Civil War - (copy) Major events and people during the Civil War Tools A B Gettysburg Adress November 19, 1863 Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865 Dorthea Dix superintendant of nurses for the Union Clara Barton founded American Red Cross Lee commander of Confederate army Grant commander of Union army Fort Sumter April 12,1861 South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860 President of Union Abraham Lincoln President of Confederacy Jefferson Davis Merrimac Confederate ironclad ship Monitor Union ironclad ship Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 Fredricksburg one of Union's worst defeats Petersburg last battle; lasted 9 months Stonewall Jackson died at Chancellorsville Fredrick Douglas started a newspaper called the North Star American Colonization Party set up colony is Liberia, Africa Underground Railroad network of abolitionists that helped slaves Cottonocracy highest southern social class