1. Name Rank Significance Side
Harriet Tubman 5 She hid slaves, and led
them into Northern
territory to be free
them.
Union
Harriet Beecher Stowe 2 She was the author of
the book Uncle Tom’s
Cabin. This book
caused great conflict
among Sothern and
Northern people. This
finally led to civil war.
Union
Abraham Lincoln 1 He was the president
in the Union side
before and during the
civil war. His assuming
of presidency, his
belief in abolition and
his gathering of
troops provoked the
civil war to happen.
Union
Frederick Douglas 8 He was a half white
and half black
American who was a
talented orator. He
Influenced others to
think critically for
abolition.
Union
Henry Clay 4 He is known as the
“Great Compromiser”
by many people. He
proposed the
Compromise of 1850
which basically only
freed the state of
California. Because
abolitionism wasn’t
dealt with in the
Union

2. compromise, the idea
of war was roaming
around the time.
Nat Turner 14 He led the rebellion
against slavery. The
rebellion failed;
however, he made the
issue of slavery a
serious topic to others
by his action.
Union
Sojourner Truth 17 A spokesman during
the pre-civil war time
who influenced the
people to believe in
abolition. She was a
great orator and a
singer.
Union
Robert E. Lee 9 He graduated West
Point as one of the
smartest students. He
was the general of the
Confederate army
during the time of civil
war. He won some
battles, but
confederates
eventually lose.
Confederate
Ulysses S. Grant 7 He was the general
for the Union army.
He eventually defeats
the confederate army.
Union
Stonewall Jackson 12 He was a general of
the confederate side
during the civil war.
He was considered to
have ingenious battle
plans by many people.
He died of pneumonia
after Pickett
Confederate

3. accidentally shot him
in the battle of
Chancellorsville.
Dred Scott 10 He was a black slave
who fought for his
rights. His court case
failed but this
stimulated the union
to take actions for
abolitionism.
Union
Clara Barton 20 She founded the Red
Cross. She cured both
Northern and
Southern people
during the war.
Neutral
Stephen Douglas 3 He was a very short
man who opposed
abolition; therefore, he
had many debates
with Lincoln. He
favored the Kansas-
Nebraska Act of 1854
which he thought
would neutralize the
situation of slavery
but worsened it to
provoke the civil war.
Confederate
John Brown 11 He led the Brown’s
raid in the United
States. He killed many
Southern people to
abolish slavery. He
thought God called
him to do so.
Union
George Pickett 19 He was a general for
the confederate side
who is mostly known
for his contribution in
the battle of
Confederate

4. Gettysburg, more
precisely the Pickett’s
charge.
Denmark Vesey 15 He was an African
American who devised
an enormous plan to
abolish slavery;
however, his plan
failed due to betrayal
of one of his
colleague.
Union
Jefferson Davis 13 He was the president
of the confederate
side during the civil
war.
Confederate
John Wilkes Booth 16 He was an actor who
assassinated Abraham
Lincoln because of
South’s lost in civil
war.
Confederate
Robert Gould Shaw 18 He was a colonel for
the Union side who
believed in equal pay
for the black soldiers.
He died in Fort
Wagner trying to lead
the soldiers.
Union
William Lloyd Garrison 6 He was the first one
to publish the
Liberator, a news
paper concerning the
ideas of abolition. He
boldly and
straightforwardly
exercised his ideas
about abolition.
Union