Civil War - 8th Grade

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Across
  1. 2. the final Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River
  2. 3. The name of the Union plan to "strangle" the Confederates
  3. 5. sealing off an area to prevent enemy supplies from coming in or going out.
  4. 7. political party of Abraham Lincoln
  5. 11. Lincoln freed all slaves in rebelling states with the _________________ proclamation
  6. 12. Union General famous for his victories at Forts Henry and Donelson
  7. 13. President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
  8. 15. nickname for southerners and confederate soldiers
  9. 16. Ulysses S. Grant gets surprised attacked near a church in Tennessee
  10. 18. the Confederate name for the First battle of Bull Run
  11. 21. Confederate General famous for his victory in Chancellorsville
  12. 22. to formally leave a union
  13. 24. Lee surrendered to Grant at __________________ courthouse
Down
  1. 1. Union general with a type of facial hair named after him
  2. 4. the main issue that caused the Civil War
  3. 6. President of the United States during the Civil War
  4. 8. the first battle of the Civil War was at Fort ____________
  5. 9. nickname for northerners and union soldiers
  6. 10. Pennsylvania battle considered to be the turning point of the war
  7. 14. William Tecumseh Sherman burned this city in Georgia during his March to the Sea.
  8. 17. a tax placed on imported goods
  9. 18. Union General known for his lack of aggression
  10. 19. Confederate General with a famous nickname
  11. 20. The bloodiest day in American history
  12. 23. Union Brigadier General killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek