US Military History Exam 1 People

John Smith

Early Jamestown military leadership.

Opechancanough

Powhatan leader associated with major resistance to English settlement.

King Philip / Metacom

Leader of major Native resistance in New England.

Nathanael Greene

Continental commander in the Southern Campaign (American Revolution)

Daniel Morgan

Important Continental commander (American Revolution)

Horatio Gates

American commander associated with Saratoga.

Rochambeau

French commander whose army supported Washington.

Cornwallis

British commander who surrendered at Yorktown.

Anthony Wayne

Commander of the Legion of the United States; defeated Native forces at Fallen Timbers.

James Madison

President during War of 1812.

Andrew Jackson

Major American commander; victory at New Orleans. Central figure in Indian removal and military expansion.

Oliver Hazard Perry

Important naval commander on Lake Erie.

Isaac Hull

USS Constitution commander.

Black Hawk

Sac leader associated with the Black Hawk War.

Zachary Taylor

Successful commander in Mexican War.

Winfield Scott

Highly professional commander; planned Mexico City campaign.

Jefferson Davis

Confederate president.

Abraham Lincoln

Union president

Robert E. Lee

Commander of Army of Northern Virginia.

Ulysses S. Grant

Union general

William Sherman

Union commander

George McClellan

Union commander whose caution and political conflict with Lincoln limited effectiveness.

George Meade

Union commander at Gettysburg.

Joseph Hooker

Union commander before Meade.

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate commander.

P.G.T. Beauregard

Confederate commander associated with Fort Sumter.

Braxton Bragg

Confederate western commander.

George Thomas

Union commander