James Longstreet (1821-1904: Longstreet graduated from Westpoint in 1842 and was wounded in the 1848 Mexican War. He left the U.S. Army in 1861 to become a general in the Confederate army. Longstreet commanded the Army of North Virginia's First Corps and played an important role in winning battles in 1862 and 1863. After Gettysburg, he helped Confederate forces win the Battle of Chickanauga and the returned to leading the Army of North Virgina's First Corps until the end of the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870): Lee went to Westpoint military academy and graduated second in his class. When the Civil War broke out he was offered to head the entire army of the north, but he turned the offer down so he could fight for the South.
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889):Jefferson Davis was born in 1808. He was the first and last Confederate president. He was secretary of war from 1853-1857. Davis became the president of the Confederacy and personally ran the Confederate army. Jefferson died in 1889 having never restored his U.S. citizenship.
Grapeshot: A cluster of iron balls shot out of cannon. When fired, the ball spread apart. Grapeshot was often used at close distance against enemy infantry.
Cannon: A large cannon that fires heavy projectiles.
Artillery: General military term for large weapons.
Brigade: Military unit consisting of regiments or battalions banding together with one assigned leader.
Division: Divisions are the seperate parts of a corp.
Corps: (pronounced "cores") A branch of an army having some certain function.