Arguably the most famous Civil War nurse, Clara Barton went to great lengths to see after the sick and wounded and to ensure that they were treated both expediently and humanely. Her work in the war led her to found the American Red Cross, an organization that would provide humanitarian relief for a wide variety of crises. (National Park Service)
Frederick Douglass was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. He became the first Black U.S. marshal and was the most photographed American man of the 19th century. (Britannica)
Ulysses S. Grant was one of the most important figures of 19th century America. He was a quiet family man who had worked as a farmer in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a store clerk in Galena, Illinois, before the Civil War. He rose to become President Lincoln's trusted general in charge of the entire U.S. Army during the war and later a two-term president. (National Park Service)
Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession during the Civil War. He challenged Union forces during the war’s bloodiest battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg, before surrendering to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, marking the end of the devastating conflict that nearly split the United States. (History)
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader: His Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery’s abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous pieces of oratory in American history. (History)
Harriet Tubman has long been associated with her extraordinary work with abolitionist causes and as the Underground Railroad's most famous "conductor." Her heroic efforts in personally leading approximately 70 people out of slavery to freedom in the North defined her as the "Moses of her People." (National Park Service)
An American feminist, suffragist, suspected spy, prisoner of war and surgeon, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker remains the only women ever to receive the Medal of Honor, which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War. (National Park Service)
Civil War: 1860-1865 by
Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1865) surveys key documents produced during the Civil War with special attention devoted to the war-time policies of President Abraham Lincoln and the 37th US Congress. A special feature of the volumes is the inclusion of letters and diaries by soldiers and civilians writing about their experiences.
Nurse and spy in the Union Army: comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps, and battle-fields by The capture, the prison pen, and the escape; giving a complete history of prison life in the South by The boys in white: the experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington by Hospital pencillings: being a diary while in Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Ind., and others at Nashville, Tennessee, as matron and visitor by Leaves from the battlefield of Gettysburg: a series of letters from a field hospital; and national poems by My cave life in Vicksburg: With letters of trial and travel by 
An Illustrated History of the Civil War by 
Lincoln and the Fight for Peace by 
