Civil War Key Figures and Locations

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Shenandoah Valley

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Northwest of Richmond, where additional Union soldiers were waiting to attack Confederate Capital

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Belle Boyd

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Confederate spy during the Civil War

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Granny Lee

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Nickname for Robert E. Lee

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Jeb Stuart

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Confederate officer who led 1,200 soldiers around McClellan's army to take prisoners and destroy Union supplies

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Thaddeus Lowe

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Inventor who built large balloons filled with hydrogen gas to float over the Confederate camp

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Fitz-John Porter

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Union general who went up in a balloon to see the enemy camp

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Robert Smalls

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Slave who worked for the Confederates as a planter pilot. Stole a vessel, loaded it with family, and took it to the Union. Important politician and established a Republican party in South Carolina.

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Potomac River

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A river that separates Virginia and Maryland. Lee and his soldiers had to cross it to get to Maryland.

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Barton Mitchell

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Union corporal who found Lee's battle plan wrapped around cigars

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Sharpsburg

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City in Maryland where Union drove Confederates back into Virginia; Location of a battle, between Lee and McClellan, fought to a draw on September 17, 1862, with 26,000 casualties, also called Antietam.