Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Brutal Union general, employed scorched earth policy
  2. 8. Commander of Confederate States Army
  3. 9. AKA Battle of Hampton Roads, at Hampton Roads, Virginia, first naval battle between ironclad warships
  4. 10. AKA First Battle of Bull Run, Confederate victory
  5. 12. Confederate strategy to withhold cotton from Europe to force European countries to support Confederacy
  6. 13. Known as “the North,” fought for reunification in the Civil War
  7. 15. Commander of Union Army 18th president of United States
Down
  1. 1. Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, that delcared all slaves rebelling against the Union were free, shifted focus of Civil War from preserving Union to ending slavery
  2. 3. 16th president of United States, Issued Emancipation Proclamation
  3. 4. Conscription act that called for males 20-45 years old to register for war
  4. 5. Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
  5. 6. Confederate secret agent, assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford Theater on April 14, 1865
  6. 7. Capital of Confederate States, provided weapons and supplies
  7. 11. Naval blockade of Confederate littoral, did not end the war but weakened the South
  8. 14. War in the United States caused by the differing views on slavery between the free states and slave states