Chapter 18 - The Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. president of the Union
  2. 3. nickname for Union soldiers
  3. 6. president of the Confederacy
  4. 7. Union general who was slow to attack and ran for president against Lincoln in 1864
  5. 8. Lee's major defeat in Pennsylvania marked a turning point of the war because the South never went into the North again
  6. 11. Union general who led the March to the Sea in Georgia
  7. 12. attacking non-military (civilian) targets
  8. 15. talented Confederate general who was shot and killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville
  9. 19. woman who set up a spy network for the Union army and led a military raid (Harriet _____)
  10. 22. term for slave states that remained with the Union
  11. 23. assassin of Abraham Lincoln (John Wilkes ______ )
  12. 24. Union general who led a reckless attack at Fredericksburg
  13. 26. With heavy losses, Grant’s army survives a brutal surprise attack by the Confederates in Tennessee
  14. 27. the top Union general who led the Overland Campaign to draw out Lee
Down
  1. 1. Fast Southern ship that slipped through North's Atlantic sea patrols
  2. 2. the top Confederate general who fought for his home state of Virginia
  3. 4. Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War--Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation following this battle.
  4. 5. Confederate capital in Virginia captured by Grant at the end of the war
  5. 9. woman who acted as a valuable nurse during the war and later founded the American Red Cross (Clara ______
  6. 10. nickname for Confederate soldiers
  7. 13. Small town in Virginia where Lee surrendered his troops; signaled the end of the war ( ________ Court House)
  8. 14. number one cause of death during the Civil War
  9. 16. common surgical proceedure during the Civil War; the removal of limbs to prevent infection
  10. 17. the worst Confederate prisoner of war camp in the South
  11. 18. The bombardment of this place in South Carolina signaled the start of the Civil War (Fort _______ )
  12. 20. Western city whose capture gave the North control of the Mississippi River—Grant led the siege
  13. 21. When the military has unlimited authority to make and enforce laws, overriding normal laws such as the Bill of Rights
  14. 25. preventing goods from going in and out of a city