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Civil War (Chapter 16/17) People
For each definition, identify the person being described. People have full names. All
names need to be spelled correctly and capitalized.
1. ______________________________ Fought for abolition of slavery, supported the
Emancipation Proclamation and recruitment of African
American for the Union army
2. ______________________________ President of the U.S. during the Civil War, issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, won reelection in 1864, but
assassinated in April 1865
3. ______________________________ Lincoln’s vice president, became president after
Lincoln’s assassination
4. ______________________________ Most famous Confederate general, took command of the
Army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862 and led
them until the end of the war
5 ______________________________ Actor and southern sympathizer who assassinated
Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in April 1865
6. ______________________________ Organized a relief agency for Union soldiers, after the
war founded the American Red Cross
7. ______________________________ Only president the Confederate States of America ever
had
8. ______________________________ Confederate general that led an all out infantry charge
on Union lines on the 3rd day of Gettysburg, its failure
led to the end of the battle
9. _____________________________ Union general sent to attack Atlanta and march to the
sea, his use of total war cut a path of destruction 60
miles wide and 300 mile long through Georgia
10. _____________________________ Replaced Hooker after his defeat at Chancellorsville,
first Union general to defeat Lee in battle, did it at
Gettysburg in July 1863
11. _____________________________ Given command of the Union army at the start of the
war, only lasted as long as it took him to be defeated at
1st Bull Run
12. _____________________________ Opened nursing in Union army hospitals to women,
supervise over 3000 of them during the war
13. _____________________________ Confederate general who gained his nickname at 1st Bull
Run, Lee’s “right arm”, but died at Chancellorsville
14. _____________________________ Replaced Burnside after his defeat at Fredericksburg,
was replaced himself after his defeat at Chancellorsville
15. _____________________________ Took command of the Army of the Potomac after its
defeat at 1st Bull Run, reorganized it and took it on the
Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862, defeated at
the Battle of Seven Days, replaced but given a 2nd chance
that led to the Battle of Antietam and being relieved of
his command, ran as the democratic candidate for
president in 1864, defeated
16. _____________________________ College professor who won the Congressional Medal of
Honor for bravery at Gettysburg, chosen by Grant to
accept the formal Confederate surrender
17. _____________________________ Replaced McClellan after he failed to pursue Lee after
Antietam, was replaced himself after his defeat at
Fredericksburg
18. _____________________________ Commanded the Union army in the west, captured
Vicksburg in 1863, given command of all Union armies
in march of 1864, captured Richmond and forced Lee’s
surrender in April 1865, credited with winning the war
for the Union
The following people are not located in the textbook, we will talk about these in class
when we grade this assignment
19. _____________________________ Chilean immigrant and a member of the U.S. Navy on
the USS Santiago de Cuba, he participated in the assault
on Fort Fisher, a Confederate fort, he and five other
seamen carried dispatches during the battle and he was
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1865 for
his bravery.
20. _____________________________ Born a slave in Virginia, his father bought his freedom;
enlisted in the all African American 54th Massachusetts
regiment during the Civil War and fought bravely at the
Battle of Fort Wagner outside Charleston, South
Carolina and earned a promotion to sergeant. He was
shot four times and survived. He is the first African
American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.