Civil War Crossword

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  1. 3. This was known as the place that the civil war began
  2. 4. He was famous for leading the “March of the Sea” through Georgia in 1864
  3. 5. He was the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle
  4. 8. A speech given by Abraham Lincoln that gave slaves their freedom
  5. 9. He was the 18th president
  6. 12. He was given the nickname “Stonewall” after the first battle of Bull Run
  7. 16. A Union strategy that targeted the Confederacy’s economy and war making capabilities
  8. 17. This was a crucial industrial and transportation hub for the Confederacy
  9. 18. He was known as Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears”
  10. 19. A Union victory that was the turning point of the Civil War, ending Robert E. Lee’s push North
  11. 23. The first major land battle in the civil war ending in a Confederate victory
  12. 25. A courthouse that Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant.
  13. 26. He was a college professor that became a Union officer when the war began
  14. 28. He was the 16th president
  15. 29. He was a prominent Union general that was given the nickname “Fighting Joe” for his aggressive leadership
  16. 30. He was known as "Light Horse Harry"
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  1. 1. He was a Union Major General who had the nicknames “Young Napoleon" and “Little Mac”
  2. 2. A US Navy steam frigate that was burned by the Union forces in 1861
  3. 4. He was described by A. Lincoln as “A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, and not enough neck to hang him.”
  4. 6. A 47 day siege from the Union and eventually surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  5. 7. This was the bloodiest battle in all of American history
  6. 10. He was known as the “Rock of Chickamauga”
  7. 11. He was a Union Naval commander and was renowned for the capture of New Orleans
  8. 13. This was a revolutionary ironclad warship used during the civil war
  9. 14. This was the Largest Confederacy prison in the civil war
  10. 15. He organized the first Rhode Island infantry in 1861
  11. 20. He was the only Native American man to achieve the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederacy during the civil war
  12. 21. He was Robert E. Lee’s second in command and was given the nickname “My old war horse”
  13. 22. He was the 1st president of the Confederate states of america
  14. 24. He was a Confederate major general famous for leading the “Pickett’s Charge”
  15. 27. Known as the “place of peace” in the Hebrew language and was one of the most brutal battles in the civil war