Key Figures of the Civil War Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln

President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America Commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army Had little power because the Confederate States believed in states’ rights

Leader of the Confederate Army Robert E. Lee Leader of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Confederate Army Used tried and true strategies Lost many soldiers at Gettysburg when he ordered a frontal assault His army was almost destroyed Surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

Leader of the Union Army Ulysses S. Grant Leader of the Union Army

Ulysses S. Grant General in the Union Army Won the battle of Vicksburg (splitting the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River) Named as the commander of the Army of the Potomac Strategy was total war Changed the Union Army from a weak one into a strong one Accepted the surrender of Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse

President of the Union during the Civil War Abraham Lincoln President of the Union during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S. not an abolitionist, but did not want slavery to expand the South seceded from the Union when he was elected was determined to save the Union 1863- issued the Emancipation Proclamation Honored soldiers in the Gettysburg Address Assassinated after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse