Charles Summer was a strong politician and senator in Massechusettes. He lead the Radical Republicans against slavery. He worked to destroy confederacy, free all the slaves and remain at peace with Europe.
John Brown was an abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the insitution of slavery in the United States. Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery supporters at Pottawatomie. He lead an unsuccessful raid on the federal army at Harpers Ferry that ended with his capture. Brown's trial resulted in convition and a sentence to death by hanging.
Stephen Douglas was an American politician from Illinois and was the designer from the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was runner up Democratic nominee for president losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln. Worked on many things to abolish slavery.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the US serving as a Republican. He led the US through the Civil War. During that time he preserved the union, abolished slavery, stregnthened the government and modernized the economy.
Jefferson Davis was the leader of the Confederacy and was a Democratic Senate for Mississippi.
Ulysses S. Grant was the general for the second half of the Civil War. After that, he was voted 18th president of the US. He also effectiviley destroyed the KKK.
Robert E. Lee was the Confederate Army Leader of Northern Virginia. He served as a senior miliatry advisory for Jefferson Davis.
William Tecumseh Sherman was a General in the Union Army. He was known for being the first modern general. When Grant went into the White House, Sherman recieved the job as the Commanding General of the Army.
