Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Gettysburg _________
  2. 5. A battle in which the Union tried to dislodge Confederates from their bunkers. This failed miserably and the Union lost two times as many men as the Confederates
  3. 7. the first major land battle of the American Civil War. the South pushed the Union Army back to DC since the southerners won. 1861, was guarded by PGT Beauregard. South victory led to boosted morale. People picnicked to watch, we're shocked by death.
  4. 8. Union commander who took over for Scott during the first part of the war
  5. 10. 16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy;
  6. 11. Harriet ________
  7. 13. A smoothbore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls.
  8. 14. Place where the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg took place
  9. 15. was An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865.
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  1. 1. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  2. 3. A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
  3. 4. A person who wanted slavery in the United States
  4. 6. _____________ Proclamation
  5. 9. Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  6. 12. Bloodiest day in American Civil War and American History, with 25,000 casualties.