For the South Wanted to command army Not a “people” person Alienated most people Jefferson Davis

Robert E. Lee/Traveler

West Point Grad Lincoln asked him to command the Union forces He could not fight against his fellow Virginians Commanded the Army of North Virginia He was a slaveholder

“It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it “It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.” (Lee, after Fredericksburg)

Stonewall Jackson He was Lee’s right hand man Killed at Chancellorsville Longstreet replaces him

James Longstreet He was NOT a Virginian He was a pragmatic fighter—didn’t subscribe to the Virginia code of honor

Pierre Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)

For the North Had never held executive office Considered a backwoodsmen by many Had great personal style—was a people person

General Winfield Scott “Old Fuss and Feathers” He devised the Anaconda Plan He was replaced by McClellan By the time of the Civil War he was too fat to mount his horse

Anaconda Plan

Merrimack (Virginia) Ironclad Early sub No. had Monitor

General George McClellan “My dear McClellan: If you don’t want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully, A. Lincoln.: Replaced after Antietam He had not moved quickly enough, and the battle turned into the bloodiest EVER

General AmbroseBurnside Replace McClellan after Antietam Attacked at Fredericksburg Lost large part of army Asked to be replaced

General Thomas Hooker He allowed women to follow the camp They became know as “Hooker’s girls”

General Meade He failed to follow Lee and end the war after Gettysburg

U.S. Grant “Find out where your enemy is. Get there as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.”

Unconditional surrender Grant “I gave up all idea of saving the Union except by complete conquest” (after Shiloh

George Sherman March to the Sea Path of destruction “War is Hell.”