| Term | Definition |
| Major Robert Anderson | in command of Union troops at Fort Sumter |
| General P. G. T. Beauregard | led Confederate troops and took over Fort Sumter |
| General Stonewall Jackson | Lee's right hand man/ got shot by one of his own men at battle of Chancellorville |
| J. E. B. Stuart | Lee called him the eyes and hears of the army |
| General Albert Johnston | Died of loss of blood under tree at Shiloh, insisted that his men be taken care of first |
| General George B. McClellan | Lincoln's first choice for General, prepared men well, but did not attack |
| General William Tecumsah Sherman | "March to the sea" lead men and attacked civilians and tore up railroads |
| General Robert E. Lee | General of Confederates |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | General of wester armies then whole Union army |
| General George Mead | Stopped Confederates at Gettysburg |
| General George Pickett | "Pickett's march" led 15,000 soldiers and attacked Confederates, failed. |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | From Tennessee, know for his bravery |