The Faces of the Civil The Faces of the Civil WarWar

By: Olivia PopejoyBy: Olivia Popejoy

Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln1809-18651809-1865

Lincoln began his political career as a member of the

Whigs. He served four terms in the Illinois legislature

beginning in 1834 and was elected to Congress in 1847. In 1856 Lincoln left the Whigs

for the Republicans.

Lincoln was against slavery in the territories,

but he was not opposed to it in the states where it

already existed.

In 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation stating that all slaves in the states rebelling against the US government should be

freed.

On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was

assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a

sympathizer of the South.

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis1808-18891808-1889

Davis was a member of the Mississippi Senate but

resigned when Mississippi seceded form the Union.

Davis was elected as the provisional president for the

Confederate States of America in February of 1861 and was

elected to a full term in November of 1861.

Davis was arrested and put in prison for the assassination

of President Abraham Lincoln. He was later let out due to the fact that he was

innocent.

He lived out his life rather quietly and died never becoming a US citizen

again.

Robert E. LeeRobert E. Lee1807-18701807-1870

Lee was against slavery and was opposed to the

secession of Virginia from the Union. He was also

fond of both the army and the Union. Because he was

unwilling to invade the seceding states he

declined a position offered to him by President

Lincoln.

In 1862 Lee became the head of the Army of Northern Virginia, a

position he held for the next three years.

Lee had great battle victories at both the First

and Second Bull Run battles, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He

met defeat at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Lee lived out his life as an educator at the

Washington College in Virginia. He also died

never regaining citizenship to the

United States.

Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant1822-18851822-1885

1861, Grant was appointed to the Illinois Volunteers as a

Colonel. 1862, Grant was key in the victory at Fort Donelson. This capture was one of the

most important victories for the Union.

Because of his successes President Lincoln promoted

Grant to the position of Major-General of the

Illinois Volunters.

Grant was able to take the advantages held by the Union

Army, which included a superior amount of soldiers

and guns, to create victories.

Grant served two terms as President of the United

States, in 1868 and 1872. He lived out his life in New York with his wife and died

of throat cancer.

Thomas “Stonewall” JacksonThomas “Stonewall” Jackson1824-18631824-1863

At the onset of the Civil War Jackson immediately sided with the Confederate Army and was praised for doing an outstanding

job gathering and training the Virginia Volunteers.

In 1862, Jackson’s tactics kept the Union Army from

contributing to the Peninsular Campaign. Jackson and Lee

also joined forces in 1863 at the Seven Day’s Battle for a victory.

In 1863, Jackson was returning to his campsite

after dark and was mistakenly shot by one of his fellow soldiers. His arm

was amputated and recovery was in sight for Jackson when he caught pneumonia and died on

May 10, 1863.

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman1820-19131820-1913

Tubman was a runaway slave from Maryland. She aided in the freedom of hundreds of fellow slaves by running the

Underground Railroad.

During the Civil war Tubman was a spy, a nurse, and a cook for the Union Army. She gained

knowledge of the land from running the Underground

Railroad which she used to spy on the Cofederate troops. She grouped together many former slaves who helped her hunt for

rebel camps and observe confederate troop movement.

Working as a nurse, Tubman used folk

remedies she picked up in Maryland. She brewed

roots and herbs to create treatments for the dying

soldiers.

Clara BartonClara Barton1821-19121821-1912

Barton’s Civil War experience began in 1861 in April. Barton established a company that would obtain

and distribute supplies to the soldiers that had been

wounded.

In 1862, she received special permission to travel behind the lines at some of

the most gruesome battlefields of the war. At these battles she aided

both the Union and Confederate soldiers.

In 1881 at the age of 60, Barton was able to convince

the United States government that the American Red Cross was a necessity in the event that another war broke out or a natural disaster occurred.

Fredrick DouglassFredrick Douglass1818-18951818-1895

Douglass works closely with the efforts of the Underground

Railroad by sheltering escaping slaves in his home.

In 1863 Douglass becomes the recruiter for the 54th

Massachusetts Infantry. It was the first regiment of African-

American soldiers. Two of his sons join the regiment and his

son Fredrick Jr. eventually becomes recruiter as well.

In August of 1863, Douglass holds a meeting with the

president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, to discuss the

unequal pay and the poor treatment of black soldiers.

In 1895 Douglass dies of a heart attack while talking to his wife

about a talk he had given that day.

Rutherford B. HayesRutherford B. Hayes1822-18931822-1893

. Hayes began the Civil War as a Major General of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. During the span of the war he was wounded four times

and once quite seriously.

Hayes was promoted to Colonel in 1862 and in 1864 he was again promoted to Brevet Brigadier General

due to his successes on the battlefield.

In 1865, Hayes was elected to the House of Representatives

while he was still on the battlefield. In 1877 Hayes was elected as the 19th president

of the United States.

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