Major Figures and Leaders Major Figures and Leaders of the Civil Warof the Civil War

Chapter 11, Section 4 Civil War Deaths

Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln

• President of United States during the War

• A Republican (this was a NEW political party at the time)

• Republicans believed in restricting the spread of slavery to new territory

• MAIN GOAL: Hold the Union (the U.S.) together above anything else

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis

• U.S. Senator who became the President of the Confederacy (CSA)

• From Mississippi but…• Resided in Virginia at the CSA

capital of Richmond during the War

• He was captured by the Union and imprisoned for 2 years after the war

Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant• Union (or Northern)

military commander• He won major battle

victories in the South while other Union commanders were failing in the North

• He ultimately became the supreme leader of the Union Army and was leader at the time Robert E. Lee surrendered.

Robert E. LeeRobert E. Lee• Virginian (above anything else)• Confederate leader of the “Army

of Northern Virginia” (the Confederate army)

• He was beloved by his soldiers even as the Confederate army began to fail

• He opposed secession but could not turn his back on his home of Virginia

• Accepted defeat at Appomattox

Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass

• Former slave

• Educated himself

• He urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves and African Americans to fight in the Union army

• Famous Abolitionist