Civil War

1. Began following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, southern states being outraged at the election
4. a Confederate general during the American Civil War
7. Known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, it took place in southwest Tennessee on April 6-7, 1862
10. The first battle of the Civil War with zero Casualties
11. he conducted a successful campaign along the Carolina coast His triumphs there were the earliest significant Union victory.
13. a person killed or injured by an event or situation.
14. the action of murdering by a sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.
16. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
17. the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention.
18. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.

2. a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.
3. a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1-3, 1863, in Pennsylvania.
5. an American military officer, politician, and the 18th president of the United States.
6. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
7. a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
8. took place on September 17, 1862, and remains the bloodiest single day in American military history with 23,000 casualties.
9. slave states that did not secede from the Union
12. a large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification.
15. the ownership of a person as property.