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Important People Flashcards

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Abraham Lincoln

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president of the Union

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Robert Shaw

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led the Massachusetts 54th regiment of African Americans

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Jefferson Davis

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President of Confederacy

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Robert E. Lee

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commanding general for Confederacy throughout
-refined always professional
-brilliant strategist in battle
-asked to lead the Union army, helped VA instead

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Ulysses S. Grant

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was the 7th commanding Union general
-slob in nature, messy
-unconditional surrender/total war
-an unknown at wars start

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Similarities between Lee & Grant

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both graduates of West Point Academy
-fearless, decisive on the battlefield
-both fought in the Mexican-American War

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William T. Sherman (march to sea)

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led an army from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia destroying everything in sight including the supply base for the Confederacy
-ended up capturing Savannah

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Tubman

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led the Underground Railroad

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