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Important Leaders of the Civil War

Important Leaders of the Civil War. Abe Lincoln. President Opposed the spread of slavery Issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln. Wrote the Gettysburg Address Wanted to preserve the Union at all costs. Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate States of America.

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Important Leaders of the Civil War

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  1. Important Leaders of the Civil War

  2. Abe Lincoln • President • Opposed the spread of slavery • Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

  3. Lincoln • Wrote the Gettysburg Address • Wanted to preserve the Union at all costs

  4. Jefferson Davis • President of the Confederate States of America

  5. Ulysses S. Grant • General of the Union army • Defeated Lee

  6. Robert E. Lee • Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia • Offered command of the Union forces • Opposed secession • Urged others to accept defeat at the end of the war

  7. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson • Confederate general • From Virginia

  8. Frederick Douglass • Former slave • Escaped to the North • Became an abolitionist

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