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Abraham Lincoln- - Was President of the united States - Opposed the spread of slavery - Issued the Emancipition Proclamtion - Detremined to preserve the Union(by force if neccessary) - Belived the U.S. was one nation, not a collection of Independent states. - Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said Civil War was to preserve a goverment " of the people, and for the people."** **Ulyssas S. Grant-** **- General of the union army that defeated Robert E. Lee and the Confederat army
 * //__Leaders Of The Civil War.__//

Frederick Douglass- - A former slave who escape to the North and became an Abilitionist

Robert E. lee - Was the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia - Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia. Jefferson Davis- - Was president of the confederat states of America Thomas Stonewell - Was a skilled confederat general from VA.**