Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy; marked the beginning of the Civil War
  2. 6. four slave states—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri—that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy
  3. 8. battle near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in 1861
  4. 9. battle in which Union troops gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley
  5. 10. Confederate general who helped fight Union troops at the First Battle of Bull Run
Down
  1. 1. the freeing of slaves
  2. 3. six-week blockade of Vicksburg that starved the city into surrender
  3. 4. Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil and in the western campaign
  4. 5. Confederate general during many important battles of the Civil War
  5. 7. battle in Maryland that resulted in Lee’s retreat to Virginia