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1. Person Rank Importance/Significance of
Person
Side of the Conflict
Abraham Lincoln
1 President from 1860; held the union
together; led the North to victory in the Civil
War; issued the Emancipation
Proclamation
Union
Robert E. Lee
2
Confederate General; resigned in the US
Army and took command of the Army of
Northern VA; his victories earned him
praise; his surrender to Ulysses Grant at
Appomattox Court House ended the Civil
War
Confederate
Ulysses S. Grant
3
Major General; won control of the
Mississippi river valley; captured Vicksburg
which cut Confederacy in two; defeated
General Lee at Petersburg and
surrendered him at Appomattox Court
House
Union
Jefferson Davis
4
Major General; won control of the
Mississippi river valley; captured Vicksburg
which cut Confederacy in two; defeated
General Lee at Petersburg and
surrendered him at Appomattox Court
House
Confederate
Henry Clay
5
"Known as the Great Compromiser", Henry
Clay goal was to preserve the United
states. He setup the compromise of 1850.
This compromise favored the southern and
northern sections; however, it was not
successful in preventing the Civil War.
Union
Thomas Stonewall
Jackson 6
After Robert E. Lee, the most known
Confederate commander was him. He
acquired his nickname Stonewall by
General Bee during the 1st Bull Run fight
because he didn't come to Bee's aide. He
won many battles at Front Royal, 1st
Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic
and defeated John Pope as well. He was
promoted to the commander of the 2nd
Corps and his greatest achievement was
when he and his soldiers went around the
union's Chancellorsville and went to the
11th Corps
Confederate
Harriet Beecher
Stowe 7
She wrote the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin,
which triggered tensions between North
and South. The North further despised
slavery and the South insisted the novel as
being over exaggerated. Lincoln even
recognized her influence and said when he
met her. “So you are the little woman who
wrote the book that started this great war!"
Union
Frederick Douglass
8
He was one of the most influential people
that lead the abolitionist movement. Due to
his great public speaking skills, he was
often asked by the Anti-Slavery Movement
Society to make speeches. In 1845, he
published his own autobiography and two
years later he published his anti-slavery
newspaper the North Star. Also, during the
civil war, he advised President Lincoln.
Union
John Brown
9
John Brown was a man that walked the
talk. He regularly exhibited action;