Civil War Crossword
Across
- 3. This was known as the place that the civil war began
- 4. He was famous for leading the “March of the Sea” through Georgia in 1864
- 5. He was the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle
- 8. A speech given by Abraham Lincoln that gave slaves their freedom
- 9. He was the 18th president
- 12. He was given the nickname “Stonewall” after the first battle of Bull Run
- 16. A Union strategy that targeted the Confederacy’s economy and war making capabilities
- 17. This was a crucial industrial and transportation hub for the Confederacy
- 18. He was known as Robert E. Lee’s “Eyes and Ears”
- 19. A Union victory that was the turning point of the Civil War, ending Robert E. Lee’s push North
- 23. The first major land battle in the civil war ending in a Confederate victory
- 25. A courthouse that Robert E. Lee had surrendered his army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant.
- 26. He was a college professor that became a Union officer when the war began
- 28. He was the 16th president
- 29. He was a prominent Union general that was given the nickname “Fighting Joe” for his aggressive leadership
- 30. He was known as "Light Horse Harry"
Down
- 1. He was a Union Major General who had the nicknames “Young Napoleon" and “Little Mac”
- 2. A US Navy steam frigate that was burned by the Union forces in 1861
- 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.”
- 6. A 47 day siege from the Union and eventually surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
- 7. This was the bloodiest battle in all of American history
- 10. He was known as the “Rock of Chickamauga”
- 11. He was a Union Naval commander and was renowned for the capture of New Orleans
- 13. This was a revolutionary ironclad warship used during the civil war
- 14. This was the Largest Confederacy prison in the civil war
- 15. He organized the first Rhode Island infantry in 1861
- 20. He was the only Native American man to achieve the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederacy during the civil war
- 21. He was Robert E. Lee’s second in command and was given the nickname “My old war horse”
- 22. He was the 1st president of the Confederate states of america
- 24. He was a Confederate major general famous for leading the “Pickett’s Charge”
- 27. Known as the “place of peace” in the Hebrew language and was one of the most brutal battles in the civil war