Download General U.S. Grant

Survey
yes no Was this document useful for you?
   Thank you for your participation!

* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project

Document related concepts

Battle of Malvern Hill wikipedia , lookup

Lost Cause of the Confederacy wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Cumberland Church wikipedia , lookup

Texas in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Hampton Roads Conference wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Sailor's Creek wikipedia , lookup

Anaconda Plan wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Harpers Ferry wikipedia , lookup

Battle of White Oak Road wikipedia , lookup

Kentucky in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Second Battle of Corinth wikipedia , lookup

Red River Campaign wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Island Number Ten wikipedia , lookup

Capture of New Orleans wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Appomattox Station wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Wilson's Creek wikipedia , lookup

Battle of New Bern wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Seven Pines wikipedia , lookup

Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

East Tennessee bridge burnings wikipedia , lookup

Cavalry in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Economy of the Confederate States of America wikipedia , lookup

Issues of the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Maryland Campaign wikipedia , lookup

First Battle of Bull Run wikipedia , lookup

Virginia in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Gaines's Mill wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Cedar Creek wikipedia , lookup

Opposition to the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Shiloh wikipedia , lookup

Confederate privateer wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Lewis's Farm wikipedia , lookup

Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps wikipedia , lookup

United Kingdom and the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Western Theater of the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Border states (American Civil War) wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Fort Pillow wikipedia , lookup

Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Alabama in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Battle of Namozine Church wikipedia , lookup

Georgia in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Union (American Civil War) wikipedia , lookup

Union Army wikipedia , lookup

Conclusion of the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Mississippi in the American Civil War wikipedia , lookup

Transcript
General U.S. Grant
Union General
1864- Lincoln appoints as Commander of all
United States Forces
1865- Robert E Lee surrenders to General
Grant to end Civil War.
Elected President in 1868.
General William T.
Sherman
Union General
He commanded the Union army that
captured Atlanta and began the “ march to
the sea”.
Captured and burned Columbia, SC in
February 1865.
Most hated man in the South.
He believed in waging hard war.
Thomas J. “Stonewall”
Jackson
Confederate General
Accidentally killed in 1863 by his own men.
His loss was difficult for the South to replace.
General Nathan
Bedford Forrest
Confederate General
Forrest Gump was named for General
Forrest.
He began the KKK after the Civil War
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate General
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
Twice led his army into the North, once in
Maryland and the other time to Gettysburg
Pennsylvania. Both times suffering defeat at
the hand of the Union Army
Virginian
He surrendered to General Grant in 1865 to
end war.
After war became President of a college.
Died in 1870
President Lincoln
Great wartime leader
Refused to allow South to leave the Union
Issued Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,
which changed the character of the war.
Gave the Gettysburg Address in November
1863 to help dedicate Soldier’s Cemetery at
Gettysburg Pa.
Assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.
President Jefferson
Davis
First and only Confederate President
From Mississippi
Not a good wartime leader.
Tried to flee after the war but was captured.