The Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Played a pivotal role in documenting the Civil War.
  2. 5. Nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.
  3. 8. The southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
  4. 11. A central cause of the Civil War.
  5. 13. A key communication tool for the Union.
  6. 14. Union general known for his "total war" strategy.
  7. 15. Captured and burned by Sherman during his March to the Sea.
  8. 16. Established on land owned by Robert E. Lee.
  9. 19. The first major battle of the Civil War.
  10. 24. Lincoln's declaration freeing slaves in Confederate states.
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  1. 1. First state to secede from the Union.
  2. 2. The northern states fighting to preserve the United States.
  3. 3. Slave states that did not secede.
  4. 6. Leading general of the Confederate Army.
  5. 7. President of the Confederate States.
  6. 9. A major Confederate victory, but where Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded.
  7. 10. President of the Union during the Civil War.
  8. 12. Site where Lee surrendered to Grant.
  9. 17. Location of the first shots of the Civil War.
  10. 18. The bloodiest single-day battle of the war.
  11. 20. Warships covered with protective iron plates.
  12. 21. Protests against conscription laws in the North.
  13. 22. Capital of the Confederacy.
  14. 23. The turning-point battle of the civil war.