Across
- 1. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
- 6. The Northern States during the Civil War who were against slavery.
- 8. Our 16th president and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 9. An enslaved man who freed himself and delivered a boat to the Union
- 15. People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.
- 16. An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America
- 17. This Confederate submarine was introduced to battle in 1864, but was ineffective in combat.
- 18. Partial or complete removal of a limb.
- 19. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.
- 20. Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south.
Down
- 2. A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War.
- 3. An act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- 4. An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters
- 5. A proclamation written by Aberaham Lincoln that freed all slaves in America.
- 7. Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
- 10. American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer.
- 11. Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
- 12. A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- 13. General whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare.
- 14. A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.