William Tecumseh Sherman | | Announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. |
Emancipation Proclamation | | Assassinated at Ford's Theater |
Ulysses S. Grant | | 18th President of the United States |
Battle of Gettysburg | | People called him "Young Napoleon" after the famous French military genius Napoleon |
Robert E. Lee | | Was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's turning point |
Jefferson Davis | | Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War. |
Abraham Lincoln | | Is remembered for acting like a stonewall in the first battle of Bull Run |
George B. McClellan | | He led the Michigan Brigade whom he called the "Wolverines" during the Civil War. |
Thomas Jackson | | Said by many to be the greatest of the Civil War generals. |
George Custer | | Believed the Union and the Confederacy had to be pure to survive. |