Elected As President of the United States in 1860

Abraham Lincoln
Elected as President of the United States in 1860
South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860, by March of 1861
six more states had left and formed the Confederate States of America (CSA)
1863 announced the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the southern states
Called for 75, 000 men to volunteer for military service to strengthen the Union troops
Assassinated in April of 1865, five days after Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
Southern plantation owner/cotton farmer that understood the Souths need for slavery to supply the demand forncotton
Served as a Representative and a Senator for the state of Mississippi
Served as the Secretary of State for President Pierce
Appointed as the President of the CSA
When Civil War ended he was arrested and charged with treason and spent two years in jail but was never tried or convicted of a crime
U. S. Grant
Attended and graduated from West Point, the US military academy, was not a good student and graduated next to last in his class
Distinguished himself at the Battle of Shiloh, he proved to Lincoln that Grant was a general who fought, even facing adverse circumstances
October 1863, Grant took command at Chattanooga, Tennessee and began to develop plans for the Atlanta Campaign
In order to win the war Grant appointed Sherman to command the troops in the Georgia and bring the South to her knees
Supported Sherman in tactic of _total war_ and _scorched earth_

Robert E. Lee
Robert was appointed to attend West Point in 1825, he graduated second in his class in 1829, with no demerits and high honors
Abraham Lincoln as president, offered Lee the rank of brigadier general in the Union Army but Lee refused
Was offered to be commander of the army of volunteers being raised to suppress the Southern rebellion; that same day, Virginia voted in favor of secession. Lee did not support secession, but he would not fight against his native state so he refused
Was appointed to head the Confederate Army
Surrendered to U.S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865

William T. Sherman
Most widely known of the Union military leaders after U. S. Grant
Served as commander of the U.S. armies in the Western Theatre
Knew that the war would not end quickly as most people had thought
Determined to bring the war to the people of the South, make them experience the horror of war and surrender, developed the theory of “total war” and scorched earth.
His March to the Sea burned everything in a path over 200 miles long and 60 feet wide from Atlanta to Savannah, he did not burn

Savannah instead gave it to Lincoln as a Christmas present.

Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate lieutenant general in the Civil War.
Only General Robert E. Lee occupies a higher place in respect and admiration
In the Battle of First Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas). Infantry under South Carolinian brigadier general Bernard Bee had been engaged for some time and were falling back; Jackson’s brigade was in reserve. Bee told his men, "There

stands Jackson like a stone wall,"

Aware Federal cavalry was in the area, the North Carolinian Calvary mistook the Jackson and his men for enemy horsemen and opened fire. From somewhere, probably the men of the 18th North Carolina, came another volley. Jackson was

hit in his right hand and left wrist. A third ball broke his upper left arm.