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He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter.
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Known for surrendering Fort Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War
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Lead the army of the Potomac in the early years of the Civil War.
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Known for his defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run
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Served as an army officer during the Civil War
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He suffered many defeats while General of the Union Army
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Known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run
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He was a college professor who eventually became a brigadier general, famous for leading the 20th Maine Brigade.
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A respected senior commander and known for getting the army of the Potomac to Gettysburg
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He was successful for defeating General Lee, but criticized for not pursuing the confederates.
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He suffered defeats at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, but his reputation was restored in the Western Theater.
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Officer of the Union Calvary and his most important battle was at Gettysburg.
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He lead the Union army near the end of the war.
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Best known for taking Atlanta, Georgia and his "march to the sea"
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He served in the Civil War and the Indian wars, his famous death at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
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he was a major general for the Union during the Civil war
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Besides being a soldier, he was an industrialist, a railroad executive, and an inventor.
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Not only a soldier, he became a lawyer and eventually a politician for Massachusetts.
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He was in the U.S army for his entire career and even nominated for president in 1880
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He is known for his relationship with Grant and his fast achievement of general
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He was not only a general for the Union, but a coal and oil executive, an inventor, a politician, and a diplomat
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One of the five men to ever be promoted to a five star general.
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A union general during the Civil War, he was also a politician.
