92 CH 19 JUBAL A EARLY 82 CH 20 BENJAMIN F BUTLER 86 CH 21 JULIA WARD HOWE 89 CH 22 WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN 91 CH 23 HARRIET TUBMAN 97 CH 24 JAMES LONGSTREET 102 CH 25 NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST 104 CH 26 CLARA BARTON 107 98 CH 27 ULYSSES S GRANT IIO CH 28 HIRAM R REVELS II8 CH 29 MATHEW BRADY 120 CH 30 MARY CHESNUT 124 CH 31 STONEWALL JACKSON 126 CH 32 WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK 130 CH 33 GEORGE B McCLELLAN 132 CH 34 PHILIP SHERIDAN 136 05 CH 35 PETROLEUM V NASBY 140 CH 36 JEB STUART 142 A CH 37 JOHN WILKES BOOTH 145
CH 38 ROBERT SMALLS 147 CH 39 SARAH EDMONDS 149 CONCLUSION ISI GLOSSARY I53 108 to FOR MORE INFORMATION 157 FOR FURTHER READING 160 INDEX 161 114
INTRODUCTION uring the American Civil War where you lived North or South generally determined which side you were on Generally but not always Take legendary naval officer David Farragut who was born in the South in a cabin Knoxville Tenn At the near time that the Civil War began the nearly 60 year old Farragut had a wife and home in Virginia Nonetheless Farragut declared his alle giance to the Union Another native of Tennessee Andrew Johnson a U S Senator who would later become the 17th president of the United States vehemently opposed secession and was the only Southern sena tor not to resign his post when the South seceded For those soldiers who did fight for the side that their place of birth had dealt them the beliefs held by said side weren t neces sarily held in the fighter's heart Such was the case with the brilliant Confederate general Robert E Lee Although he fought valiantly for the South Lee believed nei ther in slavery nor secession And despite his extraordinary success as a soldier Lee 8
INTRODUCTION tENERAL ROBERT ELIEE A Currier Ives lithograph of Confederate General Robert E Lee c 1860 to 1870 Library of Congress Washington D
