Civil War
Across
- 2. federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy; marked the beginning of the Civil War
- 6. four slave states—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri—that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy
- 8. battle near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in 1861
- 9. battle in which Union troops gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley
- 10. Confederate general who helped fight Union troops at the First Battle of Bull Run
Down
- 1. the freeing of slaves
- 3. six-week blockade of Vicksburg that starved the city into surrender
- 4. Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil and in the western campaign
- 5. Confederate general during many important battles of the Civil War
- 7. battle in Maryland that resulted in Lee’s retreat to Virginia