1. Important figures of the confederacy

2. Jefferson davis June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889 West Point graduate
U.S. Secretary of War
U.S. Senator from Mississippi
President of the Confederate States of America

4. Robert E. Lee January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870
Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
January 31, 1865, promoted to general-in-chief of Confederate forces
Lived in Custis-Lee mansion on Arlington plantation
President of Washington College

6. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
January 21, 1824– May 10, 1863
Taught at VMI
Confederate general
Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in United States history
Shot by confederate soldiers
Left arm was amputated
Died from pneumonia

9. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893
first Confederate brigadier general
Commanded confederate forces at Ft. Sumter
Worked for equal rights for freed slaves
Railroad executive and became very wealthy

10. Wade Hampton III March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902
graduated from South Carolina College
had no military experience
lieutenant general
personally financed all of the weapons for his Legion
Home burned by Sherman
SC governor 1876

13. Nathan Bedford Forrest
July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877
was a millionaire and one of the richest men in the South
lieutenant general
first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan