Important People to Know 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 gen. for Confederacy throughout. refunded, always professional. brilliant strategist in battle. asked to lead the Union army, helped Virginia instead

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Ulysses S. Grant

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7th commanding Union gen. slob in nature, messy. “Unconstitutional Surrender/ Total War”. an unknown at war’s start

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William T. Sherman

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led an army to 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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