Chapter 17 Review Crossword

5. Location where Grant formally accepted Lee’s surrender.
6. Paper money issued by the U.S. Government.
10. A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle.
11. Reward or Payment used to encourage volunteers.
12. Capital of the Confederacy
13. A legal writ, or order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court.
14. It was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war.
18. To formally join a military force.
20. With control of the ___ Union ships could prevent Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas from supplying the Eastern Confederacy.
22. Northern ___ profited from the war by producing guns, ammunition, shoes, and uniforms.
24. The name of the North’s strategy for winning the war which included dividing the Confederacy and cut off their supply lines.
25. The strategy of bringing the war to the entire society, not just the military.
27. The first major battle of the Civil War.
28. Nickname given to soldiers who fought for the Union.
30. At ___ , Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was hit by friendly fire causing him to have his left arm amputated.
31. The side or edge of a military formation.
32. This region of the country was most affected by the Civil War.
33. Decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in the Confederacy.

1. Stream or river that feeds into a larger river.
2. A system of selecting people for required military service.
3. President of the Confederacy.
4. This battle included Cemetery Ridge, Little Roundtop, and Pickett’s Charge.
7. Nickname given to Grant by his critics in the North.
8. Thousands of women on both sides served as ___ in wartime hospitals.
9. Lincoln named him commander of all Union Armies in March 1864.
15. One of the most important suppliers of beef, cotton, pork, and vegetables for the Confederate Army.
16. Led a march across Georgia toward the Atlantic burning cities and crops, destroying everything in their path.
17. Nickname given to soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.
19. Slave states that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
21. The last major obstacle to the Union’s control of the Mississippi.
23. The battle tactic Grant used to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi.
26. Part of the South’s strategy for winning the war was to win the support of ____ and France.
29. A warship equipped with iron plating for protection.