Civil War
Famous Commander of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, plantation in Arlington
Robert E Lee
Famous Confederate general who earned the nickname Stonewall at Battle of Bull Run
Thomas Jackson
General whose troops destroyed much of Georgia and Carolinas as part of total war
William T Sherman
Lincoln said of this criticized general I cannot spare this man, he fights
Ulysses S Grant
Union Naval officer who capture New Orleans and later Mobile Bay
David Farragut
Named General-in-Chief after retirement ofWinfield Scott; organized/trained the Army of thePotomac but hesitated to lead them into battle
George McClennen
A bullet went through her sleeve at Antietam and killed her patient
Clara Barton
Confederate spy; entertained Union leaders in Washington; sent info to the South
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
First female army surgeon
Mary Edwards Walker
Held rank of Captain in Confederate Army
Sally Thompkins
Informed Confederate generals of Uniontroop movements in the Shenandoah Valley
Belle Boyd
Only 73 of her 1,333 patients died
Sally Tompkins
Photographer famous for documenting the carnage of the Civil War
Matthew Brady
Received the Congressional Medal of Honor
Mary Edwards Walker
Served as a scout, spy for the Union Army
Harriet Tubman
Set up a hospital for soldiers in Richmond
Sally Tompkins
Superintendent of nurses for Union Army
Dorothea Dix
The “Angel of the Battlefield”
Clara Barton
1862 .Bloodiest single day in American history
Antietam
First Union victories of war; U.S. Grant called “Unconditional Surrender” Grant
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
George McClellan turned back Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of North in Maryland
Antietam
More casualties than in all of America’s previous wars combined (at that point)
Shiloh
Lee drove an overcautious McClellan away from the Confederate capital of Richmond
Seven Days
Two-day battle at a “place of peace”
Shiloh
Confederates used Quaker guns, logs painted black, to exaggerate their artillery strength.
QUAKER GUNS