Civil war People
Published on Nov 27, 2015
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DRED SCOTT
- Was a slave
- 1795-sept 17 1858
- Unsuccessfully sued for his freedom
HARRIET TUBMAN
- 1820 to march 10 1913
- Rescued more than 300 slave
- Had seizures and narcolepsy
- Got hit in head by heavy metal object
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FREDRICK DOUGLASS
- 1818-1895
- Was an orator, writer, and statesman
- Antislavery writer wrote some autobiographies
- Abolitionist leader
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
- President of confederate in 1861-1865
- Born in1808-died in1889
- Had ill health his whole life
- Statesman and soldier
Photo by mikemac29
ROBERT E LEE
- Confederate military officer
- Graduate of top military school
- 1807-1870
- General for confederate
STONEWALL JACKSON
- 1824-1863
- Was a confederate general
- Robert E Lee accidentally shot him
- Got him arm amputated
Photo by J. Stephen Conn
GEORGE PICKET
- 1825-1875
- General of confederate states
- Remembered for Battle of Gettysburg
- Pickett's Charge
Photo by Jim Surkamp
ROBERT GOULD SHAW
- Colonel of black regiment
- Died Second Battle of FortWagner
- 1837-1863
Photo by Directory of Boston
CLARA BARTON
- 1821-1912 was her lifetime
- Founded Red Cross
- Was nurse for union
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- 1767-1848
- American diplomat
- Treaty of Ghent ended war of 1812
- Was president
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JOHN WILKES BOOTH
- Shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14
- Shot Lincoln in Ford theatre
- Got murdered later
- 1838-1866
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ELI WHITNEY
- 1765-1825 was his lifetime
- Made a cotton gin
- The gin helped lessen slavery in US
