Civil War

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Across
  1. 6. confederates fired at this fort in South Carolina
  2. 9. he storms into Lawrence and destroys most of the town on August 21, 1863
  3. 11. first republican president and represents a party that opposes slavery
  4. 12. replaces general Joseph Johnston and renamed his command "Army of Northern Virginia"
  5. 15. Lee successfully stalls Grants troops toward Richmond in this battle
  6. 16. the first major battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana
  7. 17. confederate troops under General John B. Gordon attacked and briefly captured this fort in the petersburg siege lines
  8. 18. this prison notorious for overcrowded conditions and high death rates among its inmates
  9. 19. the bloodiest battle of the Civil War dashes Robert E Lee's hopes for a successful invasion of the North
Down
  1. 1. battle that loosened the confederates hold on Missouri and disrupted south control on the Mississippi River
  2. 2. battle fought near Manassas, Virginia,Union Army under General Irwins control succeeds in pushing the confederates back but then forces were brought to the confederates side
  3. 3. this battle Jubal Early's Confederates successfully attack and drive troops of the army of Shenandoah from their camps to the banks of Cedar Creek south of Middletown, Virginia
  4. 4. first major battle of Tennessee, confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston is killed on the first day of fighting
  5. 5. this is the opening battle of the Overland Campaign. Grant issued orders for the Campaign to begin on May 3
  6. 7. his troops nearly murdered 300 United States soldiers after they had surrendered
  7. 8. this general marched South from Tennessee into Georgia against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph Johnston
  8. 10. this river is the one the Army of the Potomac cross and with troops from the army of James, attacked the outer defenses of Petersburg
  9. 13. disgruntled workers and laborers, seething over the draft system that seems to favor the rich, attack the draft office and African American churches
  10. 14. this general replaces General Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee
  11. 20. this battle the US defeat of Nathan Bedford Forrest secured the supply lines to Sherman's armies operating against Atlanta, Georgia