Civil War (1861- 1865)

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Jefferson Jefferson Davis
Davis (1808-1889) was
U.S. Secretary of
war and president
of the Confederate
States of America
for the duration of
the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Ulysses S Grant was
the Commander of the
Grant union army. He was
later promoted to
general. He then
accepted Lee’s
surrender in 1865,
ending the war. Then
later he became the
18th president.
 Robert E Lee was the
Robert E General for the confederacy.
Lee He refused to command the
union forces, resigned from
the U.S. Army he to returned
to Virginia to serve the
confederates. He was
critiqued for having narrow
strategy. He later
surrendered to Grant at
Appomattox courthouse in
1865, ending the war.
Abraham Abraham Lincoln was the 16th
president of the U.S. of America.
Lincoln The Civil War was not entirely
caused by Lincoln’s election, but
the election was one of the
primary reasons the war broke
out the following year. Lincoln’s
decision to fight rather than to let
the southern states secede was
not based on his feelings towards
slavery. Rather, he felt it was his
duty as president to preserve the
union at all cost.
 Medal of Honor recipients

William Carney Philip Bazaar

Congressional Born in South
Medal of Honor Africa, was a
recipient. Served Navy seaman in
with the 54th the Union. He
regiment and also won the
was the first Medal of Honor
black solider to for his service
receive the in the Civil War.
award.