| Term | Definition |
| Major Robert Anderson | Commander of the Union forces at Ft. Sumter |
| General P.G.T. Beauregard | Captured Union 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 own men be attended to first |
| J.E.B. Stuart | Lee call 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 he would never attack |
| General William Tecumsah Sherman | Was the 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 officer from Tennessee/ known for his fearless ways in battle |