The Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. This conductor of the Underground Railroad was known as "Moses" because she led her people to the "Promised Land."
  2. 6. He served as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the war.
  3. 8. The Confederates attacked this fort on March 4, 1861, beginning the Civil War.
  4. 9. This general is remembered for his long "March to the Sea."
  5. 10. This amendment ended slavery.
  6. 11. He was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
  7. 13. John Brown attacked this federal arsenal in hopes of beginning a slave revolt.
  8. 14. This term describes the formal withdrawal from a state or a country.
  9. 15. Grant gained control of the Mississippi when he took this Confederate stronghold.
  10. 16. He was the president of the Confederacy.
  11. 17. This was period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
Down
  1. 1. This chief justice of the Supreme Court authored the infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford
  2. 3. This was the opening battle of the Civil War.
  3. 4. This is a military draft.
  4. 5. Lee surrendered to Grant here.
  5. 6. He was the first African American senator.
  6. 7. With this executive order, Lincoln announced the freedom of the slaves in the rebelling states.
  7. 12. Lincoln gave a famous address here while dedicating a cemetery.