Persons of Interest Cards

Reference Sheet for Civil War Era

Philip Bazaar
Born: 1838

John Wilkes Booth

Died: Unknown

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Immigrant from Chile and and sailor in the Union Navy
during the Civil War
Awarded Medal of Honor for his bravery during Battle
for Fort Fisher

Born: 1838

Died: 1865
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American stage actor (live theater)
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 at
Fords Theatre because he hated Lincolns
administration and that the Confederacy lost the war

John Brown
Born: 1800

James Buchanan
Died: 1859

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Abolitionist who tried to inspire a slave rebellion by
raiding a federal arsenal in Virginia; caught & hanged
Became a martyr for the anti-slavery movement

Born: 1791

Died: 1868
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President of the United States
Wanted balance between slave and free states; his
views irritated radicals in the North & South

John C. Calhoun
Born: 1782

William Carney
Died: 1850

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Member of the Great Triumvirate
Advocate of free trade, states rights, limited
government, and nullification

Born: 1840

Died: 1908
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African American soldier for the Union during Civil War
Received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the
Battle of Fort Wagner

Henry Clay
Born: 1777

Jefferson Davis
Died: 1852

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Member of the Great Triumvirate
Known as the Great Compromiser; created the
Compromise of 1850 (died before it was passed)

Born: 1808

Died: 1889
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Served as President of the Confederate States of
America during its entire existence (1861-1865)
Struggled to form a solid government for the states

Stephen Douglas
Born: 1813

Millard Fillmore
Died: 1861

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Senator from Illinois who ran for president against
Abraham Lincoln in 1860
Wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854

Born: 1800

Died: 1874
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President of the United States
Helped pass the Compromise of 1850 by gaining the
support of northern Whigs

Ulysses S. Grant
Born: 1822

Rutherford B. Hayes
Died: 1885

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President of the United States
Commander of all Union troops during the last 2 years
of the Civil War

Julia Ward Howe

Born: 1819

Born: 1822

Died: 1893
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President of the United States
Became president after the Compromise of 1877;
Republican candidate wins and Reconstruction ends

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Died: 1910

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Wrote the lyrics to the
Battle Hymn of the Republic
,
which became an unofficial anthem for the Union
Co-created the American Woman Suffrage Association

Born: 1824

Died: 1863
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Confederate General during the Civil War
Mortally wounded by own men at Battle of
Chancellorsville

Andrew Johnson
Born: 1808

Robert E. Lee
Died: 1875

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President of the United States
Unpopular president because Congress did not like his
Reconstruction plans; thought they were too nice

Born: 1807

Died: 1870
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Commander of all Confederate troops during Civil War
Surrendered the Confederate Army to General Grant
at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865

Abraham Lincoln
Born: 1809

Franklin Pierce
Died: 1865

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President of the United States
President during Civil War, created the E
mancipation
Proclamation
, and gave the G
ettysburg Address

Born: 1804

Died: 1869
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President of the United States
Made the Gadsden Purchase (1853) and passed the
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) while president

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Born: 1827

Dred Scott
Died: 1901

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First African American to be elected as a U.S. Senator
Became famous for his strong stance and speeches
against racial segregation

Born: 1795

Died: 1858
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A slave who moved with his master to Illinois
After 5 years and with help from abolitionists, he sued
for his freedom; case made it to the Supreme Court

William T. Sherman
Born: 1820

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Died: 1891

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Union Army General who led a March to the Sea that
started in Tennessee and ended in South Carolina
Destroyed all items the South might use to survive

Born: 1811

Died: 1896
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Abolitionist and author of the famous anti-slavery
novel
Uncle Toms Cabin,
which furthered the divide
between the North and the South

Roger Taney
Born: 1777

Daniel Webster
Died: 1864

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Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
(1836-1864)
His decision in the 1857 Dred Scott case declared the
Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Born: 1782

Died: 1852
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Key leader of the Whig Party
Leading statesman during the Antebellum Period for
modernization, banking, and industry
Member of the Great Triumvirate