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

2. 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;
however, he took it to the extreme. His
Goal was to abolish slavery in the whole of
the Union. His style of abolishing slavery
was by the use of arms that he and his
men had seized from the arsenal.
Union
Stephen Douglas
10
Illinois Senator; sponsored the Kansas-
Nebraska Act; this action led to the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which
heightened political tension and led to the
creation of the antislavery Republican
Party
Union
Winfield Scott
11
Famous military commander during the
Mexican War and the Civil War; created
the Anaconda Plan to defeat the
Confederates, which was at first rejected,
but later used in part to help defeat the
Confederate Army.
Union
George Pickett
12
Major general; best remembered for
helping lead "Pickett's Charge", a bloody
attack on the Union army, during the last
day of the Battle of Gettysburg; his defeat
the Battle of Five Forks helped lead to the
eventual Confederate collapse.
Confederate
George B.
McClellan 13 Major general; served a term as the
Commander in Chief of the Union Army;
had good organization skills, but poor
battle tactics; remembered for confronting
Lee's troops at the Battle of Antietam
Union

3. William T. Sherman
14
Commanding general of the Union Army;
best known for his "March to the Sea", in
which he captured and burned Southern
cities, inflicting great damage along the
way.
Union
Robert Gould Shaw
15
Commander of the first all-
16black regiment known as the 54th
Regiment; had abolitionist parents; died at
age 26 during the Battle of Fort Wagner
Union
John Wilkes Booth
16 An extremely distinguished famous
confederate man, who assassinated
Abraham Lincoln. He was also an actor.
He was killed in a shoot out.
Union
John Bell Hood.
17
It was his father's desire for him to attain a
medical profession, but he chose the
military instead. He was called on to serve
in the confederate army. During his time in
the Confederate army, he was promoted
many times. He later even became A
brigadier General. In most of his battles, he
sustained severe wounds and injuries. His
right-leg was amputated. His life in the
battle-field was always a disaster.
Confederate
Clara Barton
18
Her long lasting achievement was the
establishment of a school in Bordentown,
it was free. She also founded the American
Red Cross. She began an organization
that was based on treating wounded
soldiers.
Union
Andrew Johnson
19
President Lincoln anointed him military
governor of Tennessee in 1862. Johnson
at first was an advocate of slavery due to
his Southern roots, but soon changed his
views due to his opinion that the Union
should be kept together. Lincoln anointed
him as Vice-President in 1864 and he
became president in 1865 after Lincoln’s
death. He added the 13th amendment after
the Civil war, which abolished slavery and
the 14th amendment, which gave equal
rights to all citizens
Union
John Pope
20
He was basically a commander of the
New Virginia Army of the Union side
during the Civil war. He was sent out by
Lincoln to replace McClellan due to his
Union

4. constant defeats, but Pope didn't really
make things better. Pope lost 15000
men at Bull Run to Jackson's army and
was relieved of his duty in September
1862. After the Civil war, he eventually
became the major general again in
October, 1882.