Key Individuals in the Civil War

Republican President;
supported Northern cause;
Opposed Crittenden Compromise;
called for 75,000 troops;
Decided on two-front war;
Declared martial law and suspeded writ of habeas corpus;
Proposed gradual emancipation;
Issued Emancipation Proclamation after McClellan stopped Lee at Antietam;
13th amendment;

Provisional President of the Confederacy;
chose to wage defensive war;
lacked the tact to handle field commanders;
lacked initiative and leadership in dealing with deteriorating economic situation;

Provisional Vice President of the Confederacy;

Proposed Crittenden compromise to extend Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific to protect slavery in the South;

Suceeded Lincoln in the Presidency;
denied right to secession;

Southern supporter;
Command Confederate Army;
Attempted to expell Union from Richmond, but was repulsed at Malvern Hill;
Was defeated at Gettysburg;
Surrendered Army at Appomattox Courthouse;

Commanded Union army in early part of war;
Anaconda Policy, squeeze South into submission;
defeated at Bull Run the first time;

Southern supporter;
known as "Stonewall Jackson";
defeated Scott at Bull Run the first time;
defeated Union Army at Shenandoah;
Died at Chancellorsville as a result of wounds;

Captured Fort Henry andFort Donelson;
Was sent to capture Vicksburg;
Put himself off from sources and supply to capture Vicksburg;
Captured Vicksburg which turned the tide of the war;
Promoted to General in Chief of all Union Armies;

Flag officer for Union Navy;
captured port of New Orleans

General in Chief;
Sent General John Pope to second Bull Run battle;

Lost to Jackson in second Bull Run battle;
Stripped of command;

Appointed head of the Army of the Potomac;
Fought Confederates at battle of Antietam;
Lincoln thought him affected with "the slows";
Replaced Scott at General in Chief;
Ran against Lincoln in 1864;

Replaced McClellan as head of the Army of the Potomac;
Defeated at battle of Fredericksburg;

Defeated by Jackson at Chancellorsville;

Took Grant's position;
Defeated Lee at Petersburg;
Successfully invaded Georgia;
Took control of Atlanta;
Marched through Georgia to the sea destroying everything of military or economic importance in site;
Captured Savannah and presented to Lincoln as a Christmas Present;

pro-Confederate Actor;
Assassinated Lincoln;