1. Key Figures of the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln

2. President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America

3. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army
Had little power because the Confederate States believed in states’ rights

4. Leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Leader of the Confederate Army

5. Robert E. Lee
Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Confederate Army
Used tried and true strategies
Lost many soldiers at Gettysburg when he ordered a frontal assault
His army was almost destroyed
Surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

6. Leader of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Leader of the Union Army

7. Ulysses S. Grant General in the Union Army
Won the battle of Vicksburg (splitting the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River)
Named as the commander of the Army of the Potomac
Strategy was total war
Changed the Union Army from a weak one into a strong one
Accepted the surrender of Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse

8. President of the Union during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union during the Civil War

9. Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S.
not an abolitionist, but did not want slavery to expand
the South seceded from the Union when he was elected
was determined to save the Union
1863- issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Honored soldiers in the Gettysburg Address
Assassinated after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse