Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. site of Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the civil war
  2. 6. a confederate prison camp with one of the highest death rates
  3. 7. battle fought in georgia and significant union defeat
  4. 9. bloodiest one day battle in U.S history
  5. 11. a three minute speech by lincoln inspiring people to continue fighting
Down
  1. 1. proclamation freeing slaves in the south
  2. 3. naval strategy to prevent the confederacy from trading
  3. 4. sherman's men marching through georgia and plundering homes to frighten georgia's civilians into abandoning the confederate cause
  4. 5. Confederate strategy to withhold cotton from Europe to draw them into war
  5. 8. when Union George Sherman and his troops made plans to march through atlanta and destroy everything
  6. 10. attack that marked the beginning of the civil war