Learn about the major players and their tactics during the American Civil War. Learn about the key players who influenced the fight and their leadership and military strategies. Through the eyes of the leaders who fought on both sides, learn about the crucial moments of this historic conflict.
| Union Leaders | Confederate Leaders | Union Strategies | Confederate Strategies |
| Abraham Lincoln | Jefferson Davis | Anaconda Plan | Defensive War Strategy |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | Total War Strategy | Offensive War Strategy |
| William T. Sherman | Stonewall Jackson | Sherman’s March to the Sea | Defensive Tactics and Guerrilla Warfare |
| George B. McClellan | Joseph E. Johnston | Peninsula Campaign | Defensive War Strategy |
| George G. Meade | Braxton Bragg | Gettysburg Campaign | Defensive Tactics and Attrition |
| Ambrose Burnside | P.G.T. Beauregard | Fredericksburg and Battle of Bull Run | Defensive War Strategy |
| Joseph Hooker | Albert Sidney Johnston | Chancellorsville and Shiloh | Offensive War Strategy |
| Benjamin Butler | J.E.B. Stuart | Occupation of New Orleans and Raiding | Cavalry Tactics and Reconnaissance |
| Philip Sheridan | Nathan Bedford Forrest | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign | Hit-and-Run Tactics and Mobile Warfare |
| Winfield Scott | James Longstreet | Anaconda Plan and Siege Warfare | Offensive War Strategy |
| David Farragut | Jubal A. Early | Naval Blockades and Riverine Operations | Raiding and Harassment Tactics |
| George H. Thomas | Richard Ewell | Defense of Chattanooga and Battle of Nashville | Defensive Tactics and Fortifications |
| John C. Fremont | John Bell Hood | Exploration and Western Theater Operations | Offensive War Strategy |
| Nathaniel Banks | Leonidas Polk | Red River Campaign | Defensive War Strategy |
| John A. Dix | Sterling Price | Occupation of Norfolk and Missouri Campaign | Defensive Tactics and Counterattacks |
| Franz Sigel | A.P. Hill | Shenandoah Valley Campaign and Defense | Offensive War Strategy |
| John Pope | Edmund Kirby Smith | Second Battle of Bull Run and Trans-Mississippi Campaign | Offensive War Strategy |
| Ambrose Burnside | Richard Taylor | Battle of Antietam and Red River Campaign | Defensive Tactics and Mobile Warfare |
| Henry Halleck | Braxton Bragg | Western Theater Operations | Defensive War Strategy |
| William S. Rosecrans | John C. Breckinridge | Battle of Stones River and Invasion of Kentucky | Offensive War Strategy |
| George Stoneman | Albert Sidney Johnston | Cavalry Operations and Raiding | Cavalry Tactics and Reconnaissance |
| George Crook | John Hunt Morgan | Appalachian Campaign and Raiding | Guerrilla Warfare and Disruption Tactics |
| Andrew Johnson | Simon Bolivar Buckner | Military Governor of Tennessee | Defense of Confederate Borders |
