Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He was born in Kentucky in 1808 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate before becoming president of the Confederacy in 1861. Davis was a strong advocate of slavery and secession from the Union. He led the Confederate army to defeat in the Civil War and was captured by Union troops in 1865. Davis was imprisoned for two years before being released. He died in New Orleans in 1889.
2. Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and the commanding general of the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Ohio in 1822 and served in the Mexican-American War before becoming a prominent Union general during the Civil War. Grant led the Union army to victory over the Confederacy and was elected president in 1868. During his presidency, Grant oversaw the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. He died in New York in 1885.
3. William T. Sherman
William T. Sherman was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War. He was born in Ohio in 1820 and served in the Mexican-American War before becoming a general during the Civil War. Sherman led the Union army to victory in the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea. He was known for his aggressive tactics and his scorched-earth policy, which involved destroying Confederate property and infrastructure. Sherman died in New York in 1891.
4. Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a prominent abolitionist and orator who escaped from slavery and became a leading voice for the anti-slavery movement. He was born in Maryland in 1818 and escaped to freedom in 1838. Douglass wrote several autobiographies and became a prominent speaker and writer on the subjects of slavery, abolitionism, and civil rights. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1895.
5. Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a prominent abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor who escaped from slavery and helped hundreds of other slaves escape to freedom. She was born in Maryland in 1822 and escaped to freedom in 1849. Tubman made 19 trips back to the South to help other slaves escape and was known as the "Moses of her people." She died in Auburn, New York, in 1913.