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Leading politician known for his oratory who strongly opposed nullification but emphasized good relations with the South over anti-slavery
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Daniel Webster
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Confederate cavalry commander mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern
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J. E. B. Stuart
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Abolitionist, sometimes known as Moses, who led the Raid on Combahee Ferry and freed around 800 slaves in the process
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Harriet Tubman
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Union spy who claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and later founded a detective agency bearing his name
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Allan Pinkerton
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Commander of the Siege of Corinth and General in Chief of the Armies
of the United States from 1862 to 1864
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Henry Halleck
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Minister and abolitionist murdered by a pro-slavery mob
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Elijah Lovejoy
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Pro-Slavery northerner and supporter of a "Northwestern Confederacy"; died after accidentally shooting himself to prove the victim in a murder case could have accidentally shot himself
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Clement Vallandigham
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Confederate cavalry commander whose soldiers massacred surrendering soldiers at Fort Pillow and who became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Widely disliked Confederate officer often considered one of the worst generals in the civil War
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Braxton Bragg
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Radical Republican representative who was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the Civil War and a prominent opponent of Andrew Johnson afterwards
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Thaddeus Stevens
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General who stopped Missouri from seceding despite his death early in the conflict
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Nathaniel Lyon
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Senator known for proposing that the U.S. government enshrine slavery into the Constitution in order to defuse secession
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John J. Crittenden
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Man whose houses were involved in both the Battle of First Bull Run and the Battle of Appomattox Court House
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Wilmer McLean
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Early Fire-Eater said to have fired the first shot of the Civil War, and who committed suicide upon hearing the news of Confederate Surrender
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Edmund Ruffin
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Radical abolitionist who led the Sacking of Osceola in 1861
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James Montgomery
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General who pioneered total war in his "March to the Sea"
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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First female surgeon in the U.S. army and only female recipient of the Medal of Honor
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Mary Edwards Walker
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Inventor of the cotton gin, which made growing cotton with slave labor profitable
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Eli Whitney
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Founding father and Enlightenment thinker who advocated the abolition of slavery, as well as old-age pensions and a guaranteed income
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Thomas Paine
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President who expanded America's territory to the Pacific at the cost of exacerbated sectional tensions
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James K. Polk
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Female Confederate spy known as the "Cleopatra of the Secession"
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Belle Boyd
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Episcopal bishop and slaveowner who fought for the Confederacy
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Leonidas Polk
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Swiss-born Confederate officer and commandant of Andersonville Prison who became one of two men executed for war crimes during the Civil War
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Henry Wirz
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Infamously cautious Union commanding general and candidate in the 1864 Presidential Election
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George B. McClellan
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Confederate Secretary of State who pushed for British Recognition of the Confederacy, as well as the first Jewish senator who did not renounce his faith.
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Judah P. Benjamin
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Southern Democrat nominee for President in the 1860 election, later a confederate officer and politician
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John C. Breckinridge
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Commanding General of the United States Army beginning in 1864
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Ardent supporter of slavery prior to the civil war and key figure in the Nullification Crisis
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John C. Calhoun
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Clergyman who sent rifles to abolitionists fighting in Kansas, purchased slaves from captivity, and encouraged Europe to support the Union
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Louisianan Leader of the Attack on Fort Sumter and postbellum advocate of civil rights
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P. G. T. Beauregard
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Northern Democrat nominee for President in the 1860 election; major proponent of popular sovereignty
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Stephen A. Douglas
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"Doughface" President who supported the pro-slavery ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford and failed to prepare the military for Civil War
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James Buchanan
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Founder and first commander of the Iron Brigade
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Rufus King
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Colonial Judge and early critic of slavery
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Samuel Sewall
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Confederate General killed at Shiloh; Lee saw his death as "the turning point of our fate"
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Albert Sidney Johnston
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Union Admiral who said "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" at the Battle of Mobile Bay
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David Farragut
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Former slave who became a leading abolitionist and renowned orator
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Frederick Douglass
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Civil engineer who built a working train bridge in under 2 weeks with "cornstalks and beanpoles"
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Herman Haupt
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Southern Unionist who saved the Union army from total defeat at Chickamauga and defeated John Bell Hood at the Battle of Nashville; often considered one of the finest Union generals
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George Henry Thomas
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Confederate commander killed at the Third Battle of Petersburg
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A. P. Hill
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Confederate Vice President, earlier a leading Southern Whig
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Alexander H. Stephens
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Newspaper editor who helped found the Republican Party and urged Lincoln to commit to ending slavery
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Horace Greeley
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Confederate general with a reputation for being overly rash and consequently responsible for higher-than-necessary losses
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John Bell Hood
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Lincoln's Secretary of State, who worked to prevent foreign recognition of the Confederacy and later negotiated the Alaska Purchase
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William H. Seward
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Union General who used scorched-earth tactics in the Shenandoah Valley
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Philip Sheridan
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Zealous and eccentric yet renowned Confederate general killed by friendly fire in 1863
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Stonewall Jackson
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Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia who twice attempted invasions of the North
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Robert E. Lee
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Commander of Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg
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George Meade
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Southern-sympathetic Mayor of New York City who suggested declaring independence to continue trade with the south
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Fernando Wood
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Confederate general remembered for his futile charge on the third day of Gettysburg that marked the high-water point of the Confederacy
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George Pickett
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Highest-ranking U.S. Army Officer to join the Confederacy and only Confederate general to command both the Western and Eastern theaters
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Joseph E. Johnston
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Confederate General who disagreed with Lee at Gettysburg and later supported Reconstruction
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James Longstreet
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Abolitionist author known for "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Union general known for his role in the victory at Gettysburg and participation in Presidential Reconstruction
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Winfield Scott Hancock
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Proslavery author of "The Planter's Northern Bride"
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Caroline Lee Hentz
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Quaker woman who played a crucial role in the defeat of Jubal Early
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Rebecca Wright Bonsal
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Explorer, General, and Politician who issued an emancipation edict in 1861
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John C. Frémont
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Abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry hoping to start a slave revolt
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John Brown
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Music teacher who hated horses, but became a renowned cavalry commander during the Vicksburg Campaign
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Benjamin Grierson
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Hospital Nurse who founded the American Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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Senator who championed the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
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Henry Clay
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Union General known for defeats at Fredericksburg and The Crater
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Ambrose Burnside
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Radical Republican who would have become acting president had Andrew Johnson been impeached
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Benjamin Wade
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American Diplomat who successfully kept Britain neutral throughout the Civil War
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Charles Francis Adams
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Leading proslavery advocate notable for advocating slavery which crossed racial boundaries
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George Fitzhugh
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Commander at the capture of New Orleans depicted in "The Peacemakers"
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David Dixon Porter
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Union commander of the Tullahoma campaign, later losing the Battle of Chickamauga
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William Rosecrans
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General defeated at the First Battle of Bull Run
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Irvin McDowell
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Radical Abolitionist and publisher of The Liberator
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Union General defeated at Chancellorsville whose last name and reputation gave rise to a common folk etymology
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Joseph Hooker
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Confederate general of the Valley campaigns who later played a key role in developing the "Lost Cause"
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Jubal Early
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Politician who prophesized that the Missouri Compromise would lead to civil war
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Thomas Jefferson
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Unionist Governor of Maryland who kept the state from seceding
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Thomas Holliday Hicks
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Enforced the Anaconda Plan and massively expanded the U.S. Navy; known as "Father Neptune"
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Gideon Welles
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Inventor and Industrialist from Connecticut who sold arms to both the Union and Confederacy
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Samuel Colt
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Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation who was the last Confederate general to surrender
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Stand Watie
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"Mad Hatter" who killed the man who killed Lincoln
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Boston Corbett
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Confederate guerilla leader who massacred unarmed civilians in Lawrence, Kansas
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William Quantrill
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Republican senator nearly killed by Representative Preston Brooks after he delivered an anti-slavery speech which insulted Brooks' first cousin
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Charles Sumner
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Only President of the Confederacy
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Jefferson Davis
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Prussian Communist of noble birth who revoked his titles and fought for the Union
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August Willich
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Unitarian Minister whose oration was instrumental in ensuring California remained loyal to the Union
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Thomas Starr King
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Planter who ran for President in 1860 on the "Constitutional Union" ticket, advocating preservation of the Union and continued slavery
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John Bell
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer who advocated supporting the Confederacy
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Architect of the Anaconda Plan and onetime Whig candidate for President of the United States
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Winfield Scott
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Pro-Confederate guerilla who became the leader of a legendary gang of outlaws after the war's end
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Jesse James
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Southern Unionist who succeeded Lincoln as President and opposed federally guaranteed rights for Black Americans
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Andrew Johnson
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Man who escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate ship and sailing to freedom; later a U.S. Representative
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Robert Smalls
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President of the United States, 1861-1865
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Abraham Lincoln
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Supreme Court Chief Justice who issued the Dred Scott decision, ruling that the Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of African descent
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Roger B. Taney
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Unusually named Confederate General killed at the Battle of Franklin
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States Rights Gist
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Union General known for his command of New Orleans; later a radical Republican
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Benjamin Butler
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Confederate who surrendered Vicksburg to Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863
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John C. Pemberton
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Enslaved man who led a violent slave rebellion in the 1830s
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Nat Turner
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Swedish-born inventor who designed the USS Monitor
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John Ericsson
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General from Maine known for his performance at Gettysburg
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Joshua Chamberlain
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Quaker and early opponent of slavery who befriended Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Lay
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Peddler and organizer of the "Richmond bread riot"
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Mary Jackson
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Abolitionist officer who led the 54th Massachusetts and demanded equal treatment for Black soldiers
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Robert Gould Shaw
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Southerner who made an economic case for abolitionism
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Hinton Helper
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