Civil War

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  1. 3. An early battle in the Western Theater, fought in southwestern Tennessee.
  2. 5. Overall commander of the Confederate army, was a very well-known Confederate General. Popular on both sides.
  3. 8. A Union general and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
  4. 13. A member of the Democratic Party he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
  5. 15. Plan, A plan proposed to split the Confederacy into smaller groups and defeat them.
  6. 16. The hull that the ironclad warship, CSS Virginia, was constructed.
  7. 17. An extremely well-known Confederate General. Lee’s principal subordinate.
  8. 19. The only sitting U.S senator to be killed in the military, was a good friend of Lincolns and served as a U.S Army colonial in the Mexican-American war and on the Union side in the Civil War.
  9. 24. A prison for Union soldiers, was known for its horrendous conditions and high death rate.
  10. 25. because of its location, it was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route for the Confederate army.
  11. 26. the first Union ironclad warship.
  12. 27. A Confederate general, his initials are J.E.B and his friends often called him this.
  13. 29. The bloodiest one-day battle in the war and a huge turning point in the Civil War.
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  1. 1. Proclamation, 3 years into the Civil War this law was passed by Abraham Lincoln. It allowed slaves in some states to be free.
  2. 2. Held a charge under Lee and most of his troops died during it.
  3. 4. the 16th president of the United States and was assassinated in 1865.
  4. 6. was a Union soldier and served as the Governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1869.
  5. 7. the only native-American general in the war, was a politician for the Cherokee Nation.
  6. 9. A Union General, had a well-known poem written about him.
  7. 10. General for the Union, is chiefly remembered for his defeat by Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
  8. 11. He join the Union army, during that he was given a promotion to brigadier general. When he got home after the war he became the Mayor of Maine.
  9. 12. A flag officer of the United States Navy and the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and United States Navy admiral.
  10. 14. He was a soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He fought in the Civil War as a Union general and was dubbed “the first modern general.”
  11. 18. A battle that ended in the victory of the Union, which gave them control over the Mississippi River.
  12. 19. Run, Also known as the Battle of First Manassas.
  13. 20. the town where the McLean house was and where General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant.
  14. 21. A three-day battle that changed the whole direction of the Civil War. The main story plot of Killer Angels.
  15. 22. The 18th president of the United States. Changed his name because of his embarrassing initials.
  16. 23. Summer, The site of the first shots of the Civil War.
  17. 28. Nicknamed “Stonewall” died in 1863.
  18. 30. was a Civil War Union general, railroad executive, Civil engineer, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey.