USHI Unit 11 - civil war + reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln

elected in 1860, great leader,

James Buchanan

president before Lincoln, Dem, let the first 7 Confed states go & considered a bad prez bc of it

Jefferson Davis

prez of Confed, new money, less war knowledge & can’t take feedback

Matthew brady

famous photographer of civil war, let ppl directly see desctruction & feel it (everybody’s war)

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Union’s top general, sent out W initially, no nonsense & atks where enemy is, prez in 68 & 72

George B. McClellan

cautious & hesitant, well-liked by men, book smart @ West pt, fired once at Richmond & again after Antietam, peace democrat in ‘64 election

Winfield Scott

Old fat & feeble, made anaconda plan bc everyone’s impatient

Robert E. Lee

top grad of West pt, rich bc married into Custis fam, loves VA, trenches

Thomas Jackson

“stonewall”, Lee’s right hand, at both bull runs, dies @ Chancellorsville

Irvin McDowell

stops counteratk early at first bull run, fired afterwards

Albert Sydney Johnson

Confed @ Shiloh, dies

John L. Worden

Hampton Roads Union guy

Franklin Buchanan

confederate guy at Hampton roads

John Pope

McClellan’s temp replacement @ second bull run, brash & arrogant, fired

James Longstreet

Confed, c-atk at Second Bull Run, suggests taking DC at Gettysburg

William Seward

besties w/Lincoln, SoS, buys alaska from russia (folly)

Hamilton Fish

Grant’s SoS, only competent one

54th MA regiment

famous black troop regiment

Ambrose Burnside

McClellan’s fr replacement, does stupid frontal atks at Fredericksburg & gets fired

Joseph Hooker

“fighting Joe”, replaces Burside

John Buford

cavalry, jumps AP Hill @ Gettysburg

George G. Meade

union guy at gettysburg, petersburg siege

Winfield Scott Hancock

another union guy at gettysburg

Joshua Chamberlain

defends little round top @ gettysburg

George Pickett

leads charge at gettysburg & loses all his men

Edward Everett

MA gov, main speaker invited for soldier’s national cementary

John Pemberton

Confed guy at Vicksburg

Benjamin Butler

Union guy also at petersburg siege

P.G.T. Beauregard

Confed leader at petersburg siege, takes sumpter

William Tecumseh Sherman

lead the march to the sea, total war guy, successful bc broke mold

Andrew Johnson

Dem, Lincoln VP, only guy from seceded state who stayed in Cong, anti S aristocracy, punishes aristocracy but forgives S citizens, racist & cares little abt black ppl

John fremont

w/radical republicans in election of ‘64

John Wilkes Booth

actor & Confed sympathizer, kills Lincoln at play to South’s dismay

Lewis Powell

Seward’s assassin

Thaddeus Stevens

tough guy in HoR, leader of radical republicans

Charles Sumner

senator, leader of radical republicans, dislikes the south (I wonder why)

Benjamin wade

oh senator, helped w/W-D Bill, founded committe on the conduct of war (join comitted w/most powerful voice on war, critizied Lincoln of not being ruthless enough)

Henry Davis

MD Congressman, helped w/W-D Bill

Edwin Stanton

Lincoln’s sec of war that Johnson had beef w/ & unlawfully fired

Edmund ross

KA senator that felt bad for Johnson & switched vote

Horatio seymour

(peace) dem candidate in 68, NY gov, thought abolitionists were too radical but listened to Lincoln’s wartime obligations

Horace Greeley

NY tribune, tried to expose Grant’s scandals, backed by Dems & liberal reps

Rutherford B. Hayes

(OH gov), reputation of cleaning up gov, republican, wins ‘76 despite having less pop votes

Samuel Tilden

NY gov, dem in ‘76, beat up tweed ring & THE reform guy, pop votes but lost election

Boss Tweed

democrat head of tweed ring

Thomas Nast

political cartoonist who helped Tilden take down Tweed Ring

David davis

bought off into IL senate, og on electoral commission

Joseph Bradley

SC judge, brought in as independent but is a republican

Homer adolph plessy

the segregation court case guy, 1/8ths black

John crittenden

KY senator, of crittenden compromise fame

Charles wilkes

trent affair, seizes confed w/o authorization

David farragut

New Orleans Union guy

Alexander Stephens

confed VP, later elected to Cong for GA

Phillip sheridan

union commander that means up w/sherman, also ordered to burn shti

William quantrill

OH guy, org teen boys to indiscriminately kill ppl in KA

Jayhawkers

union symps who exact revenge on quantrill violence, slightly less blody

Nathan Bedford Forrest

confed general, founded KKK

Schuyler colfax

Grant VP, took bribes in credit mobilier scandal

Benjamin bristow

treasury secretary under Grant, discovered Whiskey ring scandal

William Belknap

Grant sec of War, accepted bribes (indian ring -> keep indian post trader in office )

Oliver O. Howard

general in charge of freedman’s bureau