Robert E. Lee led the south
George B. McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, and George G. Meade all failed when leading the north, so Ulysses S.Grant became the permanent general
During the Civil War, the President of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union.
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
General Ulysses Simpson Grant led the Army of the Potomac.
The Northern, or Union Army
The union, which is the north. the south were gray.
The Union army (or armies)
Grant was commander of the union army.
U.S. Grant
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
George Washington led the Union Army during the Civil War, before he became the first President
When the Civil War started, there were only about 16,000 men in the Union army.
General Ulysses Simpson Grant led the Army of the Potomac.
The Northern, or Union Army
The union, which is the north. the south were gray.
The Emancipation Proclamation led to the freeing of slaves, some of which joined the Union Army (helping the Union, partly, to prevail in the Civil War). European countries did not support the South in the American Civil War. International support for the North in the American Civil War increased. More African Americans in the south joined the union army.
The confederate army and the union army.
The Union army (or armies)
Grant was the commander of the Union (i.e. United States) army during the Civil War.