The American Civil War

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Across
  1. 1. The first capital city of the Confederate States of America.
  2. 3. The steam-propelled warships used for the first time in history during the Civil War.
  3. 5. City where the Draft Riot occurred in 1863.
  4. 8. The Battle of ___, also deemed the Bloodiest Day, saw the highest single-day casualty count.
  5. 9. The battle fought in Texas, before news of the Confederates surrender was received. Also known as the Last Battle.
  6. 11. The first state to secede from the Union.
  7. 12. The period of time after the Civil War ended.
  8. 17. Name given to the perimeter of the Andersonville prison, that is now used by American to mean time-limit to complete a job.
  9. 19. The number of states that seceded from the Union.
  10. 20. Method of communication used by both the North and South to send messages.
  11. 21. A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln.
  12. 23. The number of years the Civil War was fought.
  13. 24. The Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.
  14. 26. The main cause of death for soldiers in the Civil War.
  15. 27. The battle considered the turning point in the war.
  16. 28. The Crittenden-Johnson resolution passed in 1861 stated the war was fought to preserve the Union, not to end ___.
  17. 29. A nurse in the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross.
Down
  1. 2. The Union general
  2. 4. Where the Confederate general surrendered.
  3. 6. Secret society founded in the Confederacy aimed at establishing a slave empire in Mexico.
  4. 7. Nickname of the Confederate general mortally wounded by his own troops in Chancellorsville.
  5. 10. Name given to citizens in the North who opposed the war policy.
  6. 13. The ___ Proclamation; The document that declared the freedom of enslaved people.
  7. 14. Machine gun invented during the Civil War.
  8. 15. Name was given to people who relocated to the South from the North during the Reconstruction period.
  9. 16. The Confederate general
  10. 17. The president of the confederacy.
  11. 18. The first African-American to receive the Medal Honor.
  12. 22. The fort where the Civil War began.
  13. 25. One of two songs best known by General Ulysses S. Grant.