1. Important Leaders of the Civil War Content Objective: Students will learn about the key leaders on and off the Battle Field Language Objective: Students will create a foldable of important Civil War Leaders.

2. Abe Lincoln President Opposed the spread of slavery Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

3. Lincoln Wrote the Gettysburg Address Wanted to preserve the Union at all costs

4. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America

5. Ulysses S. Grant General of the Union army Defeated Lee

6. Robert E. Lee Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia Offered command of the Union forces Opposed secession Urged others to accept defeat at the end of the war

7. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Confederate general From Virginia

8. Frederick Douglass Former slave Escaped to the North Became an abolitionist