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Flashcards by Will Kavanagh, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Will Kavanagh
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Zachary Taylor | Mexican American War Old Rough and Ready Leads troops to Monterrey and establishes forts at the beginning of the war |
| Winfield Scott | Mexican American War Old Fuss and Feathers Supported professionalism of army Leads the attack on Mexico City |
| Joe Johnston | Southern General Most senior ranking to go with south Personal feud with Davis |
| Robert E. Lee | Southern General Rising star in professional army |
| Jefferson Davis | Second guessed his field commanders Thought confederacy and slavery were one and the same |
| Stonewall Jackson | Southern General Mistakenly shot by his own men |
| David Farragut | Union General Captures New Orleans and Mobile Bay Goes to war at age 10 |
| David Porter | Union General Gunboat and Supply Boat in west |
| Santa Anna | Mexican General Good at raising armies quickly |
| President Polk | Wanted America to be Continental Empire Manifest Destiny |
| President Lincoln | Wanted war to be short |
| George McClellan | Union General Savior of the Union Fired for Insubordination |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General Believed in the new style of warfare Total War |
| William Sherman | Union General Good at Maneuvering Embraced total war |
| Irvin McDowell | Union General Defeated at both battles of Bull Run |
| George Thomas | Union General Artillery and cavalry commander |
| Philip Sheridan | Union General Commander of field army in Shenandoah Scorched earth campaign |
| James McPherson | Union General Atlanta |
| George Meade | Union General Prepared defenses around Washington Superb defense of Gettysburg |
| Ambrose Burnside | Union General Sideburns Known for attacking the same position over and over again |
| John Pemberton | Confederate General 2 Brothers fought for union |
| John Bell Hood | Confederate General Double Amputee Not a great field commander |
| Braxton Bragg | Confederate General Worst of all agressive |
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