Across
- 1. How many states seceded from the Union to join the Confederate States of America?
- 4. What type of vessel was the Confederate vessel HL Hunley?
- 5. Sixty-year-old naval officer, David Glasgow Farragut, became known for his heroic actions during the Civil War. Which side did he fight for?
- 6. What political party did Abraham Lincoln lead while president of the United States?
- 9. What is the time after the Civil War known as?
- 11. Which general led the Union forces in the Siege of Vicksburg?
- 12. What was the most valuable crop in the South before the war?
- 14. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
- 16. Which state provided the most soldiers for the Confederate army?
- 18. What illness was nicknamed the Virginia Quickstep?
- 19. What were northerners called who moved south to gain political power by influencing the vote of freed slaves?
- 20. Both Robert E.Lee and Ulysses S. Grant studied at what military academy on the sores of the Hudson River?
- 21. At the beginning of the war, Union soldiers were attacked by Southern sympathizers in what Maryland city?
- 22. What nickname was given to Confederate general, Thomas Jackson?
Down
- 2. The indecisive Battle of the Wilderness occurred in 1864 in which state?
- 3. What were whites who were opposed to slavery called?
- 7. Who replaced Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States of America?
- 8. Near the end of the war, William Sherman ordered the burning of homes and crops of civilians of which state?
- 10. What was the first state to secede from the Union?
- 13. What Union nurse founded the American Red Cross after the Civil War?
- 15. What sport was popular with soldiers?
- 17. Who led the Confederate troops at the Battle of Gettysburg?
