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SEA POWER The Civil War, 1861-1865. UNION NAVAL SHIPS. CONFEDERATE SHIPS. Union Navy in Charleston. CITY POINT. HARPER’S FERRY. FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT FORT SUMTER. CONFEDERATE DEAD SOLDIERS. ANTIETAM, MARYLAND. CIVIL WAR FUNERAL. FORD’S THEATRE. Lincoln on his death bed.
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CONFEDERATE DEAD SOLDIERS ANTIETAM, MARYLAND
CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE UNION • George B. McClellan • General-in-chief of the Union Army • November 1861 – March 1862 • Commands - Army of the Potomac • Nickname (s) Little Mac The Young Napoleon • 24th Governor of New Jersey (1878 – 1881)
Ulysses S. Grant General-in-chief of the Union Army 1864-1865 Graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point Nickname “Unconditional Surrender” Grant 18th President of the United States 1869-1877 CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE UNION
Joseph Hooker Major General in the Union Army Commands – I Corps, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Potomac XX Corps, Army of the Tennessee Nickname “Fighting Joe” CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE UNION
Ambrose Everett Burnside Graduate of United State Military Academy at West Point Commands – Army of the Potomac, Army of the Ohio Nickname - “Burn” Served as Governor and U.S. Senator in Rhode Island CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE UNION
Robert E. Lee West Point Graduate General-in-chief of Confederate forces (1865) Commands - Army of Northern Virginia Military Adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERACY
James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart West Point Graduate Served at Fort Davis for three month in 1855 Commands – Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Nickname (s) Jeb, Beauty, Knight of the Golden Spurs CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Joseph Eggleston Johnston Senior General Officer in the Confederate States Army Graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point 1st West Point graduate to be promoted to a general officer in the regular army U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 3 district (1879 – 1881) CIVIL WAR GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERACY
David Glasgow Farragut 1st Rear Admiral of the Navy Popular order “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Commands – European Squadron, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron Created one of the 1st music playing instruments called a “flagntupper” U.S. Post office issued a commemorate stamp 1903 REAR ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY
Jefferson Finis Davis Graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point 23rd United States Secretary of War U.S. Senator from Mississippi Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
ABRAHAM Lincoln Country Lawyer Illinois state legislator U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th district 1st american president to be Assassinated PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA