Important Leaders of the Civil War
Abe Lincoln President Opposed the spread of slavery Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln Wrote the Gettysburg Address Wanted to preserve the Union at all costs
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant General of the Union army Defeated Lee
Robert E. Lee Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia Offered command of the Union forces Opposed secession Urged others to accept defeat at the end of the war
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Confederate general From Virginia
Frederick Douglass Former slave Escaped to the North Became an abolitionist