Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America during the civil war. He wasn't too popular with the south during the civil war. President Franklin appointed Davis secretary of war in 1853. He defended the rights of the South and slavery. He opposed Stephen Douglas "Freeport Doctrine," which held people of a territory could exclude slavery by refusing to protect it. Davis opposed Douglas ambition to be Democratic presidential candidate in 1860. Davis demanded that the Congress would protect slavery. Davis was captured and went to prison at Fort Monroe, Virginia. A grand jury indicted him for treason, and he was in prison for 2 years while waiting for trial. Horace Greeley and other Northern men became him bondsmen in 1867, and was released on bail and never tried. More information? (http://classic.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar149540&st=davis+jefferson)
Ulysses S. Grant was almost 39 when the Civil War started. He was a General during the civil war. When the war broke out, Grant knew he had a duty to fight for the Union. After President Abraham Lincoln called for Army volunteers, Grant helped drill a company that was formed in Galena. President Lincoln appointed Grant a brigadier general in August 1861. Grant succeeded consistently in the West while Union generals in the East were failing. Early in 1864, Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general and put him in command of all Union armies. (http://classic.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar232840&st=grant)
Sarah Edmonds became the most famous women during the civil war. Women during the war weren't aloud to be in it so she disguised herself herself. She served in the Union army disgusted as a man. She used the name Frank Thompson. She served mainly as a nurse and messenger. She also went on several spying missions to learn the strength and location of confederate troops. At times while serving as a spy, she pretended to be a black male laborer, a white female peddler, and a female cook. Edmonds became famous when she later wrote about her male disguise and spying missions. I'm 1879, the grand army of the republic, an organization of union army veterans, made Edmonds a member. She became its only woman member. She died on Sept. 5, 1898. (http://classic.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar174090&st=sarah+edmonds)