The Characters of the Civil War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9zHNOjGrs&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=20

Your Task Who was this person? (Give some background behind them) What did they do? (Did they have a specific role did they help with anything) Why does it matter? (Think battles/influence) If you get stuck think about the 5 W’s; who, what, when, where, why, and sometimes how. You need also one interesting fact you did not know about that person to share with the class.

Abraham Lincoln- President of the United States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80_q2tPveo

Abraham Lincoln Who: He was the 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865. Was born in Kentucky moved to Illinois What: He helped to guide the United States through a difficult time of the Civil War. Was going to bring the nation back together. Why: He issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared slaves free within the South in 1863, which was a turning point for the Civil War. Fact: In 1830 at 21 years of age, Lincoln got a job hauling freight down the Mississippi River to New Orleans on a flatboat.

Your Task Who was this person? (Give some background behind them) What did they do? (Did they have a specific role did they help with anything) Why does it matter? (Think battles/influence) If you get stuck think about the 5 W’s; who, what, when, where, why, and sometimes how. You need also one interesting fact you did not know about that person to share with the class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFxxXKH8VbY

George B. McClellan- General of the Union Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-e4Qj6tMLc Links: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/bi ographies/george-mcclellan.htm http://www.historynet.com/george-mcclellanl https://www.nps.gov/anti/learn/historycultur e/gbmcclellan.htm

Jefferson Davis- President of the Confederacy http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/jefferson-davis Links: http://www.civilwar.org/education/his tory/biographies/jefferson-davis.html https://www.britannica.com/biograph y/Jefferson-Davis

Robert E. Lee- Confederate General https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AVMoo_PT40 http://www.civilwar.org/education/hist ory/biographies/robert-e-lee.html http://www.historynet.com/robert-e- lee http://www.stratfordhall.org/

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson- Confederate General Links: http://www.civilwar.org/educati on/history/biographies/thomas- jackson.html http://www.historynet.com/sto newall-jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4yhJ1aZgZc

Ulysses S. Grant- General of the Union Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCZLae7kuTI Links: https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presi dents/ulyssessgrant http://www.civilwar.org/education/hist ory/biographies/ulysses-s-grant.html https://www.nps.gov/ulsg/index.htm

William T. Sherman- Union General, “Father of Modern Warfare” Links: http://www.civil war.org/educatio n/history/biogra phies/william-t- sherman.html http://civilwarh ome.com/sherbi o.htm http://www.hist orynet.com/gene ral-william- tecumseh- sherman http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/sherman-captures-atlanta http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/sherman-savannah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMHyeK8iJpI