| A | B |
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| Ulysses S. Grant | Lincoln said of him, "I cannot spare this man. He fights." |
| Stonewell Jackson | This man led his men to victory at the First Battle of Bull Run. |
| Robert E. Lee | He replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. |
| Philip Sheridan | His orders were to make the Shenandoah valley into "a barren waste . . ." |
| William T. Sherman | His orders were to "forage liberally on the country during the march." |
| Antietam | McClellan appreciated the "cigar wrapper" that one of Lee's couriers lost before the encounter there. |
| First Battle of Bull Run | The onlooking ladies and gentlemen discovered that war was no picnic. |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | J.E.B. Stuart's raid of General Pope's headquarters helped bring the Confederacy its second victory there. |
| Chancellorsville | The South won the battle there, but it lost Stonewell Jackson. |
| Vicksburg | A siege of that city by the Union army brought starvation and surrender. |
