AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Robert E. Lee
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David Farragut
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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 October 29, 1877), was a Confederate general and perhaps the American Civil War’s most highly regarded cavalry and partisan ranger (guerilla leader). He was one of the war’s most innovative and successful generals; his tactics of mobile warfare are still studied by modern soldiers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart (1833-1864) was a U.S. Army officer and later a major general and cavalry commander for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-65).
Detailed explanation-3: -As soon as the Civil War broke out in April 1861, guerrilla warfare emerged as a popular alternative to enlistment in the Confederate army.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, Forrest is best known as having been a prominent figure in the foundation of the Ku Klux Klan, a group composed of mostly Confederate veterans committed to violent intimidation of blacks, northerners and republicans. He was “Grand Wizard” until he ordered the dissolution of the organization in 1869.