Alyssa's crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Atlanta was surrendered to this Union in this month in 1864.
  2. 4. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
  3. 7. The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863.
  4. 9. This means to leave the Union or committ "state suicide."
  5. 11. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city.
  6. 13. Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil War.
  7. 14. This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War.
  8. 15. President of the North/Union
  9. 16. The most important sales crop in the Confederacy.
Down
  1. 1. Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the Civil War.
  2. 2. The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864.
  3. 5. The Union general who captured Atlanta.
  4. 6. These were the union troops in Andersonville.
  5. 8. The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861.
  6. 10. Freeing the slaves.
  7. 12. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War.