Civil War Generals Foldable Notes
General Robert E. Lee Leader of the Confederate Army January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 Declined to lead the Union Army because he lived in the South. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AVMoo_PT40
General Ulysses S. Grant Leader of the Union Troops. April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885 Later became President of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCZLae7kuTI
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863 Confederate General Considered to be Robert E. Lee’s Right Hand Man Died after the Battle of Chancellorsville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4yhJ1aZgZc
William Tecumseh Sherman Union General February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891 Known for his “March on the Sea”, which destroyed much of the South. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDbVjsncGv0
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States. Did not want to be the President of the Confederacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFxxXKH8VbY