Texas and the Civil War
Across
- 1. Last name of the commander of Texans that took back Galveston Island for the Confederates.
- 4. Type of ship the Union used that had extra protection on its sides
- 6. Name of the city in Texas closest to where the last battle of the Civil War took place.
- 9. Immigrant group that refused to fight for the Confederacy, because they were against slavery, and instead tried to escape Texas, but were killed.
- 10. Name of the North during the Civil War
- 11. Vocabulary word meaning when states leave their country.
- 13. Terry's Texas Rangers were an example of this type of fighting force that fights on horseback.
- 14. Name of the fort at the Sabine River, where the Davis Guards successfully kept the Union from invading.
- 15. Number of years the Civil War lasted.
- 18. Vocabulary word meaning when people are required to join the army to fight in a war
- 19. Last name of the U.S. president during the Civil War.
Down
- 2. Name of commander of Texans at the Battle of Sabine Pass.
- 3. A group of infantry from Texas that became famous during the Civil War for fighting hard.
- 5. Where Union first kicked the Confederates out, but then on New Years morning, 1863, the Texans retook the island.
- 7. Name of battle where Union ships were attacked when they tried to enter Texas by land with 4000 soldiers, but Texans at the fort stopped them.
- 8. Name of the last battle of the Civil War.
- 12. A main cause of the Civil War. The south depended on this for its agricultural economy.
- 13. Name of the Southern states that formed their own country, triggering the Civil War.
- 16. A main crop transported through Texas to Mexico, to be sent for sale to Britain
- 17. Last name of the Texas governor who had to resign because he was against seceding.