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Sullivan was an American lawyer and politician. He served as officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, where he was killed in the first battle of Bull Run. He is famous for the letter he sent to his wife the day before the battle from which he never returned.

On July 16, 1861, the Union army and confederate army clashed for the first time in the Civil war in a big battle. The Federal army under Gen. McDowell was eventually defeated by Gen Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

On September 27, 1862, near Antietam Creek the Union and Confederate Armies clashed in one of the bloodiest single days of the Civil War, with more than 22,000 casualties. Even if not a complete victory for the Federals, it managed to stop Confederate troop in their advance towards Maryland.

Frederick Douglass was a former slave and eminent leader in the abolition movement. he has also been the first black person in American History to hold a high position in the U.S. government. He was also nominated, without his knowledge, as vice-president during the campaigned run by Victoria Woodhull.
He died in 1895 after attending a congress in Washington D.C. held by the Nation Council of Women.
Between his positions, he was during different times U.S. ambassador in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Even if it didn't formally ended the slavery in all the United States, it is a major document in the civil right movement and a big step towards the end of slavery.

Ulysses S. Grant was a Union general during the civil war and one of the men that lead the United States to the victory against the Confederate States. It was later elected after the war as 18th president of the United States in 1869

Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870) was a former Confederate general during the Civil War and one the best strategists in all America at that  time. Even so, he lost major big battles that later enabled the Union to win the war. Later, he became the president of the Washington College in Virginia (now known as Washington and Lee College). He died in Virginia in 1870.

Joshua L. Chamberlain (1828 - 1914) was a former College professor who decided to volunteer for the Union army the Civil War. Even if without any experience, he became well known and later he also received the Medal of Honor for his value during the Gettysburg Battle. He also had the honor to command the Union troops in the surrender ceremony over Lee's troops. He was also the 31rd Maine governor.

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought between July 1-3, 1863, was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address".

In 1864 the Army of Tennessee under Maj. gen. Grant defeated the Confederate Army besieged in the fortress of Vicksburg, after one of the most important besieges in the Civil War. It is considered on of the most important turning points in the war.

The 54th Massachusetts regiment is the first regiment formed only by black people who, after the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, decided to fight themselves in the war.

Robert Gould Shaw is the heroic commandant of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment who lead his men in the Battle for Fort Wagner, where he was killed.

Fort Wagner was a Confederacy fort built in South Carolina and considered one of the strongest Confederacy positions. It is famous for the failed attacks in 1862 by the Union Army, where many soldiers were killed, including men from the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

William Tecumseh Sherman ( February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.

The March to the sea is the last moment of the Georgia campaign in 1864, where Gen. Sherman lead is troop from the captured city of Atlanta to the siege of Savannah, with a revolutionary strategy of operating inside the enemy infrastructure and destroying vital targets.

On Palm Sunday (April 9), 1865, Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the Southern States attempt to create a separate nation. It set the stage for the emergence of an expanded and more powerful Federal government. In a sense the struggle over how much power the central government would hold had finally been settled.