APUSH: Character List

Robert Anderson (XIV)

 * Unsuccessfully defended Fort Sumter from attack

P. G. T. Beauregard (XIV)

 * Commanded Confederate forces at Charleston
 * Led an attack against Fort Sumter and won

James Buchanan (XIV)

 * 15th President (1857-1861)
 * "No state has a right to secede"
 * "The government has no authority to stop seceding states"

John J. Crittenden (XIV)

 * A Senator from Kentucky
 * Put forward the Crittenden Compromise

Clement L. Vallandigham (XIV)

 * A congressman from Ohio
 * A "Copperhead"