Civil War

2. The location where General Lee officially surrendered to General Grant in 1865.
3. The nickname for paper money issued by the Union during the war.
7. Proclamation: President Lincoln’s 1863 executive order that declared slaves in Confederate territory to be free.
8. The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in Maryland.
13. was the state that had more significant battles than any other
14. Abolitionist who led a famous raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
16. The name of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.
18. Run: The first major land battle of the war, fought in Virginia in 1861.
19. States: Pro-slavery states like Kentucky and Missouri that did not secede from the Union.
20. The first and only president of the Confederate States of America. S. Grant The Union's top leader who later became the 18th U.S. President.
22. Confederate general who earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run.Tubman Famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad who also served as a Union spy.
23. to the Sea: General William T. Sherman’s destructive 1864 campaign through Georgia.

1. Considered the turning point of the war, this Pennsylvania battle was the bloodiest overall.
4. Plan: The Union’s strategic plan to "strangle" the South by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi.
5. The formal act of withdrawing from the Union, first done by South Carolina.
6. The name for the Northern states that remained loyal to the federal government.
9. Amendment: The constitutional amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.
10. Sumter: The site in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
11. Major Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River.
12. The 16th U.S. President who led the Union during the war.
15. The primary Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia.
17. Barton: Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" for her nursing work, she later founded the American Red Cross.
21. A type of steam-propelled warship protected by iron plates, such as the Monitor or Merrimack.