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
compromise, the idea of
war was roaming
around the time.
Union
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
Confederate

2. was the general of the
Confederate army
during the time of civil
war. He won some
battles, but
confederates eventually
lose.
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 accidentally shot
him in the battle of
Chancellorsville.
Confederate
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 Gettysburg,
more precisely the
Pickett’s charge.
Confederate
Denmark Vesey 15 He was an African Union

3. American who devised
an enormous plan to
abolish slavery;
however, his plan failed
due to betrayal of one of
his colleague.
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