important events in the civil war for ELA
Across
- 3. at the end of the war, this important General surrendered
- 4. seven states formed the _____ and had written their own constitution and made an independent nation
- 6. after the South surrendered to Grant at this city, all of the Mississippi river is now in union control.
- 8. this Virginia city was under siege near the end of the war
- 10. on news of Lincoln's election ________ seceded
Down
- 1. The first battle of ______ caused the union army to have to retreat to Washington in disarray
- 2. at this site, Lee's troops were heavily outnumbered by McClellan's troops, and there were over 23 thousand casualties
- 5. The first battle of the civil war was fought at this location, and most people consider it the start of the civil war
- 7. the site of the largest battle in the western hemisphere
- 9. The ____________ Proclamation made it so that all slaves in slave states would now be free