civil war

2. the United States
7. the orientation of those who favor government by the people
10. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
11. any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
15. Sumter Union military post in South Carolina which was taken over by the Confederacy in 1861.
16. General for the South
17. Civil War battle in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded
19. Document freeing slaves in Union
21. President of the Confederacy
22. formal separation from an alliance or federation
24. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
26. Rapid-fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute.

1. Union general who believed in TOTAL WAR
3. General of the Confederacy considered to be one of the greatest generals of all time
4. Successful Union general who attended West Point Military Academy
5. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
6. A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power
8. Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win
9. A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery or not.
12. President of the United States of America during the Civil War
13. The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to General Ulysses S. Grant's army
14. Device that allowed messages to be sent by wires over long distances
18. The march of an army of 62,000 men from Atlanta toward Savannah, Georgia
20. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
23. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
25. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line