Civil War Crossword
Across
- 2. the general of the Confederate army
- 5. The first battle of the Civil War, the Confederacy ordered all the people out of Fort sumter, when they refused they shelled them until the people surrendered
- 6. A three day battle that the Union won and took a defensive position
- 8. Ships armoured with iron to try and break the Union blockade
- 11. During the battle of Gettysburg, General Pickett led a charge with 15,000 men across Cemetery Ridge, they failed and lost 7,500 men
- 12. Lee attacked General Pope's army before it could join with McClellan's, gave Lee the confidence to invade the North
- 13. The first woman to get a license to practice medicine, created an organization to help soldiers on the battlefield
- 14. The Union captured the mississippi river and cut the Confederate's supply chain in half
- 16. The constitutional right against unlawful imprisonment
- 18. A war strategy where you destroyed everything in your path
- 20. A navy admiral that commanded many key victories for the Union
- 21. Mid-westerners who thought the war was pointless and sympathized with the south
- 22. A general who used the Total War strategy
Down
- 1. the Confederate general who led the largest unit and Pickett's Charge
- 3. the idea that Great briton would help the south because they needed their raw cotton
- 4. where Lee surrendered to Grant
- 7. the bloodiest single day battle in the civil war
- 9. Lee sent his army and in a few battles forced the Union away from the Confederate Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
- 10. A series of battles that gave the Union's other armies a way into the South, the death toll was high as over 17,500 soldiers died for the Union and over 7,000 died for the South
- 15. President during the civil war
- 17. the second battle of the Civil War,the confederate's scattered the Union army and shattered their hopes it would be a quick, easy victory
- 19. Slave states that stayed in the Union