Hardin County , Kentucky

He is famous for helping free the slaves in America

Lincoln was a lawyer that did not have a college degree

Raleigh, N.C.

While giving much to the former enemies of the nation, Johnson offered little to Southern Unionists, especially the former slaves

Johnson was successful as a tailor but spent most of his spare time involved in debating societies and political discussions

Point Pleasant, Ohio

President Abraham Lincoln named him commanding general of all Union armies in March 1864.

Grant and his men fought the Battle of Shiloh, which was one of the bloodiest of the war.

Delaware, Ohio

The presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was the most bitterly contested in United States history.

The presidency was weak and Congress strong when Hayes moved into the White House.

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Hiram R. Revels became the first African American member of Congress.

Hiram when to Mississippi to serve as president of Alcorn College

Georgetown, South Carolina

Joseph H. Rainey was the first black member of the House of Representatives

He was appointed as a special agent for the United States Treasury Department in Washington, DC

Beaufort, South Carolina

He was the first African American captain of a U.S. military ship.

He served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives

Danville, Vermont

In 1848, Thaddeus Stevens was elected to Congress as a member of the Whig party, where he became one of the most fiery opponents of slavery.

Stevens was elected to the state legislature in 1833 and was reelected six times.

New Lebanon, New York

Tilden was a member of the New York Assembly in 1846 and was a member of the state constitutional conventions in 1846 and 1867.

He attended Yale College

Isle of Wight, Georgia

Susie King Taylor was one of many African American Southern women who served the Union army as a laundress, nurse, and teacher.

When the war broke out Taylor was sent to the Georgia coast by her owners.

Rifton, New York

Sojourner Truth was an African American equal rights activist and devout Christian who preached against slavery and for women’s suffrage.

Truth’s first language was Dutch.

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