Civil War Crossword Terms

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  1. 3. was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. A Republican, he successfully led the nation through the Civil War, preserving the Union and abolishing slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment.
  2. 5. The site in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
  3. 7. was a prominent American lawyer, orator, and politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Oregon and a Representative from Illinois. A close friend of Abraham Lincoln, he is notable as the only sitting U.S.
  4. 11. was a distinguished Union Army officer during the American Civil War, best known for defending Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and receiving the Medal of Honor.
  5. 12. was a celebrated Union naval officer during the Civil War, becoming the U.S. Navy's first admiral and achieving fame for his decisive victories in capturing New Orleans (1862).
  6. 13. A key Confederate Lieutenant General and Robert E. Lee’s trusted second-in-command of the Army of Northern Virginia
  7. 17. officially Camp Sumter, was a notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia, operational for 14 months
  8. 18. Was a Confederate Major General in the Civil War, famous for leading the disastrous but iconic "Pickett's Charge" at the Battle of Gettysburg, a massive frontal assault on Union lines that resulted in devastating Confederate casualties and is considered a turning point of the war.
  9. 20. In Tennessee, named ironically after a small Methodist church, Its a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace".
  10. 22. was an American Civil War general who led the Union Army to victory in 1865 and subsequently served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
  11. 26. was a revolutionary Union ironclad warship commissioned in early 1862, designed by John Ericsson to combat Confederate armored vessels.
  12. 27. was a U.S. Navy steam frigate famously salvaged, armored, and converted by the Confederacy into the ironclad ram CSS Virginia in 1861–1862.
  13. 28. was a high-ranking Union general in the American Civil War, celebrated alongside Grant and Sherman for his aggressive, "total war" tactics. Known as "Little Phil," he secured the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 and forced Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
  14. 29. was a Cherokee leader and the only Native American to achieve the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
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  1. 1. Was a crucial Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, whose capture by Union General Ulysses S. Grant in July 1863.
  2. 2. The First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) on July 21, 1861, the war's first major land battle near Washington D.C., resulting in a Confederate victory that shattered illusions of a quick war and highlighted the need for training.
  3. 3. was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861–1865) who led the Army of Northern Virginia from June 1862 until its surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865
  4. 4. was a renowned Confederate Army Major General and cavalry commander during the American Civil War, known as Robert E. Lee's "eyes and ears".
  5. 6. was a highly skilled Union general and organizer in the Civil War, famed for creating and training the Army of the Potomac, but criticized for his extreme caution.
  6. 8. was a prominent Union major general during the American Civil War, perhaps most famously known today for his distinctive facial hair, which originated the term "sideburns" (a transposition of his last name).
  7. 9. Occurring in Paulding County, Georgia, it saw Confederate forces under Patrick Cleburne repulse a Union assault led by William T. Sherman, delaying the Union advance on this place by roughly a week.
  8. 10. Fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the deadliest single-day battle in American history, with over 23,000 casualties
  9. 14. was an American politician and soldier who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861–1865).
  10. 15. was a highly skilled Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, famous for his tenacity and tactical brilliance, earning his nickname at the First Battle of Manassas for holding his position like a "stone wall".
  11. 16. Was a pivotal Union victory and the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, resulting in over 50,000 casualties. Occurring in Pennsylvania, it ended Gen.
  12. 19. Was a Union military strategy proposed by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott in 1861 to defeat the Confederacy by blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River, effectively squeezing the South economically.
  13. 21. was a prominent Union Major General known as "Fighting Joe," who commanded the Army of the Potomac in early 1863.
  14. 23. was a prominent Union Army General during the American Civil War, known for his "total war" policies.
  15. 24. Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War, declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
  16. 25. was a U.S. coastal fort in Charleston, South Carolina, that became the site of the first shots of the American Civil War on April 12, 1861