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North and South
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Grade 5
Learner Expectation
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5.5.spi.2. recognize military and
nonmilitary leaders from the North and
South during Civil War (i.e., Frederick
Douglass, Clara Barton, Chief Justice
Roger Taney, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses
S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson
Davis).
In this activity you will:
In this lesson you will learn to
recognize military and nonmilitary
leaders from the North and South
during the Civil War.
 You will write a paragraph about one
of the leaders and give 3 details
about that person.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln thought
secession illegal, and
was willing to use force
to defend Federal law and
the Union. When
Confederate batteries
fired on Fort Sumter and
forced its surrender, he
called on the states for
75,000 volunteers.
Abraham Lincoln
Four more slave
states joined the
Confederacy but four
remained within the
Union. The Civil War
had begun.
Frederick Douglas
Douglas freed
himself from
slavery and
through decades of
tireless efforts he
helped to free
millions more.
Frederick Douglas
He helped recruit African
American troops for the
Union Army, and his
personal relationship
with Lincoln helped
persuade the President
to make emancipation a
cause of the Civil War.
Clara Barton
At the outbreak of the Civil
War, Barton resigned from
the Patent Office to work as
a volunteer. She advertised
for supplies and distributed
bandages, socks, and other
goods to help the wounded
soldiers.
Clara Barton
In 1862, Barton was
granted permission to
deliver supplies directly to
the front, which she did
without fail for the next two
years. In 1864, Barton was
given the position of
superintendent of Union
nurses.
Clara Barton
After the war, she received
permission from President
Lincoln to begin a letterwriting campaign to search
for missing soldiers.
Ulysses S. Grant
Late in the administration of
Andrew Johnson, Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant quarreled
with the President and
aligned himself with the
Radical Republicans. He
was, as the symbol of Union
victory during the Civil War,
their logical candidate for
President in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant
At Shiloh in April, Grant
fought one of the bloodiest
battles in the West and
came out less well.
President Lincoln fended
off demands for his removal
by saying, "I can't spare
this man--he fights."
Robert E. Lee
The greatest land battle in
the Western Hemisphere
was fought at Gettysburg,
Pa., on July 1, 2, & 3. The
Army of Northern Virginia
led by Lee, and the Army of
the Potomac led by newly
appointed General George
Meade, hammered each
other.
Robert E. Lee
On the 3rd day of battle
General Lee hoping to end the
war ordered the great frontal
assault popularly known as
Pickett's Charge. After the
failure of the attack General
Lee blamed only himself, but
Lee and the Army of Northern
Virginia fought on for 2 more
years.
Robert E. Lee
General Lee surrendered at Appomatox Court
House on April 9, 1865. This effectively brought
the American Civil War to an end.
Jefferson Davis
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As a senator he often
stated his support of
slavery and of states'
rights, and as a cabinet
member he influenced
Pierce to sign the KansasNebraska Act, which
favored the South and
increased the bitterness of
the struggle over slavery.
Jefferson Davis
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On February 18, 1861, the
provisional Congress of the
Confederate States made
him provisional president.
His zeal, energy, and faith
in the cause of the South
were a source of much of
the tenacity with which the
Confederacy fought the
Civil War.
Abraham
Lincoln at
Antietam
Three Confederate prisoners at
Gettysburg
"Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history."
Writing Activity
 Write
about one of the leaders
from the Civil War and include
3 details about that person.