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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were major leaders of the Civil War. The major commanders were Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, David Farragut, and Edwin Stanton for the North. Commanders for the Confederacy were Robert E. Lee, Josiah Tattnall, Judah Benjamin, and Joseph Johnston.

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