
  15. 24. was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of enslaved people.