Civil War People
Philip Bazaar
Chilean immigrant- won Navy Medal of Honor
Robert E Lee
Commanding General of the Confederate Armies
Ulysses S. Grant
Commanding General of the Union Armies
William Carney
First black Medal of Honor recipient Fort Wagner- 54th Massachusetts
Frederick Douglass
Leader of abolitionist movement. Advisor to President Lincoln, encouraging him to allow black troops in the Union Army and to ratify the 13th amendment, freeing slaves.
Clara Barton
Nurse in Civil War- Started American Red Cross
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America- states' rights and slavery
Abraham Lincoln
President of the U.S. during the Civil War- PRESERVE UNION