Civil War Crossword
Across
- 1. key battle that turned the tides against the Confederacy
- 5. States that did not join the Confederacy
- 10. politically motivated murder
- 12. Name given to the new country that was given to the 11 states that seceded
- 13. General of the Union Army
- 16. African American soldier who received a Medal of Honor for saving the American Flag
- 17. First shots fired in Civil War
- 18. freeing of slaves
- 19. Navy Seaman who won a Medal of Honor for his actions during Fort Fisher
- 20. President of the Confederate States during the war
Down
- 2. Lincoln's speech that praised the bravery of the Union's soldiers
- 3. small town where Lee surrendered to Grant
- 4. North's plan to cut off supplies to the South through Naval blockades
- 6. The US
- 7. Proclamation issued by Lincoln that freed all the slaves in areas still at war in the union
- 8. President of the US during the Civil War
- 9. Commander of the Confederate Army
- 11. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
- 14. Formally withdraw from the union
- 15. Founder of the American Red Cross