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Nat Turner
Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in South Carolina that was the most effective slave rebellion. Him and others went through plantatations killing atleast 60 white men -
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Harriet Tubman
She helps John Brown raise funds for his raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Helped in Underground Railroad. First woman in America to command in an armed raid in 1863. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott a former slave escaped to the North sues his former owner John Sanford for his familys freedom. This court case decides that African American slaves or free were not citizens -
John Brown
John Brown and 21 others attack Harpers Ferry armory in Virgina. They hoped to arm others but they are defeated by the US army. Brown is tried and found guilty of treason -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton is determined to help the union with the war effort so she helps with medical care -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis is sworn in as president of the Confederate States Of America on a 6 year term -
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Stonewall Jackson leads the Confederate army through the Shenanddoah Valley Campaign. He used speed to out manuever larger armies. He became the Souths first war hero. Died after friendly fire in 1863. -
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant led his Union forces to a hard fought victory at Vicksburg in Mississippi. Many consider this the turning point for the Union in the Civil war -
George Pickett
Arrived at Gettysburg on day 3. He led the most succesfull breach against the Union. However his division was weakend too much to call it a success. This wvent became known as Picketts charge. -
Abraham Lincoln
He became the 16th president in 1861. In 1864 he made Ulysesses S. Grant General. Freed the slaves in any rebellious states, Emancipation Proclamation. -
John Wilkes Booth
He was a well known American stage actor and abolitionist. However he is mostly known for being the assassin af President Abraham Lincoln. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, Confederate General, surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse officially taking the L from the Union. Quite a stubborn fighter too. Defeated Joesph Hooker at Chancellorsville in 1863.
