Across
- 7. _____ Courthouse, Virginia - where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War
- 9. inventor of the cotton gin
- 11. William T. _____ was the Union general who captured Atlanta and “marched to the sea”
- 12. An escaped slave and one of the most famous leaders of the Underground Railroad
- 16. Promontory Point, _____ - where the two railroads met, completing the transcontinental railroad
- 17. _____, Nebraska - Union Pacific Railroad began here
- 18. a freed black slave and abolitionist
- 20. black abolitionist who helped recruit blacks for the Union army
- 21. 16th President; President during Civil War
- 22. abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- 23. _____, California - Central Pacific Railroad began here
Down
- 1. Leader of the Union troops who was victorious at Vicksburg
- 2. _____, Virginia - the capital of the Confederate States
- 3. William Harvey _____ said, “The old flag never touched the ground.”
- 4. “Angel of the Battlefield” and founder of the American Red Cross
- 5. George _____ Carver was a black botanist who encouraged farmers to diversify their crops and helped restore the South to prosperity; “God’s Little Workshop”
- 6. Democrat who ran against Lincoln for senator
- 8. Andrew _____ Vice President who became President after Lincoln’s death
- 10. President of the Confederate States of America
- 13. John _____ _____ assassinated President Lincoln.
- 14. black educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute; author of Up From Slavery
- 15. General Lee’s most valuable assistant and one of the greatest military heroes of the Civil War
- 19. Head of the Confederate army
