Across
- 3. a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African Americans 54th Massachusetts regiment in 1863
- 6. an 1863 declaration by president Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in confederate territory
- 10. an 1862 civil war battle in Tennessee that ended in a union victory
- 12. a Virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender 1865
- 13. was the first major battle of the civil war;fought in Virginia in 1861; also called battle of manassas
- 16. the speech made by president Lincoln in 1863 after the battle of Gettysburg
- 17. a tax on peoples earnings
- 18. an 1863 civil war battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a union victory and stopped the confederate invasion of the north
- 19. to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
Down
- 1. a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union
- 2. an ironclad warship used by confederates in attempt to break the union blockade
- 4. an 1863 civil war battle in Virginia; important victory for the confederacy
- 5. an African American unit in the union army
- 7. a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
- 8. an ironclad union warship
- 9. a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
- 11. the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
- 12. an 1862 civil war battle in Maryland; also called the battle of sharpsburg
- 14. an 1862 civil war battle in Virginia; one of the unions worst defeats
- 15. the failed confederate charge during the 3rd day of the battle of Gettysburg
