Civil War History

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  1. 5. Nickname for Confederate soldiers
  2. 7. Union soldiers’ nickname
  3. 8. Border state, birthplace of Lincoln
  4. 11. Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War
  5. 14. Song: “Battle Hymn of the ”
  6. 16. Confederate capital city
  7. 18. Assassinated Lincoln
  8. 19. Speech dedicating battlefield cemetery
  9. 21. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential novel
  10. 22. Proclamation freeing slaves
  11. 23. Battle with Pickett’s Charge
  12. 26. Pro-slavery southern states collectively
  13. 28. Military draft introduced during war
  14. 31. Theater where Lincoln was shot
  15. 32. Location of famous Union siege along Mississippi River
  16. 34. President during the Civil War
  17. 35. Union general famous for his march to the sea
  18. 38. State first to secede from the Union
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  1. 1. Confederate submarine that sank a ship
  2. 2. Confederate cavalry leader J.E.B. ___
  3. 3. Union ironclad ship
  4. 4. Commander of Confederate Army
  5. 6. Infamous Confederate prison camp
  6. 9. Famous Confederate general nicknamed “Stonewall”
  7. 10. Nurse who founded American Red Cross
  8. 12. Union capital city
  9. 13. Paper currency printed by the Union
  10. 15. Battle known for “Hornet’s Nest”
  11. 17. Lincoln’s famous speech location
  12. 19. Site of Confederate surrender in 1865
  13. 20. Term for Northern states
  14. 23. Union General and future U.S. President
  15. 24. Confederate ironclad ship
  16. 25. Term for Southern withdrawal from the Union
  17. 27. Amendment abolishing slavery
  18. 29. President of the Confederacy
  19. 30. First major battle of Civil War
  20. 33. Famous abolitionist who led raid at Harpers Ferry
  21. 36. Union naval blockade nickname: “ Plan”
  22. 37. Lincoln’s assassin’s first name