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Civil War People part I. For the North…. Abraham Lincoln. 16 th President Didn’t like slavery Author of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address First President to be assassinated. George B McClellan. Commander of the Army of the Potomac
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Abraham Lincoln • 16th President • Didn’t like slavery • Author of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address • First President to be assassinated
George B McClellan • Commander of the Army of the Potomac • Told to capture Richmond, Virginia, and end the war • Fails four times, and fired twice
Clara Barton • Volunteered as a nurse • Went through several battles and a lot of danger • Founder of the American Red Cross
Jefferson Davis • President of the Confederate States of America • Slave owner from Mississippi • Didn’t want to be President
Robert E Lee • Military genius • Defeated Northern armies for 2 ½ years without a loss • Kept the Southern army fighting for four years
“Stonewall” Jackson • Another military genius • Religious nut • Accidentally killed by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville