Leaders of the Civil War
Northern Leaders (United States of America)
Abraham Lincoln was was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[1][2] In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy
Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War involved an even larger issue. In his Gettysburg Address Lincoln recalled why they were fighting: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln won re-election in 1864, as Union military triumphs heralded an end to the war. In his planning for peace, the President was flexible and generous, encouraging Southerners to lay down their arms and join speedily in reunion. The spirit that guided him was clearly that of his Second Inaugural Address, now inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds.... " |
Ulysses S. Grant
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove any lasting parts of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln on Ulysses S. Grant, in conversation, 1864: "He's the quietest little fellow you ever saw. He makes the least fuss of any man you ever knew. I believe he had been in this room a minute or so before I knew he was here. Grant is the first general I have had. You know how it's been with all the rest. As soon as I put a man in command of the army, they all wanted me to be the general. Now it isn't so with Grant. He hasn't told me what his plans are. I don't know and I don't want to know. I am glad to find a man who can go ahead without me. He doesn't ask impossibilities of me, and he's the first general I've had that didn't." QuestionsUlysses S. Grant led the ___________, he was the...
Abraham Lincoln thought Grant was... (summarize the passage here) |
Southern Leaders (the Confederacy)
Robert E. LeeRobert E. Lee was an American soldier known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academyand an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.
Lee was asked to lead the United States Army but turned down the offer to lead his fellow Virginia men. QuestionsRobert E. Lee led the ___________, he was the...
Something interesting about Lee was... |
Stonewall JacksonStonewall Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and the best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. In his military career he serviced as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia, a position directly under Robert E. Lee. Confederate soldiers accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. He survived the gunshot with the loss of an arm to amputation, but died of from pneumonia
(that's Nuh mOn ya) eight days later. His death was a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and of the general public. QuestionsStonewall Jackson fought for ________, he was the...
Stonewall Jackson _______ before the war was over. |