Answer:
1. Writ of Habeas Corpus
President Abraham Lincoln suspended this and drew massive criticism for it.
2. Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by President Lincoln in 1863, it made the war about slavery thereby denying the South support from Europeans.
3. Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln said it was time to heal and bind the Nation's wounds.
4. Gettysburg Address
Here President Lincoln reinforced the reason for fighting the war and that the soldiers who had died would not die in vain.
5. Robert E. Lee
Commander of the Confederate troops.
6. Thomas ''Stonewall'' Jackson
Earned his nickname for holding his soldiers steady during the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
7. Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
8. Ulysses S. Grant
Rose through the ranks to become the Commanding (and winning) General of all U.S. troops during Civil War. Eventually became President as well.
9. Fort Sumter
The bombing of Fort Sumter started the Civil War as it gave the Union a reason to send soldiers against the South.
10. William Tecumseh Sherman
His match to the sea from Atlanta to Savannah wrecked such heavy damage on the South that they lost morale to fight.
11. Battle of Atlanta
Atlanta was devastated in this battle.
12. Battle of Vicksburg
After a drawn out siege, General Grant captured Vicksburg and split the Confederacy in half.
13. Battle of Gettysburg
General Meade defeated General Lee in this battle and it became a turning point in the war.
