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His legacy is based on his momentous achievements: he successfully waged a political struggle and civil war that preserved the Union, ended slavery, and created the possibility of civil and social freedom for African-Americans.
Abraham Lincoln
What year was Lincoln elected president
1860
Who was the lead protagonist
William Travis
was an enlisted man in the American Civil War who rose to become President of the United States in 1896, the fifth (and last) Civil War Veteran to hold the office.
William McKinley
Year Jefferson Davis was appointed president
1861
When did the movie come out
1960
a Tennessee politician and Vice President of the United States who ascended to the presidency in April 1865 upon the death of Abraham Lincoln. His benign approach to the reintegration of Southerners into the Union following the Civil War contributed to his impeachment in 1868, which failed in the Senate by a single vote.
Andrew Johnson
What year did the civil war end
1865
Who did they protect the Alamo from
Mexico
As president of the Confederacy, he proved unable to find a strategy to defeat the better organized and more industrially developed North. Perhaps his most successful military move came in June 1862, with the appointment of Robert E. Lee to lead the Army of Northern Virginia.
Jefferson Davis
What year did the civil war start
1861
How many of the soldiers survived.
None of them
Ardent secessionist he was one of the most hated men in the North in 1861, his name a byword for treason. On the eve of war, he was a United States senator from Texas staunchly set against compromise with the North. After a brief military career, he became a Confederate senator and opposed the central government of Jefferson Davis.
Luis Wigfall
Battle of mill springs
1862
He shot the cannon