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Mil leaders 1st year
Military Leaders of the First Year
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Had command of the Southern forces for the battle of First Bull Run and who planned an attack on the Federals' left flank | Pierre G. T. Beauregard |
| Union general who was in command at Fort Monroe and first determined that escaped slaves could be regarded as contraband of war | Benjamin Butler |
| Commanded the Union forces at First Bull Run | Irwin McDowell |
| Commanded the Southern forces in the Shenandoah before First Bull Run and brought them from the Valley by rail in time for the battle | Joseph E. Johnston |
| General who surrendered Fort Donelson to the Union army | Simon B. Buckner |
| Commanded the "lost division" at Shiloh who took the wrong road to help relieve Union forces fighting there | Lew Wallace |
| Former Secretary of War who commanded forces at Fort Donelson and escaped before the surrender | John Floyd |
| Confederate cavalry leader who led a "ride around" the Union troops in Virginia | J.E.B. Stuart |
| Union naval leader who captured New Orleans | David Farragut |
| Appointed in command of Missouri and issued a proclamation freeing the slaves there only to have Lincoln revoke the proclamation | John C. Fremont |
| Led a magnificent campaign in the Shenandoah Valley to clear the Union troops out of the Valley | Stonewall Jackson |
| Took over command of the Army of Northern Virginia to lead the South in the Seven Days Battle | Robert E. Lee |
| Union general who let the Confederates slip out of the Shenandoah Valley to reinforce the Southern armies for the battle of First Bull Run | Robert Patterson |
| Commander of the Union Department of the Missouri and then overall commander in the West | Henry Halleck |
| General who was placed in command of Union forces as well as made General-in-Chief after First Bull Run to organize and train the armies; Devised a strategy to turn the Confederate troops in Virginia by attacking from the South | George B. McClellan |
| Commanded Union forces in the Shenandoah who was defeated by the Confederates in 1862 | Nathaniel Banks |
| Flag Officer in command of the gunboat fleet that helped capture Forts Henry and Donelson | Andrew H. Foote |
| Overall commander of Confederate forces in the West who made the mistake of adopting a passive defense and dispersing his forces, thus allowing them to be defeated serially; commanding general at Shiloh who died there | Albert Sidney Johnston |
| Bishop who also was a general and led the Confederate forces to take Columbus, Kentucky. | Leonidas Polk |
| Shipbuilder who designed the Monitor | John Ericsson |
| Second in command of the Southern forces at Fort Donelson who was convinced that the Southern forces should not complete their breakout attempt and who then escaped before the surrender | Gideon Pillow |
| Confederate general who fooled the Union army into thinking that the Confederates had many more forces on the York peninsula | John B. Magruder |
| Union commander of the Department of the Ohio who commanded the forces in Bowling Green and who showed up at the right moment at Shiloh | Don Carlos Buell |
| Union commander who led the forces that captured Forts Henry and Donelson and at Shiloh | Ulysses S. Grant |
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