Civil War Crossword - C Level #10
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- 4. A flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy.
- 8. "All persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
- 11. The 16th President of the United States.
- 12. One of the last battles in the Civil War fought in Virginia.
- 13. Major General in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and led Pickett’s charge under Lee’s command.
- 15. Confederate General who was killed by his own men. Nicknamed ‘Stonewall’.
- 16. The first major battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861.
- 17. Served as a U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff.
- 19. Union general in the American Civil War who had a book/poem written about him.
- 22. One of the foremost Confederate generals of the Civil War and served as Robert E. Lee's second-in-command for most of Lee's tenure.
- 24. The only Native American to be fully promoted to General in the Civil War. He was a part of the Cherokee tribe.
- 25. A city vital to Southern commerce and transportation, and was destroyed during a battle in 1864.
- 26. An ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the Civil War and completed in early 1862, also the first ship commissioned by the Navy.
- 27. An American college professor who volunteered to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general.
- 28. Series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the Civil War directed against a town in Mississippi.
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- 1. A battle near Charleston, South Carolina, ending in surrender by the Union Army.
- 2. Civil War general for the Union, commonly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
- 3. Union military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States. Died due to throat cancer.
- 5. A prison that was attacked during the Civil War. Almost 3,000 prisoners died due to bullets, disease, starvation, or lack of medicine.
- 6. A Union General known for being indecisive. He served as the 24th governor of New Jersey.
- 7. The first and only president of the Confederate states from 1861-1865.
- 9. A military strategy Union General Winfield Scott proposed early in the Civil War. The plan called for a blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
- 10. Three-day battle fought between Union and Confederate forces and marked the turning point of the Civil War.
- 14. Union general in the American Civil War, known as ‘the Rock of Chickamauga’.
- 16. Union General best known for giving ‘sideburns’ their name.
- 18. The deadliest one-day battle in American military history.
- 19. Served as a General in the Union Army. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas.
- 20. A steam frigate constructed during the Civil War by Confederate forces to go up against Union forces’ monitor.
- 21. Led 1,200 troopers in a famous ride around the Union Army of the Potomac. Nicknamed/known as ‘Jeb’.
- 22. Was the most successful Confederate General in the Civil War. He also initiated the failed Pickett’s Charge.
- 23. A major battle in the Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee.