7 key skills of a project manager. Before discussing what the key skills for a project manager might be we really need to define what we mean by project management. A definition of project management would be the planning, organizing and then management of the resources required to complete a specific task.
McLean proved to be the alpha and omega of the Civil War, and as Ken Burnsâs Civil War documentary noted, he could rightfully claim, âThe war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor.â.
1 The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 with the attack on Fort Sumter in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. 2  The killing of Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of President Lincoln, in late May 1861 galvanized public opinion. 3  He was considered a martyr to the Union cause.