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5 Famous People of the Civil War.

Albert Pike:
 * confederate general
 * born in 1809 in Boston, MA and died in 1891 in District of Columbia.
 * Pike had may contacts with the Native American tribal leaders by helping to obtain them $800,000 from the federal government. This made him a good choice to lead the Confederates and he convinced the Native Americans to support the Conderate side
 * directly after his victory at Pea Ridge he was ambushed by a Union regiment and the troops lost. It was claimed that his own native americans scalped the wounded on th field and because of this and charges of illegal dealings with money he fled to the hills of Arkansas.

Alfred Holt Colquitt
 * confederate general
 * born in 1824, Walton City GA,
 * he helped the confedreacy to victory at Olustee by leading one
 * quitt helped the Confederacy achieve victory at Olustee by leading one of Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's brigades. He also took part in the Battles at Drewry's Bluff and the Siege of Petersburg . Colquitt surrendered in North Carolina in May of 1865.

James Garfield Joseph "Fightin' Joe" Hooker
 * union general
 * born in 1815 in Cuyahogo County, OH.
 * learned to read by age of 3
 * commissioned lieutenat colonel in August 1861 fought in battle in of Sandy River and given name Hero of Sandy River
 * was elected to Congress in 1862, but on july 2nd 1863 was assassinated
 * union general
 * born in 1814 in Hadley, MA
 * in may of 1862 Hooker led a group of soldiers at Williamsburg which was heavily attacked by Confederate forces
 * at one point his horse was wounded and he fell in mud but kept fighting and earned the nickname "Fightin' Joe" for his courage
 * promoted to brigadier general in Regular Army on September 20, 1865 later peplaed General Burnside as top general and led battle in which "Stonewall" Jackson died

Ulysses Simpson Grant
 * union general
 * born in 1822 in Point Pleasant, OH.