Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the general of the Confederate army
  2. 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
  3. 6. A three day battle that the Union won and took a defensive position
  4. 8. Ships armoured with iron to try and break the Union blockade
  5. 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
  6. 12. Lee attacked General Pope's army before it could join with McClellan's, gave Lee the confidence to invade the North
  7. 13. The first woman to get a license to practice medicine, created an organization to help soldiers on the battlefield
  8. 14. The Union captured the mississippi river and cut the Confederate's supply chain in half
  9. 16. The constitutional right against unlawful imprisonment
  10. 18. A war strategy where you destroyed everything in your path
  11. 20. A navy admiral that commanded many key victories for the Union
  12. 21. Mid-westerners who thought the war was pointless and sympathized with the south
  13. 22. A general who used the Total War strategy
Down
  1. 1. the Confederate general who led the largest unit and Pickett's Charge
  2. 3. the idea that Great briton would help the south because they needed their raw cotton
  3. 4. where Lee surrendered to Grant
  4. 7. the bloodiest single day battle in the civil war
  5. 9. Lee sent his army and in a few battles forced the Union away from the Confederate Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
  6. 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
  7. 15. President during the civil war
  8. 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
  9. 19. Slave states that stayed in the Union