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Essential Question: Who were the most important generals in the Civil War?

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Essential Question: Who were the most important generals in the Civil War?

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I believe that in my opinion the most important generals were the Union's Ulysses S.Grant and from the Confederate's Robert E. Lee. Aside from leading Union forces to victory he also became president. Lee was an important general because even though he eventually surrendered he still won many battles for the confederates. The way that these generals affect us today is that some of their strategies can still be used today. Also whether they were Union or Confederates the actions they made shaped the U.S today.

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Ulysses S. Grant was a Union. Civil War general. He also fought in the Mexican-American war. He won many battles such as Shiloh,Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasent Ohio. Grant also, became the 18th president of the U.S.A.

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George B. McClellan was a Union Civil War general. He was remembered as the "Great Organizer" and was nicknamed "Young Nepolean" or "Little Mac. McClellan had only won one battle, the battle of Antietam. McClellan was removed from his command in November after failing to lead his armies to more victories.

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William T. Sherman was a Union Civil War general. Unlike many of his collegues he did not fight in the Mexican-American War. Born on Febuary 8, 1820 he was one in eleven children. He is famous for "Sherman's March".      The march was led by Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia Seacoste. They were trying to destroy confederate supplies.

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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was born on January 21,1824. He was arguably the best commander for the Confederate Army. He was a very successful general but during the Battle of Chancellorsville he was accidentally shot by his own men and died. His death altered the rest of the war for the Confederacy because the loss of a brilliant general and strategist.

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Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He was the main general for the Confederacy in the Civil War and commanded from 1862 until 1865 when he surrendered in Appomattox Courthouse. He was a successful general and won several battles, but bad decision making and ambition for a win caused the death of many of his soldiers and the Confederacy the war. He died of pneumonia on October 12,1870

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Pierre Gustave Toutant "P.G.T"-Beauregard was born on May 28,1818. He was the first prominent confederate general and won the battle of Bull Run for the Confederacy. He was tough and had a combative nature this led to a strained relationship with Confederate president Jefferson Davis. In 1863 he was removed from his post and placed in command of defenses in Charleston, North Carolina. After the war he served as a railroad directer and he died at age 74 in 1893.

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