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Civil War Leaders
Grade 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | -16th President of the United States - leader of the Union in the Civil War - signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves |
| Robert E. Lee | - commander of the Confederate army in the Civil War - surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House |
| Ulysses S. Grant | - commander of the Union army in the Civil War - 18th President of the United States |
| Jefferson Davis | United States senator from Mississippi who became president of the Confederacy |
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | - Confederate general - earned his nickname "Stonewall" at the Battle of Bull Run |
| William Sherman | - Union general who led the March to the Sea which destroyed large areas of Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah |