Major Battles of the Civil War
Across
- 4. the American President during the Civil War
- 6. The bloodiest battle in American History
- 7. A strategic town that controlled the Mississippi River
- 8. a new invention at the time of the Civil War, grooves in the gun barrel that improves accuracy
- 11. this side was heavily industrialized, with factories and sprawling cities
- 12. the location where the Civil War ended
- 14. the turning point in the Civil War, the South lost 1/3 of their men
- 15. the top Confederate General
Down
- 1. the Confederate President
- 2. the soldiers from the South
- 3. this side relied on an agrarian economy
- 5. another name for the country on the North
- 9. the Union General who accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender
- 10. a confederate general from Texas, Wilson & Young MS used to be named after him
- 13. Led an "all or nothing" charge at the battle of Antietam