Pierre Beauregard was the Confederate general who ordered the attack on Fort Sumter. This attack started the Civil War.

 

 

 

 

George McClellan was a Union general known as “Little Mac.” President Lincoln fired him for being extremely cautious and hesitant.

 

 

 

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was a Confederate general. He got the nickname “Stonewall” at the Battle of Bull Run because he stood like a stone wall against the Union army.

 

 

 

 

William Sherman was a Union general. He led the march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroying everything in his path.

 

 

 

 

 

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