Major Figures in the Civil War
By: Mrs. Fowlkes
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson was born June 3, 1808 and grew up in Mississippi. Davis was the President of the Confederate States in 1861.1n 1865 as the Confederacy was falling apart, Davis fled to Virginia. On May 10, 1865, Davis was captured in Georgia.
Abe Lincoln
Abe was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. He was our 16th President. On January 1, 1863 he issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln was assassinated. He was remembered as being a kind person.
Major Generals During the Civil War
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Red- South Blue- North
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee led numerous attacks during the Civil War. He was under the command of Jefferson Davis.
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant was the General of the Union Army. He was under the command of Abraham Lincoln.