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Civil War Heros
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Confederate commander of the army of Northern Virginia. Was invloved in battles incuding: Second Bull Run (win), Antietam (lose), Fredricksburg (win), Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg (lose) Surrendered in 1865 | Robert E. Lee |
| [confederate] Brilliant tactician in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1862, rapid maneuvers to defeat larger Union forces); fought at First Bull Run (stood like a “stone wall”) and Chancellorsville (flanking attack, mortally wounded there). | Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson |
| Led Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson (1862, first major captures), Shiloh (bloody but held), Vicksburg (1863 siege, split Confederacy), Chattanooga (relieved besieged army), and Overland Campaign ending at Appomattox (accepted Lee’s surrender). | Ulysses S. Grant |
| [Union] Fought at Shiloh (1862, reinforced Grant); commanded Atlanta Campaign (1864, captured key rail hub) and March to the Sea (devastating scorched-earth advance from Atlanta to Savannah, breaking Confederate will). | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| [Union] Organized Army of the Potomac; led Peninsula Campaign (1862, advance on Richmond halted at Seven Pines and Gaines’ Mill); relieved Robert E. Lee at Antietam (bloodiest single day, but failed to pursue). Went on to face Abe Lincoln in 1864 | George B. McClellan |
| [union] Hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg (1863, bayonet charge saved the Union flank, earned Medal of Honor); later fought at Petersburg (1864 siege) and Appomattox (accepted surrender of Confederate arms). | Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain |
| [union] Commanded cavalry in Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1864, destroyed Confederate supplies and infrastructure); turned the tide at Battle of Cedar Creek (dramatic rally from the rear) and pursued Lee in final days. | Philip Sheridan |
| Union Naval admiral who captured New Orleans (1862, largest Confederate city fell early); famous at Mobile Bay (1864, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” to bypass mines and forts, closing last major Gulf port). | David Farragut |
| Union Rock of Chickamauga” for holding the line at Chickamauga (1863, prevented Union rout); decisively defeated John Bell Hood at Nashville (1864, shattered Confederate Army of Tennessee in winter offensive). | George Thomas |
| Union Led II Corps at Gettysburg (1863, repelled Pickett’s Charge on Day 3, wounded but heroic); fought at Wilderness (1864) and Spotsylvania, known for aggressive infantry assaults. | Winfield Scott Hancock |
| Confederate Lee’s “Old War Horse”; coordinated attacks at Second Bull Run (1862) and Fredericksburg (1862); at Gettysburg (1863), advocated defensive strategy but led assaults; later victorious at Chickamauga (1863). | James Longstreet |
| Confederate Daring cavalry commander; screened Lee’s army at Second Bull Run (1862) and Antietam (1862); famous ride around McClellan’s army (1862); mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern (1864) during raid near Richmond. | J.E.B. Stuart |
| Confederate Guerrilla-style cavalry leader; captured Fort Pillow (1864, controversial massacre); numerous raids disrupted Union supply lines in Tennessee and Mississippi, evading larger forces at Brice’s Crossroads (1864 victory). | Nathan Bedford Forrest |
| Confederate Fired first shots at Fort Sumter (1861, start of war); co-commanded victory at First Bull Run (1861, routed panicked Union troops); defended Charleston (1863, repelled assaults) and Petersburg early trenches. | P.G.T. Beauregard |
| Confederate Defensive genius; retreated skillfully in Peninsula Campaign (1862, wounded at Seven Pines); stalled Sherman’s advance in Atlanta Campaign (1864, replaced by Hood); surrendered largest Confederate army at Bennett Place (1865). | Joseph E. Johnston |
| Confederate Aggressive corps commander at Gettysburg (1863, led Longstreet’s assault on Day 2, lost arm and leg); commanded at Chickamauga (1863 victory); disastrous losses at Atlanta (1864) and Franklin/Nashville (1864 routs). | John Bell Hood |
| Union Captured Roanoke Island (1862 amphibious success); commanded at Fredericksburg (1862, failed frontal assaults on Marye’s Heights); led Knoxville defense (1863, repelled Longstreet); later innovative breech-loading rifle developer. | Ambrose Burnside |
| Union Restructured Army of the Potomac; fought at Williamsburg (1862) and Antietam (1862); defeated at Chancellorsville (1863, outflanked by Jackson) but inflicted heavy casualties; supported at Chattanooga (Lookout Mountain heroics). | Joseph Hooker |
| Confederate Irish-born “Stonewall of the West”; key at Shiloh (1862 defense), Richmond (1862), Chickamauga (1863 breakthrough); proposed arming slaves late in war; died leading charge at Franklin (1864, heavy Confederate losses). | Patrick Cleburne |
| Union Fought at Fort Sumter (1861 defense); at Second Bull Run (1862) and Antietam (1862); commanded I Corps at Gettysburg (1863, held against Early’s | Abner Doubleday |
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