Important people in the Civil War

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  1. 1. She provided medical and other care for the many escaped enslaved people that flocked to Union lines.
  2. 4. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas.
  3. 6. He commanded troops in North Carolina and later participated in the defense of Petersburg.
  4. 10. he began commanding all the cavalry brigades for the Army of Northern Virginia in March of 1862.
  5. 11. an African American who escaped enslavement in North Carolina, became a Union spy during the Civil War and recruited Black soldiers to fight with the North.
  6. 12. one of the most famous Confederate spies during the American Civil War (1861–1865)
  7. 16. served as a Union soldier under the names Edwin Wakeman and Lyons Wakeman.
  8. 18. the first regiment of African-American soldiers
  9. 20. A commander in chief who was responsible for how the war was conducted.
  10. 22. helped distribute needed supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War and later founded the disaster relief organization
  11. 23. served the Army for decades and undoubtedly contributed to Union victory in the Civil War through his creation of the Army of the Potomac
  12. 24. He defeated Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in the Battle of Gettysburg
  13. 25. organized relief groups, made speeches, wrote reports and news bulletins, and fundraised.
  14. 26. He led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
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  1. 2. commanded the Army of Northern Virginia
  2. 3. was responsible for establishing 300 field hospitals during the war
  3. 5. He served as the Regimental Surgeon of the Seventh U.S. Colored Troops.
  4. 7. A black male slave commandeered a Confederate ship
  5. 8. her literacy proved most useful and enabled her to serve as the reading instructor for the regiment of former slaves.
  6. 9. an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  7. 13. was among the most productive Union spies, operating a sophisticated espionage ring in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
  8. 14. the last Whig Party candidate for U.S. president
  9. 15. He presided over the South's creation of its own armed forces and acquisition of weapons.
  10. 17. an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill
  11. 19. he defeated superior Union forces at Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic.
  12. 21. She went on to become one of the best known Confederate nurses of the Western Theater.