Famous Military Leaders
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asewardsaa17 on February 15, 2012
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The Ballers, Saa-Sds 7th Grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Major Robert Anderson | Commander of the Union forces at Ft. Sumter |
| General P.G.T Beauregard | Captured Union force at Ft. Sumter |
| General Stonewall Jackson | lee's right-hand man/shot by own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville |
| General Albert S. Johnston | Confederate General who bled to death under a tree at Shiloh/ he requested that his won men be attended to first. |
| J.E.B Stuart | Lee called him the "eyes and ears of my army" |
| General George B. McClellan | Lincoln's first choice for commander of the Union forces/he prepared the men well, but never attacked |
| General William Tecumseh Sherman | Was the Union commander of the Union forces in the "March to the Sea"/ fought a war against the civilians |
| General Robert E. Lee | Commander of the Confederate forces |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Was the Union commander of the troops in the western theatre/ became the commander of all the troops after Lincoln had gone through many generals. |
| General George Meade | Union officer who stopped Lee's army at Gettysburg. |
| General George Pickett | Confederate general who attacked at Gettysburg with 15,000 soldiers/ called Pickett's Charge/ ended in failure |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | Daring Confederate office from the Tennessee/known for his fearless ways in battle. |
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