Important People to Know Flashcards
Abraham Lincoln
president of the Union
Robert Shaw
led the Massachusetts 54th regiment of African Americans
Jefferson Davis
president of Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
commanding gen. for Confederacy throughout. refunded, always professional. brilliant strategist in battle. asked to lead the Union army, helped Virginia instead
Ulysses S. Grant
7th commanding Union gen. slob in nature, messy. “Unconstitutional Surrender/ Total War”. an unknown at war’s start
William T. Sherman
led an army to Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia destroying everything in sight including the supply base for the Confederacy. Ended up capturing Savannah.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Tubman
led the Underground Railroad