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Robert E. Lee: this Confederate commander outgeneraled McClellan. Jefferson Davis: first and last president of the confederacy, he wasn’t a very good president even though he served at the Mexican war. Ulysses S. Grant: wasn’t good at anything except war, but he was one of the best at that. With the help of gunboats, Grant captured two major Confederate forts: Fort Henry on the Tennessee river and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland river. The latter exploit gained him a nickname. When the Confederate commander asked for surrender terms, Grant replied â€Å"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.† From then on, Grant was known as unconditional surrender Grant. Abraham Lincoln: Stonewall Jackson: commanded an army from Virginia. Got the name Stonewall for being the main rason the confederate won the first battle of bull run. William T. Sherman: commander general appointed by Grant to command the Union army in Tennessee. His army was able to fight I way from Tennessee through Georgia to the Atlantic coast and then move north through the Carolinas. P.G.T. Beaureguard: commander general for the confederate army, April 12th 1861 he gave order to fire the cannon at Fort Sumter. This was the start of the Civil War. William McClellan: Copperheads: Northern Democrats Ironclads: first type of submarines. Did not play a big role but where new technology made during the war. Ft. Sumter: By the time Lincoln was inaugurated this was one of the last two forts in confederate states that remained in Union hands. It stood at the mouth of the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built out of heavy brick but was within easy range of cannon positioned on the nearby shore. Confederates wanted to take control of this fort because it symbolized union power. On April 12th when the first shots were fire on Ft. Sumter is began the Civil War. Battle of Antietam: First battle of Bull Run: Here at the little creek of Bull Run Northern soldiers confronted an equally inexperienced Confederate army. The civilian population was similarly unacquainted with the realities of war. In Washington ladies and gentlemen put on their best clothes and mounted their carriages and horses. Carrying picnic baskets and iced champagne they rode out to observe the battle. At first the Union forces had the upper hand. In the middle of the day more Virginian troops arrived with Stonewall Jackson. The made a very strong stand which gave their general the name Stonewall.