Key Figures of The Civil War by Last Name

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  1. 2. A Kentucky congressman and Speaker of the House who is responsible for helping create the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
  2. 5. A major African-American abolitionist who escaped slavery and wrote an autobiography in 1845
  3. 8. A Union general well known for his eccentric facial hair. Later he would become governor of Rhode Island and the first president of the NRA.
  4. 9. A pre-Civil war abolitionist and reformer who founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and a newspaper called The Liberator.
  5. 10. Known by his popular nickname "Stonewall"
  6. 11. He raided Harpers Ferry in Virginia in order to start a slave uprising in 1859.
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  1. 1. The supreme Union general and the 18th President of the United States.
  2. 3. Head Confederate general who was offered a high ranking position in the Union army but declined as he felt more in touch with the South.
  3. 4. The longest surviving active duty general in the history of the United States and the original choice for general of the Union army which would change due to his age.
  4. 6. This man used a "scorched earth" approach to combat which left Georgia and South Carolina burning.
  5. 7. The 16th President of The United States (that's all you should need ;)).