Ulysses S Grant
April 27 1822 - July 23 1885
Ulysses S Grant was the supreme Union general during the civil war and then later 18th President of the United States. Grant was instrumental in the battlefield defeat of the Confederacy and then as President worked to implement Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson
December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875
Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's last Vice-President and succeeded to office as the 17th President following Lincoln's assassination. He was the first President to be impeached and avoided removal Andrew John Andrew Johnson
December 29, 1808 – July 31, 18t Vice-President and succeeded to office as the 17th President following Lincoln's assassination.
Abraham Lincoln
February 12 1809 - April 15 1865
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and the first Republican elected to that office. Lincoln was president during the Civil War, with his election being cited by southern states as one of the reasons for their succession. Lincoln's two terms in office saw the Union defeat the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery in the United States. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, the first American President to die in that manner.
Robert E Lee
January 19 1807 - October 12 1870
Robert E. Lee was the Confederate general in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia and at the end of the war Supreme Commander of remaining Confederate forces. Lee was considered to be one of the finest generals in the United States at the outbreak of succession and was offered command of Union armies but declined. When Virginia left the Union, Lee remained loyal to his home state and became a general for the Confederacy. Lee's surrender in 1865 marked the end of the Civil war and Lee himself strongly supported reconciliation between the North and South, particularly in rejecting any suggestions for a southern insurgency against the Union. After the war Lee became the president of what is today known as Washington and Lee University.
Jefferson Davis
June 3, 1807/1808 – December 6, 1889
Jefferson Davis was a former Secretary of War (under President Franklin Pierce) and Senator from Mississippi who became the first President of the Confederacy. He was seen as an ineffective leader particularly given the wartime situation and in comparison with Abraham Lincoln. Davis was captured after the war and imprisoned for two years.
