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Robert E. Lee: this Confederate commander outgeneraled McClellan.
Jefferson Davis: first and last president of the confederacy, he wasn’t a very good president even though he served at the Mexican war.
Ulysses S. Grant: wasn’t good at anything except war, but he was one of the best at that. With the help of gunboats, Grant captured two major Confederate forts: Fort Henry on the Tennessee river and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland river. The latter exploit gained him a nickname. When the Confederate commander asked for surrender terms, Grant replied “No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.†From then on, Grant was known as unconditional surrender Grant.
Abraham Lincoln:
Stonewall Jackson: commanded an army from Virginia. Got the name Stonewall for being the main rason the confederate won the first battle of bull run.
William T. Sherman: commander general appointed by Grant to command the Union army in Tennessee. His army was able to fight I way from Tennessee through Georgia to the Atlantic coast and then move north through the Carolinas.
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